How to Survive a Safari in the Rain
I know the feeling all too well. You spend months planning a holiday and as the time draws near you start looking at weather reports from a whole host of …
I know the feeling all too well. You spend months planning a holiday and as the time draws near you start looking at weather reports from a whole host of …
One of the first things that fascinated me when I started guiding at Londolozi was the lion pride dynamics and working with tracker, Freddy Ngobeni, it was something I started …
It was always going to be the Hip Scar male. The outsider. The one with the limp. The one whose calls often went unanswered by the rest of his coalition. I …
With rolling bouts of potential thunderstorms and intermittent periods of blazing sunshine, this last week has offered everything from chilling cold to unbearable heat, with the inclusion of one of …
I started working on a map to show the various areas in which the different prides of Londolozi and its surrounds have been operating, but gave up very quickly as …
A green flush; with the first true signs of a wet summer solidified in the ground below us we marvel at the changing landscape. Surface puddles, rain-rinsed canopies and damp clearings …
As mentioned a few days ago in an update on the Mhangeni pride, no-one can really predict with any amount of certainty what is going to happen from one day …
Happy 4th July to all of our readers from the US! Whilst independence is a cause for celebration in not only the USA but in many other countries around the world, …
I don’t want to go into too much of the physics here, so don’t expect talk of pitch and decibels and wavelengths. Although I suppose that these attributes of a lion’s …
In 2010 the Majingilane coalition came roaring into the Sabi Sands. The Tsalala pride at the time had some young lions in it, still relatively dependent on the adult lionesses. …
It has been a long time since the two Mathsipiri males were seen on Londolozi soil. Casting my mind back, the last time I saw them myself was probably August …
The Two Jameses from the guiding team – Tyrrell and Souchon – combine for TWIP this Friday. A few unusual creatures have been showing themselves after the recent rains, including …
Here we present the second part of our Finance Desk Photographic Series… Dave Dampier, Londolozi’s Head of Finance, takes us through some more of his stunning photographs. He thought it …
It has been four weeks since 2015 closed off with the epic coalition standoff between the Majingilane-three and Matimba-two. The clash of mighty figures left all wondering what would change …
As the dry conditions continue to take their toll on the herbivores, it is the predators that seem to flourish. Many of the watering holes and even the Sand River have begun to …