The Week in Pictures #317
“I never knew of a morning in Africa when I woke up and was not happy” – Ernest Hemingway Hemingway’s quote is particularly relevant during this season. Intermittent, localized rains …
“I never knew of a morning in Africa when I woke up and was not happy” – Ernest Hemingway Hemingway’s quote is particularly relevant during this season. Intermittent, localized rains …
Only a few days until Christmas and the festive season is in full swing. Energy and excitement continues to build. It’s a time of abundance, a time of giving, social …
Just the other day I watched the Tamboti female leopard curl her tail up as she slipped past our vehicle. This could mean any number of things but in that …
As we have now come to the end of the winter months at Londolozi, which happens to be my favourite time of the year for the low temperatures, misty mornings …
Coming to the end of an amazing day, the sun had sunk below the horizon with yet another magical sunset. We started making our way home after a long and …
The icy bite in the morning air is gradually being replaced by more manageable, warmer temperatures, indicative of the slow arrival of spring. Albeit rather inconsistent, these warmer temperatures are …
This week was marked by the natural death of an old elephant bull on Londolozi’s northern boundary. Speculation and anecdotal evidence suggests that he had died due to injuries sustained in a fight …
The Tamboti female gave birth to a litter of two a few months ago. As leopard cubs are very well secreted by their mothers during the first few weeks and …
The month has ended and what an amazing month it has been. I started the Roundup of the Month in Images in August 2014 and I have so enjoyed reflecting …
I don’t watch reality television shows. In fact I don’t watch much television at all. But sometimes I wonder if this lack of interest is because I get my fix …
I’ve not been going on safari long. Four short years, almost to the day. They’ve been pretty busy years, granted, but it’s not a long time, measured against the span …
I’ve got a thing about leopards. The spots, the rosettes, the gorgeous, vivid orange and white and black. The gloss of an adult. The unbearably cute fuzz of a blue-eyed …
The last week at Londolozi has been one that has seen a fair amount of change. The biggest of these changes is the arrival of the first rains. It is …
Following a two week leave, my return to the bush was greeted with a dry and dusty setting. Not for years has the lowveld looked so starved of water, yet …
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 …