My favourite Morning Spent With Leopards

Grant Rodewijk December 10, 2016 1 9

Leaving Founder’s Camp on an absolutely beautiful morning, tracker Gerry Hambana and I had great plans for our morning drive. Our aim was to track and find a pair of mating …

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The Week in Pictures #261

Amy Attenborough December 9, 2016 15

This last week has been an exciting and eventful one on Londolozi with a real explosion of life throughout the reserve. From large animals such as lions and leopards being …

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The 20 Need-To-Know South Africanisms for Safari

Amy Attenborough December 8, 2016 9

Gees: A slang term referring to the amount of spirit, exuberance and energy somebody has or brings to a situation. Shangaan Animals: lion (ngala), hippo (mvubu), leopard (yingwe), snake (nyoka), elephant …

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Three’s Company But Four is a Crowd

Nick Kleer December 7, 2016 2 8

Despite having been born here, the Xidulu female had hardly been seen on Londolozi prior to this year. With the level of the Sand River now slowly rising due to …

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3 Sensational Spinach Creations

Anna Ridgewell December 6, 2016 6

You would have read in previous blogs that we have the most beautiful veggie & herb gardens growing in our Village. Headed up by Reckson Dhlamini and Jess MacLarty, we …

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Londolozi’s 20 Most Evocative Images of 2016

Amy Attenborough December 5, 2016 15

Evocative means to bring strong images, memories, or feelings to mind. Evocative comes from the Latin word evocare, which means to “call out” or “summon.” To summon something you need …

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Care of Self is Where Care of Community Begins

Amy Attenborough December 1, 2016 1

The beauty of the daily co-existence and co-creation we live at Londolozi has manifested itself into the formalisation of a concept, which we call “202o”. Dave Varty explains it as …

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Tracking the Matimba Males Helped Me Look at the World With a Lot More Possibility

Amy Attenborough November 29, 2016 32

The last two weeks have been scarce with regards to viewings of the Matimba male lions as they have been spending most of their time east of our boundary. The …

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Thanksgiving: What it Means To Us At Londolozi

Amy Attenborough November 24, 2016 3

Today, people across the United States are celebrating Thanksgiving, a day that conjures up images of turkeys, feasting, football and family celebrations. However when you look back as to why Thanksgiving came about, …

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The Buffalo Kill That Took Seven Years

Amy Attenborough November 10, 2016 13

I have been working in the bush for almost seven years now (with a few gaps in between) and have been incredibly lucky to see some remarkable things. These special moments …

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Relais & Châteaux’s 10 Questions with Londolozi’s Executive Chef, Anna Ridgewell

Amy Attenborough November 6, 2016 3

Recently, our very own Executive Chef, Anna Ridgewell, was featured on Relais & Châteux’s blog in a piece by Tamlin Wightman about what it’s like to be a chef in the …

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Ostrich Update: And Then There Were Four

Amy Attenborough November 5, 2016 12

I am very sad to announce that since our last ostrich update a couple weeks ago, the ostrich family has lost two of their chicks. At just three and a …

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The Week in Pictures #256

Kevin Power November 4, 2016 9

As much as the sight of my wooden calendar in my room frightens me, it also excites me that we are in the 11th month of the year. This means …

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Be Rebellious Enough to Hold Hope

Amy Attenborough November 3, 2016 25

“To hold hope these days is to be a rebel.” With all the political, economic and social mayhem happening around the globe and more specifically with the difficulty of the drought we’re …

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