The Week in Pictures #198
For me, this last week has been characterised by, not only a distinctive shift in the seasons but also by the changing predator dynamics on Londolozi too. I have seen three …
For me, this last week has been characterised by, not only a distinctive shift in the seasons but also by the changing predator dynamics on Londolozi too. I have seen three …
Due to the perfect habitat and many years of hard work and habituation, we are lucky enough to have been viewing incredible leopard behaviour on Londolozi since the 1970’s. As …
In light of a recent blog post by Don Heyneke on the infamous Honey Badger, I thought I would go into a little more detail with you as to what …
“The wild is a voice that never stops whispering. It enters your pores by osmosis, and once its under your skin, good luck forgetting. The wild haunts the imagination, calling …
One of the greatest gifts of childhood is its inherent innocence. Peter Matthiessen once wrote, “the child was not observing, he was at rest in the very center of the …
As the nights lengthen and the temperature drops, there is nothing better than sitting around an African fire being serenaded by the calls of lions. Although there have been a …
The white rhino is quite possibly the biggest pure grazer that ever lived, a kind of modern day dinosaur if you like. It has a huge barrel shaped body carried …
The past two years of my guiding career here have been filled with many memorable experiences and have easily been the most incredible two years I have spent in the …
Like it or not, hyenas play a crucial role in the amazing system we find ourselves a part of at Londolozi. They unfairly drag around a dark, sinister stereotype that …
The more I have photographed elephants the more difficult I have found it. To keep photographs of this incredible animal different and interesting is a challenge. They are the largest …
The Week in Pictures has become an iconic wildlife diary that seeks to showcase the best of what we are so fortunate to see out in the field each day. …
We left camp early to see if there would be any feeding activity of either the Mashaba female or her cub. Talley Smith and Freddy Ngobeni had tracked the female …
A hungry Sparta pride defined this week for me. We tracked them for three mornings in a row, each time finding them with empty bellies. On the third morning, three …
Some of you may have noticed a new name on the Londolozi blog in recent months. James Tyrrell has been contributing a lot of material recently, and with Adam Bannister …
Summer is in full swing at Londolozi and the warm heady nights are once again filled with the familiar chorus of frogs, nightjars and the constant ringing of cicadas. However, …