The Amazing Flight of the Amur Falcon
Every year here on Londolozi, something quite incredible happens. A small bird of prey, the weight of the average banana, sets off from our reserve and begins its migration away …
Every year here on Londolozi, something quite incredible happens. A small bird of prey, the weight of the average banana, sets off from our reserve and begins its migration away …
Firstly, the answer to the latest Bird ID Challenge. Either these are getting easier or you the participants are getting better. Either way, most people got this one right. It …
One would think that stumbling into Africa’s apex predator out in the wilds would be reason enough to head the other way, yet the innate curiosity of giraffes almost makes …
High frame rates can be a curse in modern digital cameras. Being able to keep the shutter button depressed at over 10 frames per second can mean you end up …
Despite how popular media might portray them, leopards actually don’t spend as much of their lives in trees as one might think. The bulk of their lives is spent terrestrially, …
Delicious. For many, this word suggests a gastronomic experience. It is a word synonymous with eating or drinking something other-worldly; something mouth-watering and luscious. Most often used in answer to …
Browsing the archives as I like to do, I recently came across photos of a sighting of a mother leopard and her cub from yesteryear. One of Londolozi’s newer rangers …
“To photograph is to hold one’s breath, when all faculties converge to capture fleeting reality. It’s at that precise moment that mastering an image becomes a great physical and intellectual …
Lions will do things on their own time. Just ask anyone who’s sat with them for hours waiting for them to move, and they’ve done nothing except roll over lethargically …
Firstly, the Mystery Bird from yesterday. Almost everyone got it right: the answer was an African Fish Eagle. Most large eagles have much darker or barred tails, so the all-white …
We aren’t going to go too deeply into a discussion of the relative intelligence levels of the big cats here, but it struck me the other day that a grasp …
It’s fairly boring to be discussing the weather, but we were meant to be pretty much swimming our way out on drive right about now. The predicted rainfall for last …
This was one of those morning when more lessons were learnt than anything else. An epic sighting after which I was kicking myself for not being ready, so ended up …
You can’t buy experience. Nor can you buy a grey cap in the Londolozi Boutique shop. The colours we have on offer there are khaki, black, white and then there’s …
“Wilderness, in whatever way we describe it, becomes a chance for human beings to redeem their humanity. It is a place where we go to contemplate our origins, examine our …