The Week in Pictures #279
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 …
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 …
Trying to understand lion dynamics in the central Sabi Sands at the moment is a bit like trying to understand quantum physics. Beyond the understanding of most people, and even for …
I’m very aware of the seemingly contradictory nature of this statement, but sometimes I regret the day I ever picked up a camera. Photography and film are two incredible mediums through …
The Nkoveni female leopard is expected to give birth to her second litter any day now. Her last litter was never seen, as is regularly the case with leopards. We …
I think when one first starts as a young and most likely naive ranger at Londolozi, you tend to feel there is a certain air of permanence about the leopards …
I started working on a map to show the various areas in which the different prides of Londolozi and its surrounds have been operating, but gave up very quickly as …
With only a couple of days to go until December, we thought it fitting to look back over November and select our top twenty pictures from this month. With multiple …
New life, new growth and new arrivals have been the theme for the last week. Ranger Andrea Sithole had the honour of calling in the first newborn Impala lamb a …
This week was all about the success and prowess of the Mhangeni breakaway pride as they continued their onslaught of weakening buffalo… Or wait. This week was all about the …
Seeing a kill take place when on safari is often viewed as the Holy Grail of wildlife sightings. The reality of the event, however, can be slightly more upsetting than …
A sight eternally etched into my memory involves the fleeting glimpse of leopard rosettes darting through a thicket only a meter ahead of a lioness and the rest of her …
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 …
Cool, crisp and windless mornings warm the soul during the winter months, despite chilling the skin, and never before has this been felt more clearly. From beneath layers and layers and preceding …
Things are getting slightly confusing on the lion front these days. Whereas in years past territorial lines amongst the Lions of Londolozi have – at least for the most part …