Last Four Minutes of an Afternoon Drive

Megan Wade June 15, 2026 7

Your Safari moments are never quite over until you really are home. There are always surprises right until the very end. There’s something about the last few minutes of a …

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The Airstrip Porcupine — Round Three

Sean Zeederberg April 21, 2026 16

Harry and Megan found something the other night that I really wish I had been there for. They’d come across the Msuthlu Pride, eleven lions, out on the open ground …

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The Nocturnal Series III – Porcupine

Patrick Grealy July 12, 2023 8

Next up in the Nocturnal Series is another elusive, yet highly effective rodent, The Cape Porcupine. The largest rodent in Southern Africa is a very sought-after animal for many of …

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The Nocturnal Series Part I – Aardvark

Patrick Grealy May 23, 2023 8

Seeming as though my recent blog series on marula trees went down well, I thought of doing another series on the nocturnal going-ons at Londolozi over the next little while. …

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Have You Ever Seen The Shy 5?

Nick Tennick May 8, 2023 19

Embarking on an African Safari is an exciting adventure filled with the anticipation of seeing many animals for the first time. For most, there is an emphasis on spotting the …

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Camera Trap Chronicles #2

Chris Taylor October 5, 2022 10

The second instalment of the camera trap chronicles has been completed over the last week. Once again the main focus in trying to catch a leopard so we searched around …

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Goosebumps in the Wild

Kelsey Clark August 22, 2022 19

Goosebumps. From the moment the aircraft wheels touch down on African soil and your first safari is about to begin or your long-awaited return to Londolozi has finally arrived, all …

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The Most Incredible Demonstration of the Will to Survive: Two Baby Porcupine Fend off Six Lions

Tayla Brown May 30, 2022 23

Late one night while heading back to camp after dinner in the bush, we came across a pride of lions on the airstrip. At a first glance, it looked as …

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The Week in Pictures #544

Sean Zeederberg May 13, 2022 6 30

This week showcases the big cats of Londolozi with some incredible sightings of a number of different leopards and a few lions. The Senegal Bush Male leaps across the Sand …

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The Porcupine’s Ingenious Defence

Sean Zeederberg July 13, 2020 16

In a world of such competitive nature it is either ‘eat or be eaten’ out here. In order to combat the “be eaten” part of this, animals have developed a …

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The Mystery of The Moving Elephant Skull: Part 1

Pete Thorpe May 12, 2020 15

An elephant cow passed away just south of the Londolozi Camps in mid 2019 from natural causes. Once a wildlife veterinarian from the Sabi Sand Game Reserve had established that …

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The Leopard And The Porcupine

James Tyrrell November 29, 2018 10

Note: The Kaxane male has sadly since succumbed to old age and passed away. This post was written roughly a week before his death. We will run a tribute post …

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Londolozi Nightlife: Part 2

Rob Jeffery February 13, 2018 12

In part one of Londolozi Nightlife we encountered the scrub hare, civet and ended off with the bush baby. We leap now from this adorable, acrobatic animal to the prickliness of …

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It all happened so fast that all we had time to photograph was the quills as the porcupine dashed off in search of cover

The Porcupine and the Tamboti Tree

Guy Brunskill October 28, 2017 5

There were a few of us sitting around a campfire in the bush. We were all trainee rangers, so didn’t have the best tree knowledge out there. Little did we …

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The first glimpse of the porcupine as it darted out of the hole in a hurry to seek shelter in a thicket nearby

Male Leopard Goes After Porcupine

Alistair Smith April 10, 2017 7

It was my guests’ last morning drive, and they were filled with mixed emotions at the thought of their departure back home to America. We had had a spectacular three …

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