A Different Take on Termites

Kyle Gordon May 26, 2021 22

One of my favorite features of the Lowveld landscape are termite mounds. Now at this point this blog could go in a number of directions. I could talk about any …

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Quantity Makes Quality (In This Case)

Josh Attenborough January 4, 2021 26

At Londolozi we are treated to numerous amazing sightings of so-called “big game” such as leopards, lions and elephants, to name a few. But every now and then an unusual …

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New Cheetahs on Londolozi

James Tyrrell July 4, 2019 16

Cheetah sightings have been fairly scarce over the last 6 months. The resident male that we used to see so regularly in the south-west of Londolozi has – we believe …

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The Week in Pictures #388

James Tyrrell May 24, 2019 21

First off the answer to this weeks’s bird challenge… Many of you got it right; it was of course a female Scarlet-Chested Sunbird. The streaky breast was a big clue; …

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Extraordinary Sighting: Hosana Male Leopard Seen With Both Leopard AND Lion Cub!!

James Tyrrell April 1, 2019 1 49

We couldn’t believe our eyes either! When the Hosana male leopard was found on top of a termite mound, and ranger Harlequin McQuail lifted his binoculars and saw a cub’s …

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The Leopard And The Porcupine

James Tyrrell November 29, 2018 10

Note: The Kaxane male has sadly since succumbed to old age and passed away. This post was written roughly a week before his death. We will run a tribute post …

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Falling In Love With Life Again

Oliver Sinclair November 1, 2018 13

Our Journey at Londolozi began on the 1st December 1998. Mish arrived from a neighbouring lodge and I was fresh off the ranger training course, which was in Northern Natal at …

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Old Male Leopard Returns to Londolozi

James Tyrrell October 9, 2018 1 13

Many of you would have read Fin Lawlor’s recent post about his glorious afternoon spent at a waterhole. In it he made mention of the Kashane/Kaxane male leopard; an old …

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Lost & Found

Liam Henderson July 9, 2017 2 32

It has been a little over a month since the passing of the Xidulu Female leopard, who was killed by the new Avoca coalition of male lions who have made their presence …

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The first glimpse of the porcupine as it darted out of the hole in a hurry to seek shelter in a thicket nearby

Male Leopard Goes After Porcupine

Alistair Smith April 10, 2017 7

It was my guests’ last morning drive, and they were filled with mixed emotions at the thought of their departure back home to America. We had had a spectacular three …

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A Land of Fairies and Flying Ants

Emma Gird March 20, 2016 4

A few days ago we were woken by the sound of rain pattering on the dry earth. Because of the rain that day, the Londolozi Cubs Den was a hive …

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Aardvark Caught on Camera!

James Tyrrell February 3, 2016 6

In our 214th Week in Pictures, we mentioned how trackers Jerry Hambana and Rob Hletswayo had tracked an aardvark back to what appeared to be its den. Diggings were all …

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Discover how Termites are Influencing Modern Design

Andrea Campbell May 13, 2015 3

“ You could look at nature as being like a catalog of products, and all of those have benefited from a 3.8 billion year research and development period. And given …

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15 Hours with a Cheetah

James Tyrrell August 14, 2014 4

The Abadi family was recently at Londolozi, and having visited the lodge many times, were hoping to see something special. The female cheetah had been found not too far from …

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Tamboti Female Leopard and Cubs

James Tyrrell May 22, 2013 13

After many apparently unsuccessful mating attempts with the Maxabene 3:2, Camp Pan and 5:5 males, the Tamboti female finally gave birth to a litter of two in late February or …

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