The Week in Pictures #589
There’s a whisper of winter in the air at Londolozi. Days are getting shorter and the early mornings now have a slight chill to them. On the odd occasion, a …
There’s a whisper of winter in the air at Londolozi. Days are getting shorter and the early mornings now have a slight chill to them. On the odd occasion, a …
The Sand River has risen and as we enter the New Year, the timing couldn’t be more apt. It goes without saying that many of us may find ourselves reflecting …
The Tsalala Pride has defied the odds once again. This time, the last standing Tsalala Lioness has reached the one-year milestone since she lost her mother in November last year. …
Following on from a recent blog by Barry, where he explores the harsh realities of raising cubs, this blog will shed some light on the next phase in this process- …
I will never forget the feeling I got when I saw my first leopard. We were on a family holiday in the Kruger National Park and on our last game …
The Senegal Bush Male leopard has provided not only consistent but phenomenal viewing over the previous few months for our guests at Londolozi. Now controlling the central parts of Londolozi …
This week we spend a magical morning with the wild dogs shortly after having moved to a new den. Thankfully Greg was able to follow the pack as they moved …
On a recent afternoon, we set off in search of leopard. Fortune would have it that we had some strong leads to follow in that a group of guests that …
An exhilarating sighting of the Senegal Bush Male stealing a kill from two hyenas, that had in fact just stolen the kill from the Mashaba Female. Imagine watching this unfold …
Late one afternoon drive, former ranger and Londolozi legend, Ian Thomas, announced over the radio that he had found a male leopard with a fresh impala ram kill. Being nearby …
The sun was still hidden below the Eastern horizon as I strolled into the carpark at Varty Camp. As tracker Life Sibuyi and I discussed our plans for the morning, …
Rainy and windy conditions, of which we have had a fair amount of late, do not bode well for leopard viewing. The elusive felines often choose to hunker down in …
Male leopards are well-known to practice infanticide, i.e. killing cubs that are not their own offspring. This is well documented across large cat species. Once the cub has been killed, …
Monkeys alarming way in the distance got us on track late one afternoon. It was the sound of hyenas fighting that gave us even better direction. Finally we found the …