The Power of Light
I was preparing myself for my second visit to Londolozi with – as you may imagine – a lot of excitement. Long before the actual trip, I was thinking back …
I was preparing myself for my second visit to Londolozi with – as you may imagine – a lot of excitement. Long before the actual trip, I was thinking back …
We could see some movement in a waterhole up ahead, slightly obscured by a large bush. At first tracker Judas and I thought it was a buffalo wallowing. We drove …
I must admit, getting out of bed here in winter can be a real challenge. However, stepping outside into the icy air is always worth it when the sound of …
Owls are my favourite birds. I’m sure it has a lot to do with the characters that represented them in books I read when I was young, but years later …
Clicking through a few old photographs recently, I was shocked at just how many leopards have come and gone during my tenure at Londolozi. Having said that, the number wasn’t …
Yesterday we ran a post in the build-up to World Ocean Day – which is this coming Friday June 8th – in which we talked about sustainable fisheries, allied with …
Don’t be fooled by the title. When there is only one lone cheetah who patrols the land, the addition of a single extra animal automatically means a 100% increase in …
Photographs or video. Which one are you going to try capture? Decide now! Because invariably if you try and bounce between the two during a sighting, you panic, forget to …
In the dull light of a half-moon we came to a halt underneath the canopy of a large Torchwood tree. The sudden silence was startling with the absence of the …
From Sydney to Shanghai, my guests this week have come from far and wide with one thing in mind: Photography. Londolozi Game Reserve has long been renowned as one of …
Temperatures are dropping and the night sky is visible for longer. If this time of change can’t be felt, it most definitely can be seen. Although some late rains have …
It was a slightly cloudy day as we set out on our early morning game drive. Tracker Sersant, our guests and I had planned to try and track down the …
Just over a week ago we ran our first post of Londolozi guest Tony Goldman’s photo highlights. Today we are publishing the second instalment of the photographs he was kind …
This isn’t the first time a group of lions has split from their natal pride and formed a new one. Nor will it be the last. Environmental conditions and pressures …
My views on the relative intelligence levels of the various animals out here oscillate wildly. I’ve seen lions execute a perfect strategic ambush that had to have involved forethought, yet …