When Times Get Tough, The Tough Adapt

Shaun D'Araujo July 19, 2016 3

On September 17th last year, the witty and intellectual Tom Imrie wrote a post on the current El Niño Southern Oscillation (ENSO) currently ensuing across the globe. This ENSO is …

Wildlife

What Next for the Tsalala Pride?

James Tyrrell April 30, 2016 12

In 2010 the Majingilane coalition came roaring into the Sabi Sands. The Tsalala pride at the time had some young lions in it, still relatively dependent on the adult lionesses. …

Lions

The Sparta Pride Cubs

James Tyrrell April 16, 2016 1

The Sparta pride made a welcome return to Londolozi, moving through the open woodland areas south and west of the Maxabene, before eventually settling near the Tugwaan riverbed, with one of …

Wildlife

Sunday Stories: A Cherished Memory

Don Heyneke April 10, 2016 5

A deeper passion grows for the bush and its wildlife during and after working at Londolozi. The passion is infectious amongst all staff; a seed is planted that grows in …

Leopards Photography Sunday Stories Wildlife

Lion Update: Matshipiri Males Return

James Tyrrell April 2, 2016 20

It has been a long time since the two Mathsipiri males were seen on Londolozi soil. Casting my mind back, the last time I saw them myself was probably August …

Lions Wildlife

Is This Londolozi’s Most Enigmatic Leopard?

James Tyrrell January 18, 2016 11

Enigmatic: difficult to interpret or understand; mysterious. The word ‘enigmatic’ can be used a lot when it comes to leopards, sometimes to the point of cliché. There is a leopard …

Leopards Wildlife

For the Love of Tracking – Winnis Mathebula

Shaun D'Araujo January 9, 2016 11

Those who have had roads named after them at Londolozi have all been highly influential people. One name however, appears several times on the road maps of Londolozi. Winnis’s wallows, …

Londolozi Family Tracking

Tsalala Pride On the Run

James Tyrrell September 28, 2015 11

The Matimba males, it seems, are here to stay. Although pushed out of their northern territory by the Birmingham males, they have been fortunate in that right next door is …

Lions

Sparta Male Joins Tsalala Pride

James Tyrrell September 6, 2015 13

In 2008, the Tsalala pride were taken over by two of the by-now infamous Mapogo coalition. A young male in the pride at the time, the sole survivor from a …

Wildlife

The Week in Pictures #194

Nick Kleer August 21, 2015 19

Once again a magical week at Londolozi draws to an end and I am privileged enough to be able to share my pictures with all of you. In this work …

Photography Post Processing The Week in Pictures Wildlife

World Lion Day: A Tribute to the King of the Beasts

Amy Attenborough August 10, 2015 9

Londolozi’s mission statement in 1972: We aim to create a model in wise land management by using the many qualities of the natural system and integrating our visitors with the …

Wildlife

The Week in Pictures #192

Callum Gowar August 7, 2015 11

The fascinating lion dynamics continue at Londolozi and its enthralling future holds no relent. The enormous territory and sporadic movements of the current territory holders, the Majingalane males, are constantly …

The Week in Pictures Wildlife

Lion Warfare: The Old Adversaries Return

James Tyrrell July 29, 2015 11

The hyenas are back with a vengeance! With the departure of the Majingilane from central and eastern Londolozi, it seems that new coalitions aren’t the only thing that the resident …

Wildlife

Collision Course

James Tyrrell April 21, 2015 19

Trouble is brewing in eastern Londolozi. Whilst over the past few months the Styx males looked set to inherit the kingdom from their fathers, there is a new threat pressing …

Wildlife

Lions: Anticlimax

James Tyrrell March 3, 2015 14

Yesterday morning had a slow start to it. It was a grey day in the Lowveld with the clouds scudding across the sky and a chilly wind blowing. Mike Sithole had …

Wildlife

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