Tree Climbing Lions of Londolozi?
Do lions climb trees? This is something I am often asked while out on game drive at Londolozi. Let’s have a look at some of the evidence we have gathered …
Do lions climb trees? This is something I am often asked while out on game drive at Londolozi. Let’s have a look at some of the evidence we have gathered …
Lions top many people’s lists of what they want to see when coming out to Africa. And for good reason. The apex predator of many of the continent’s more famous …
This is way overdue, as I’m sure many of you will agree. To be honest I didn’t really know what to say for a long time; caught between the sadness …
Fate has not been kind to the Tsalala pride. One only has to follow the trials and tribulations of these remarkable lions over the last few years to see that …
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 days ago we posted about the Scar-nose male of the Majingilane coalition being in poor shape, and wondered where his old patrol-mate, the Dark-maned male, might be. We didn’t …
An old male lion, ousted from his territory and suddenly nomadic, will always have a haunted look in his eyes. Without trying to sound fanciful or assume he has human …
It’s been many, many months since the regular calls of the Majingilane came reverberating down into camp from up at the airstrip. Being serenaded by lions during dinner was a …
Dawn and dusk provide the most spectacular colours in the bush. There are so many different wild and natural features out here which have the potential to provide perfect opportunities …
The rather subdued roar of a male lion came from near the Londolozi airstrip early in the morning. Within minutes ranger Mrisho Lugenge had found one of the Birmingham males …
When the end comes for lions, it generally comes quickly. Over the last two years, the fortunes of the Tsalala pride have been what we have come to expect from …
We ran a post last week discussing the question of whether or not lions were lazy. The answer was no, and the assumption that they are was based more on …
Jacqui Marais, our Head of Sales, spends quite a bit of time moving back and forth between Johannesburg – where Londolozi’s Head Office is based – and the lodge itself. …
I don’t know how many of you have watched HBO’s miniseries Band of Brothers, but there’s a line in one of the final episodes (near the end of the War) in …
No, they’re not. Case closed. I should really leave it there, but there’s a lot more to it of course. One of the best lines I’ve read in a nature …