Why is it called a Narina Trogon?

Adam Bannister August 13, 2012 8

François Le Vaillant is considered by many to be Africa’s finest ornithologist. He was born in Suriname in 1753 and was the son of a frenchman. In 1781 he was …

Wildlife

The Pantanal Series: Hyacinth Macaw Project

Adam Bannister August 11, 2012 9

The Hyacinth Macaw is one of the most beautiful birds on planet earth. Measuring over 1m from bill to tip of tail, makes this species the largest macaw in the …

Restoration Wildlife

Original Tailless Female has a new cub

Adam Bannister August 9, 2012 26

Born in 1998 many thought her too old to have another litter. She has proved us all wrong. And we at Londolozi are delighted! One of the most loved lionesses …

Wildlife

Cheetah: Born to pose

Adam Bannister August 8, 2012 20

The male cheetah appears to be hanging around at Londolozi. We started seeing him some months ago. At first we thought he may just pass through, but it appears he …

Photography Wildlife

Leopard cubs of Ximpalapala

Adam Bannister August 7, 2012 6

A few weeks ago we put together a post which showed the first images of the latest leopard arrivals to Londolozi. You may remember that the magical thing about these …

Leopards Wildlife

The Pantanal Series: By Air

Adam Bannister August 6, 2012 5

The name “Pantanal” comes from the Portuguese word pântano, meaning wetland, bog, swamp or marsh. It covers an area of over 210 000 km2 making it about ten times the …

Restoration Wildlife

The Majingilane Four

Adam Bannister August 4, 2012 42

The four Majingilane Males have been present at Londolozi for just over two years now. At first their approach, to pride domination, seemed to me to be chaotic and unplanned…I …

Wildlife

The most Ubiquitous bird in the World

Adam Bannister August 3, 2012 7

Having just returned from a two week holiday on the other side of the world I was astounded at the number of birds that I encountered. Birding is one of …

Wildlife

The Pantanal Series: Caiman Ecological Refuge

Adam Bannister August 1, 2012 13

In mid July 2012 a small group of Londolozi staff members embarked on the trip of a lifetime. A seven night expedition into the heart of South America. Coming from …

Wildlife

Juvenile Martial Eagle Catches Mongoose

Londolozi Guest July 31, 2012 8

A phenomenal sighting captured by our recent guest, Tara L Waters, of a juvenile martial eagle catching a banded mongoose. Ranger James Tyrrell believes that this may have been one …

Guests Photography Wildlife

Buffalo in the Dust

Adam Bannister July 17, 2012 2

We have been very fortunate over the last few weeks to have numerous herds of buffalo moving through the wilderness. Some of these herds have been numbering a couple of …

Photography Wildlife

Where is the Sparta Orphan?

Adam Bannister July 12, 2012 9

Of late we have been receiving lots of comments and emails requesting information on the remaining Sparta orphan. This is the 8 month old lioness whose mother died 2 months …

Wildlife

Sitting on the highest rocks on Ximpalapala Koppie with its sibling

New Leopard Cubs Sighted

Adam Bannister July 11, 2012 15

It seems as if a little family of leopards have been living at Londolozi completely unseen by humans…until now! Granted, there have been about 3 sightings of these ghost-like leopards …

Leopards Wildlife

Tsalala Lioness mating with Majingilane

Adam Bannister July 5, 2012 14

To be honest it was the very last thing I expected to see. The Tsalala lioness (with the tail), the mother of the remaining two cubs born in February 2011, …

Wildlife

What is the plural of mongoose?

Adam Bannister July 4, 2012 30

If you type these exact words into Google you get over 780 000 hits! Everything from formal online dictionary answers to entire websites dedicated to the subject. As a ranger …

Wildlife

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