Habituating a Leopard Cub
It’s a beautiful thing winning the trust of a wild animal, especially one as enigmatic and vulnerable as a leopard cub. It’s certainly not that they begin to trust you, …
It’s a beautiful thing winning the trust of a wild animal, especially one as enigmatic and vulnerable as a leopard cub. It’s certainly not that they begin to trust you, …
The month of October has been a very busy one at Londolozi. Not only have we welcomed guests back into the lodge but plenty of early-season rainfall has ensured that …
A couple of days ago we wrote about the Ntsevu pride starting to splinter as the lionesses start giving birth to new litters, and the Othawa male was thrown into …
We haven’t done one of these in awhile, but I was in the archives recently and happened across a photo I hadn’t seen in a year or so, so thought …
Short answer: No, it didn’t. Sure the Finfoot female made a couple of kills actually within the bounds of the camp, and was regularly seen by the staff in camp …
Speechless. That was the word that leaped to mind. When Managing Director Chris Kane-Berman reported a leopard with a 3-4 month old cub on a kill a couple of kilometres …
Fork-tailed Drongos are fairly ubiquitous across Londolozi and the region in general. They are often found following large herbivores through the bush, hoping to capitalise on any insect prey flushed …
We track lions for hours, watch hornbills at the start of their mating season and spend time with a beautiful group of giraffes up near the Londolozi airstrip… Enjoy this …
You know it’s been a great few days when you have to scratch your head and really think in order to work out which sighting happened on which day. It …
A whole spectrum of wildlife was encountered this week, with probably the most intense sighting being the Ntsevu pride stealing a kill from a young female leopard. As we head …
The rain came in full force last night with a good 20mm soaking the reserve. This is nowhere near what we can get in one downpour, but it certainly gives us …
The barking of bushbuck is a fairly regular background noise at the Londolozi camps. Sometimes it’s just a couple of males barking at each other, but quite often it indicates …
When birds bathe in water or cover themselves in dust they are actively maintaining their plumage. In well-watered areas bathing is most common, but during winter when things are a …
It’s been an exciting few days around the reserve but there are few things that excite me more than seeing new cubs for the first time. Things were starting to …
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 …