Just How Lucky Are You To See a Cheetah?

Bruce Arnott November 9, 2019 7

In short: very! We were driving in the open grassland area of Londolozi on an afternoon earlier this week. As we reached the unique micro-biome that is the Open Areas …

Wildlife

Wild Dogs Return Again… With Recruits!

Pete Thorpe November 6, 2019 11

If only every guest that comes through Londolozi could have the privilege of watching African Wild Dogs (AKA painted wolves) roaming their natural habitat. Unfortunately, they are the rarest large …

General Nature Safari Experience Wildlife

Are You Judging a Book by its Cover?

Bruce Arnott October 12, 2019 12

Spotted hyenas have always been an integral part of the bush experience for me. Growing up camping in various places throughout Southern Africa I would not think my bush experience …

Wildlife

Londolozi Takes Top Spot in Conde Nast Readers’ Choice Awards

James Tyrrell October 9, 2019 11

We were thrilled and deeply honoured to hear that we recently clinched the Number 1 spot in the Conde Nast Reader’s Choice Awards: Top 20 Resorts in South Africa, with …

Relais and Châteaux Travel

Flat Rock And Inyathini Walk Side By Side

More Male Leopards Fighting

Bruce Arnott August 31, 2019 12

We are out on an early morning drive. I stop the vehicle to watch the first herd of impalas we see. As I start to say something like, ‘Look how …

Featured Leopards Wildlife

THE WEEK IN PICTURES #400

James Tyrrell August 16, 2019 59

400 Weeks. That’s just under 8 years. The Week in Pictures, which forms a window into the bush for thousands of people around the world, is far more than just …

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Why Two out of Five Senses Simply Can’t Re-create the Magic

James Tyrrell August 12, 2019 13

As much as we try to bring the African bush – and Londolozi in particular – to people from all over the world, we have to accept from the outset …

Wilderness teachings Wildlife

A Flash of Colour

Bruce Arnott August 1, 2019 29

I am driving in the midday heat. The landscape is dry, dusty and barren. My attention is focused only on the sound of the vehicle and its tyres rolling over …

Wildlife

Why are the Ntsevu Lions Bad at Hunting Buffalo?

James Tyrrell July 31, 2019 12

By far the majority of the declarations about the local wildlife you’ll hear from your ranger/tracker team are empirical. That is, they are based on observation. Granted, there is a …

Lions Wildlife

Rhinos Are Sensational Beasts

Bruce Arnott July 10, 2019 18

Rhinos sit high up on the list of animals I enjoy seeing and spending time watching. They are not only shockingly huge; they also have a great character that defines …

Wildlife

Safari Dreams

Michael and Terri Klauber July 3, 2019 5 26

From our first visit to Londolozi in 2011, we have been captivated by the Londolozi leopards. While we had been briefed that the wildlife viewing would be fantastic, there was …

Wildlife

Guided to Honey

Jess Shillaw June 18, 2019 16

Before becoming a ranger at Londolozi, each trainee has to learn the roads by walking them solo, with a highlighted route on a map, a radio and a rifle. It …

Wilderness teachings Wildlife

Return To Nature

Amanda Ritchie June 5, 2019 18

‘There is no such thing as human nature. There is just nature’ ~ Dr. Ian McCallum I write to you from under a tree. There is a gentle breeze blowing. …

Wildlife

Leopard Cub Catches Scrub Hare Repeatedly

Rob Jeffery May 18, 2019 7

Leopards have to learn to hunt on their own. As cubs, their mother will leave them and go off hunting and, when old enough to eat meat, lead them to …

Wildlife

Tsalala Cubs Alive and Well

James Tyrrell May 5, 2019 24

We’re just going to leave these here… We broke the news in early March that the Tsalala female had given birth, but knowing how fragile young cubs are, no one …

Featured Lions Wildlife

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