Every year as winter slowly rolls in, everyone gets excited for something that the change in season brings about. For some it’s the change in temperature as we move from …
A slightly overdue second instalment of our MD photo highlights series, but better late than never. Our last photo feature from Managing Director Chris Kane-Berman was a mix-and-match of various …
The radio broke the silence amongst us. Wild dogs had been found, on the move. My heart started pumping with excitement, which the guests probably sensed as we were now …
Interspecific comparisons in the natural world appeal to me. They aren’t always relevant or in any way appropriate – for instance there’s not much to be gained by comparing the life …
An exciting event this week, thanks to some late rain, is that the Manyelethi River started to flow. Normally a dry riverbed with only the odd pool of water, it …
A couple of years ago we published a post about whether or not leopards have favourite trees. The pivotal line in the post is probably the following: Leopards climb the …
I arrived at a sighting of a buffalo bull that had been killed earlier that morning by a group of hyenas. It had been found by ranger Melvin Sambo and …
There is a very small impala lamb that has been seen over the last few days just to the west of Pioneer Camp. Since the local impala lambing is seasonal, and …
I wouldn’t call myself a photographer, I just happen to work in an environment that offers incredible daily opportunities to take photos. Night photography is one of these opportunities I’ve …
The regularity with which female leopards feature in the Londolozi sightings book is linked to two main factors as far as I can tell: whether they have cubs and the …
About three weeks ago there were fewer guests in camp than usual. There were therefore a handful of guides who were not taking game drives that day. Six of us …
With the sadness associated with the sudden decline of the two remaining Majingilane males, this week will not go down as one of the happiest in Londolozi memory. But as …
Tracker Judas Ngomane and I were following wild dogs on a hunt. Andrea Sithole and Sersant Sibuyi had found them at Finfoot Crossing in the Sand River at first light. …
As we approached a herd of 80+ African Buffalo, tracker Bennet Mathonsi shouted, “Leopard! Leopard!”. Next to the buffalo? Surely not… He was right though. A young male leopard was a …