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Orion and Scorpio

Kyle Gordon September 21, 2022 27

The change of seasons is upon us and spring, my personal favourite time of the year is here. Soon there will be an injection of life into the Lowveld system …

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Life from a vulture’s perspective

Kyle Gordon May 25, 2022 28

The chill of the night begins to lift as the red dawn unhurriedly wraps up the nighttime stars in its warm embrace. The vulture raises her sparsely feathered head from …

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A Single Day On Safari in August

Pete Thorpe August 24, 2020 1 32

Life has been a bit different during lockdown for us rangers. Normally we have a vehicle with up to six guests and a tracker on the front. At the moment …

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Did You Know That Giraffes Eat Bones?

Pete Thorpe July 30, 2020 20

There is a story that has been passed on from several generations of rangers at Londolozi about a guest that repeatedly kept asking a ranger whether giraffes eat meat: Guest: …

Wildlife

Bushmen Of The Ju/' Hoansi San Sitting At The Campfire, Village //xa/oba, Near Tsumkwe, Otjozondjupa Region, Namibia, Africa

Facing the Stars

Bruce Arnott April 30, 2020 23

We’re sitting on the ground around a small, slow burning fire. The embers are dim, golden orange in colour. The night is dark. Lit up around us are the faces …

Wildlife

The Birmingham Male Lions

Paul Danckwerts March 2, 2020 15

[Editor’s Note: This post was recently found in the Draft folder of Londolozi blog posts from early 2018. For some reason it never got published at the time of writing. …

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The Moment I Have Been Waiting Ages For

Pete Thorpe August 8, 2019 18

There are many firsts out here. Your first impala, first kudu bull, first elephant… Your first safari is of course littered with them, and each one seems to generate more …

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Nostalgic Moments With Russell MacWilliam

Jemma Thorpe May 29, 2019 14

It’s always fascinating reminiscing about the early days at Londolozi and how things have changed. Every so often we hear from someone who visited us back in the day and …

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24 Hours of Magical Game Viewing at Londolozi

Pete Thorpe May 14, 2019 2 23

Having recently had a phenomenal run of sightings, I decided to try and recreate the events from my perspective to give you an idea of what life is like here …

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Celebrating the Nature of Mothers

Amanda Ritchie May 11, 2019 13

She’s the first true connection you ever made. She’s been your confidant when you couldn’t share your secret with anyone else. She’s the one who quietly gives you the advice …

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The Incredible Eyesight of Baboons

Bruce Arnott April 24, 2019 13

The chacma baboon is a very dynamic, adaptable and successful animal in the bushveld. They live in troops of all different ages and sizes; the troop is usually led by …

Wildlife

Close, Closer, Closest: Trying Different Photographic Angles

James Tyrrell April 7, 2019 18

High frame rates can be a curse in modern digital cameras. Being able to keep the shutter button depressed at over 10 frames per second can mean you end up …

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The Longest Wait: A Hilarious Tracking Story

Rob Jeffery March 21, 2019 26

This is an old story from senior tracker Judas Ngomane. It is a story about tracking lions. It was 9am and the sun was beating down. It had been a …

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One Year Later: What has Happened Since Last February?

James Tyrrell February 20, 2019 10

I thoroughly enjoy browsing our archives to see what happened when, to see if predictions came true or not or simply to reflect on how quickly things change in the …

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Why Does The Zebra Have Stripes?

Pete Thorpe January 26, 2019 9

My favourite answer to this question comes from an ancient San Bushmen story: Many generations ago, in the heart of Africa, a baboon sat guarding the one and only waterhole …

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