Ostrich Mating Season
A deep booming song (if one can call it a song) came filtering through the southern grasslands this morning. Was it a lion? Ground hornbill maybe? Movement to the left …
A deep booming song (if one can call it a song) came filtering through the southern grasslands this morning. Was it a lion? Ground hornbill maybe? Movement to the left …
It was a slightly cloudy day as we set out on our early morning game drive. Tracker Sersant, our guests and I had planned to try and track down the …
Just over a week ago we ran our first post of Londolozi guest Tony Goldman’s photo highlights. Today we are publishing the second instalment of the photographs he was kind …
My views on the relative intelligence levels of the various animals out here oscillate wildly. I’ve seen lions execute a perfect strategic ambush that had to have involved forethought, yet …
The Birmingham males now seem to be firmly established as the dominant male coalition on Londolozi, despite not really venturing into the northern sectors of the reserve yet. Although other …
We would all love to climb back into the years where naps are a necessity to any day, naked adventures are as natural as the clothed ones, the only password …
Anthropomorphism is something I tend to disagree with. The attributing of human characteristics to an animal just doesn’t fit in my mind, as who are we to say that a …
This post is not about lions, so I apologise if the title image is misleading. Lions certainly have their role to play, but are in no ways central to the …
Few campfires in Africa – or indeed anywhere – have had so much history stem from their flames as the one that still burns in Londolozi’s Varty Camp, over 90 …
The impala breeding season, known as the rut, is that time of year when impala rams are flooded with testosterone; that time of the year when all their attention is …
Tools. Humans have historically differentiated ourselves from the “lesser creatures” through our ability to make and use tools, which has apparently put us on a higher plane of intelligence. However, …
Over a year ago, the two huge Matimba male lions simply packed up and left. Reports filtered in of them heading north, back to their old stomping grounds. Then nothing was …
Two thousand seven hundred and seven. That’s how many days it’s taken me to see my first black rhino at Londolozi. It took only 1068 days until I saw my …
A big coalition like the Birmingham males (four-strong) will invariably be split up a lot of the time. Breaking off as individuals or pairs allows them to cover more ground …
The best sighting of this week for me was the interaction between the Tsalala pride and the Nhlanguleni female. Both are regularly found in the Sand River and the female …