The Week in Pictures #439

James Tyrrell May 15, 2020 1 31

First up, the Mystery Bird answer. It was a tough one, evidenced by the fact that only a couple of correct answers were to be found in the comments (although …

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Virtual Game Drives: The Week in Video #8

James Tyrrell May 10, 2020 22

The week started and ended with a bang. Almost literally in fact, as one of the local packs of African Wild Dogs came tearing through Londolozi, providing two incredibly wild …

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The Week in Pictures #437

James Tyrrell May 1, 2020 18

It’s just too tempting to sit with 22 lions, even when there is so much going on on the reserve. The Ntsevu pride and usually attendant Birmingham males have been …

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The Thrill of an Unrelaxed Leopard

James Tyrrell April 22, 2020 2 14

Our leopard viewing is phenomenal. Being right at the heart of the area with the highest leopard density yet recorded in Africa allows us practically unrivalled viewing of these magnificent …

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Why You Should Never Say No to Exploring

James Souchon April 14, 2020 28

With just under 15000 hectares or about 37000 acres of land to traverse we are lucky to have a lot of options when it comes to where we should head …

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The Week in Pictures #434

James Tyrrell April 10, 2020 1 26

It almost seems like the bush has accelerated during lockdown, with the sightings coming thick and fast, and the hardest thing being deciding where to go. The problem is you …

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The Ingrid Dam Female

Al Kaiser April 9, 2020 2 23

As usual, I was reading the Londolozi blog with great interest. Perhaps with more interest than normal since I was supposed to be there last week and wanted to see …

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Embracing the Times: What I Miss the Most About Londolozi

Chris Taylor April 8, 2020 18

Having been on my two week leave when South Africa’s Lockdown was initiated, means that I have now been away from Londolozi for over a month. Sure, it doesn’t sound …

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The Week in Pictures #433

Matt Uys April 3, 2020 25

Wildlife photography is not easy; subjects often don’t do what we anticipate, right-place-at-the-right-time is crucial, and knowing your gear and how to react when things don’t go as planned are …

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What Happens Next With the Ntsevu Pride?

James Tyrrell March 28, 2020 20

The Ntsevu Pride is simply getting too big. That sounds a bit ludicrous from our perspective, as there are very few things as awe-inspiring as having a pride of 20 …

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Are Lions Really Unsuccessful Hunters?

James Tyrrell March 25, 2020 22

The literature talks about the low percentage of successful lion hunts. 15-25%. At a push. Lions can and do go a long time without food. A week without a solid …

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What Bird is This? #23

James Tyrrell March 19, 2020 19

This should be a fairly straightforward one. Colouration, size, shape… there’s certainly enough here to narrow it down to family, but the actual species might take a little more work. …

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Sunday Photo Gallery

Henry Reiff March 15, 2020 8

We always love receiving photos from our guests from their stay, especially when they include. abroad spectrum of wildlife. Without even asking their ranger and tracker what type of sightings …

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The Male/Female Impala

James Tyrrell March 14, 2020 23

I was thrilled to be able to publish this at first, thinking I had discovered something almost unheard of in the area. Then I went back through the archives and …

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Lioness Takes on 15 Hyenas

James Tyrrell March 7, 2020 23

Sometime during early morning coffee, before the sun had risen in the east, the Tsalala lioness killed an adult wildebeest bull only two hundred metres from the Londolozi Camps. No …

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