10 Life Lessons Londolozi Has Taught Me

Shannon Dawson July 29, 2023 12

I wake up every day and feel incredibly grateful – grateful for this place, its people, and its land. Londolozi has been a place of profound transformation and learning for …

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Bring The Spirit Of Ubuntu Into Your Home This Mandela Day 2023

Shannon Dawson July 18, 2023 12

“The Londolozi staff village remains a model for what’s possible in the world. It represents a clear intention – to be a space where love, tolerance and harmony may exist …

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Dave Varty’s Yearly Round-up 2022: South Africans ~ a Resilient Nation

Dave Varty November 26, 2022 14

I am sitting on the deck at Varty Camp with my good friend Sello Hatang, CEO of the Nelson Mandela Foundation, reflecting on the amazing potential of our country. We …

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Have You Heard About Londolozi’s Village Walk?

Jenna Ziegler December 11, 2021 15

Coming into Londolozi as a newly employed Camp Manager from Cape Town, I had absolutely no idea how immense the sense of community would be at Londolozi. At first I …

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Londolozi’s Lessons of Love

James Tyrrell February 8, 2021 25

Sometimes nature gifts us a Valentine’s story out of the blue, sometimes we look amongst ourselves, and sometimes we simply feel like exploring the esoteric nature of love itself. So …

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Living Heritage

Amanda Ritchie September 24, 2020 30

It was an ordinary afternoon. As ordinary as you can get living out in the wilderness of Africa as the birds sang from the trees and the insects called from …

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Mandela Day 2020

Bronwyn Varty-Laburn July 16, 2020 23

Today we ask you to join us on a reflective meditation about the lessons of Mandela: With thanks for words by Boyd Varty and artwork by Roxy Burrough. Download the …

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Heading Back To Camp

Michael Harmon January 16, 2020 8

One afternoon in late October, I was walking down the Londolozi footpath when a wave of recognition washed over me. I stopped in my tracks and doubled back, ready to …

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Heritage Day 2018

Dave Varty September 24, 2018 9

“You don’t stumble upon your heritage. It’s there, just waiting to be explored and shared.” September 24th is National Heritage Day in South Africa and a chance for us, as a …

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Yoga Lessons in the Creche

Sam Zeederberg May 17, 2018 4

We would all love to climb back into the years where naps are a necessity to any day, naked adventures are as natural as the clothed ones, the only password …

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Introducing the New Varty Camp

James Tyrrell May 14, 2018 9

Few campfires in Africa – or indeed anywhere – have had so much history stem from their flames as the one that still burns in Londolozi’s Varty Camp, over 90 …

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Reconciliation Day: How To Restore Harmony For All

Amy Attenborough December 16, 2017 1 20

A few weeks ago I watched a female leopard resting high up in a dead Brown Ivory tree. In the tree was nestled a leopard orchid and in that sat …

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15 Things To Be Thankful For

Amy Attenborough November 23, 2017 26

In the spirit of Thanksgiving, we walked around the Londolozi village and asked what it was that our family are thankful for. Here are some of the responses we got: …

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What Whole Do You Form Part Of?

Amy Attenborough October 31, 2017 11

Hundred of thousands, sometimes millions of tiny red-billed queleas fly together in flocks creating clouds of movement called murmurations. How do they do it? How do they not bump into …

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Aristotle and Ubuntu Are Alive at Londolozi

Christina Fox August 27, 2017 3

Recently the simple act of turning on my radio showed that Aristotle and Ubuntu are alive at Londolozi. “Christina Life, come in, Christina”. (I am Christina. Life is my department.) …

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