Following the Nkoveni Female Leopard
We set out from Tree Camp just before the sun had started to appear. It was a beautiful, cool morning. We could hear the birds starting to wake, distant alarm …
We set out from Tree Camp just before the sun had started to appear. It was a beautiful, cool morning. We could hear the birds starting to wake, distant alarm …
The Ximungwe female leopard occupies the central storyline in this week’s episode, as speculation around and the search for her cub intensifies… Enjoy this Week in Video…
Many guests have asked me what do leopard cubs do when their mother leaves them at their den site? The mother leopard, in this case the Picadilly female will leave …
Midway through the doldrums of last year’s lockdown, Bronwyn Varty-Laburn wrote an interesting blog post on the changing trends of travel and how the safari industry is in fact perfectly …
This week was all about spots; from leopards to pearl-spotted owls to cheetahs and then giraffes, the patterned animals were taking centre stage. We mention two previous virtual safaris in …
As I’m sure many of you read in Chris Taylor’s recent TWIP, he mentions the finding of not one but two new leopards dens. The Ximungwe and Nhlanguleni females have …
According to the Biomimicry Institute, biomimicry can be described as “the scientific, research-based practice of learning from and then replicating nature’s forms, processes, and ecosystems to create more regenerative designs.” …
From an intricate spider’s web to a big herd of bovines, as well as what we believe to be THE iconic African safari experience, this week delivers the goods, as …
This week has been an exciting one with the lion dynamics taking a very interesting turn. Lion viewing had been somewhat thin, with the Ntsevu pride seemingly having disappeared overnight, …
Easter meant a slight delay to the latest Virtual Safari, so please excuse us for its lateness. This week, a disastrous attempt to find mating leopards is followed closely by …
First up, the answer to yesterday’s Bird ID Challenge: The three birds in question were Amur Falcons. Almost all of them have departed now for their long migration back to …
We watch a high spirited young leopard trying to chase wildebeest in a clearing, sit with a hippo bull in full display and we look at the amazing benefits for …
We left camp at 5am as we had to get to Kruger Mpumalanga International Airport (about two hours away) for my guests to catch an early flight home. Shortly after …
Mating leopards, the Ntsevu pride in full force, and a leopard in a tree like you’ve never seen it before… This summer’s long grass has made leopards in particular particularly …
We had not seen the Ximungwe female for well over a month. For a female who was seen very often on the reserve – in fact almost certainly our most …