Virtual Safari: The Ultimate Game Drive Highlights #145

Sean Zeederberg December 18, 2022 25

Intrigued by the prowess and stature of lions, there is something special about spending a lot of time with them. More often than not lions will be resting during the …

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Virtual Safari: The Ultimate Game Drive Highlights #144

Sean Zeederberg December 11, 2022 29

Having just got back from leave we hear about an incredible sighting of three Ntsevu Sub-adult Males bringing down a female buffalo all by themselves. A pretty impressive feat! We …

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Virtual Safari: Ultimate Game Drive Highlights #143

Sean Zeederberg December 4, 2022 24

Part of the magic of living and working in the wild is the unexpected interactions between various animal species. After seeing vultures pouring out of the sky in the same …

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Photo Journal: Cyclone Eloise’s Wildlife Aftermath Part 2

Willem Kruger March 4, 2021 4

Guest Willem Kruger has been visiting Londolozi for years. His latest visit coincided with the tail-end of Cyclone Eloise, which unleashed torrential rain on Londolozi and much of the surrounding …

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Why to Watch Where Vultures Land

Dean De La Rey December 5, 2020 14

I was once sitting with a male lion that saw vultures dropping in the distance;, he sat up, looked more intently and suddenly ran towards that spot. There there was …

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What Happened 5 Years Ago? #10

James Tyrrell November 25, 2020 20

I enjoy this whole Memory Lane thing. Even five years later I can still remember most of these sightings like they were yesterday. In fact driving through the reserve with …

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The Week in Pictures #458

James Tyrrell September 25, 2020 26

First up, the answer to this week’s Mystery Bird Challenge: it was none other than a Crowned Eagle. This was the first one I’ve seen at Londolozi in 10 years …

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Hyenas vs. Vultures

James Tyrrell September 22, 2020 30

Winter is not the best time for hippo bulls; lower water levels as we reach the end of the dry season means fiercer and fiercer clashes for territory, some of …

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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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Nature’s Resourcefulness

Josh Attenborough January 11, 2020 8

After following the tracks of the Mhangeni pride zigzag back and forth in the open grasslands of the south-western part of the reserve for most of the morning, we were …

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The Halloween Safari Cast

Jemma Thorpe October 31, 2018 23

Halloween is celebrated by most of the world in the form of scary costumes, Jack-o’-lanterns, trick-or-treating and, if you’re brave enough, watching horror films. However out in the bush Halloween …

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Photography Challenge: Birds

James Souchon August 16, 2018 17

Inspired by Pete Thorpe’s recent blog post on birding I set myself a little creative photography challenge which I haven’t done in some time. I decided to focus my photographic efforts …

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Just How Efficient is Nature’s Cleanup Crew?

James Tyrrell August 4, 2018 19

Those who saw yesterday’s Week in Pictures would have seen the second and third photos of a whole lot of vultures feeding on an elephant carcass. The elephant was a young …

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Vultures Rob Cheetahs of Kill

Sean Zeederberg July 22, 2018 5

Tracker Ray Mabelane was taking some of the staff children on a game drive around lunch time when vultures descending at a waterhole close to the airstrip caught his eye. …

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Do Vultures Scavenge from Leopards?

Rob Jeffery July 16, 2018 6

We watched as the Mashaba female leopard ascended a Russet Bushwillow tree and made quick work of devouring what remained of a male impala kill she had recently hoisted. As …

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