Giraffes Defend Dead Calf From Hyena Clan

Guy Brunskill April 25, 2018 10

We left camp to go and follow up on reports of a young giraffe with a broken leg from earlier that morning. As we drove out we heard the loud, …

Video Wildlife

The Week in Pictures #331

James Souchon April 20, 2018 20

Elephants have taken centre-stage this last week as we have witnessed hundreds of them moving all over the reserve. With the dry, dusty grip of winter yet to take its …

Photography The Week in Pictures

Should One Ever Leave the Bush?

James Tyrrell April 18, 2018 8

Becoming jaded is I think my biggest fear about living and working in the bush. I would hate to think that I might ever get bored of spending time with …

Wilderness teachings

The Week in Pictures #330

Pete Thorpe April 13, 2018 13

An exciting event this week, thanks to some late rain, is that the Manyelethi River started to flow. Normally a dry riverbed with only the odd pool of water, it …

General Nature The Week in Pictures Wildlife

Hyenas Kill Buffalo. Lions Take Over

Rob Jeffery April 11, 2018 1 5

I arrived at a sighting of a buffalo bull that had been killed earlier that morning by a group of hyenas. It had been found by ranger Melvin Sambo and …

Featured General Nature Wildlife

Where are the Nkoveni Female’s Cubs?

James Tyrrell April 8, 2018 1 5

The regularity with which female leopards feature in the Londolozi sightings book is linked to two main factors as far as I can tell: whether they have cubs and the …

Featured Leopards Wildlife

What Do Six Rangers Do On Their Day Off?

Bruce Arnott April 7, 2018 20

About three weeks ago there were fewer guests in camp than usual. There were therefore a handful of guides who were not taking game drives that day. Six of us …

General Nature Wilderness teachings

The Final Demise of the Majingilane

James Tyrrell April 3, 2018 59

An old male lion, ousted from his territory and suddenly nomadic, will always have a haunted look in his eyes. Without trying to sound fanciful or assume he has human …

Lions Wildlife

The 6 Things I Miss the Most about Londolozi

James Hobson March 31, 2018 11

“The only man I envy is the man who has not yet been to Africa – for he has so much to look forward to.” ― Richard Mullins I wake …

General Nature Safari Experience

Birmingham Male Lions Push Further Onto Londolozi

James Tyrrell March 29, 2018 14

It’s been many, many months since the regular calls of the Majingilane came reverberating down into camp from up at the airstrip. Being serenaded by lions during dinner was a …

Featured Lions Wildlife

Leopard Cub Killed by Lions

James Tyrrell March 27, 2018 3 24

The surviving cub of the Nanga female leopard was killed by lions this morning. Wrong-place-at-the-wrong-time seems to happen far too regularly for this female, and on the banks of the …

Leopards Wildlife

Photo Feature: Tsalala Cubs of 2011

James Tyrrell March 22, 2018 17

The problem with digital photographs is that the vast majority never get a second look. Particularly so when it comes to wildlife photos. With high-end cameras firing away at 12 …

Lions Photo Journal Wildlife

New Leopard Cubs? Maybe.

James Tyrrell March 19, 2018 4 5

Early 2016 was quite simply a ridiculous time to see leopard cubs on Londolozi. At one point the Nhlanguleni female was the only territorial female on the reserve to not be …

Leopards Wildlife

Introducing the Ximungwe Female Leopard

James Tyrrell March 14, 2018 1 11

As some of you may have noticed from posts in the last couple of weeks, the Mashaba Young female leopard is no longer being referred to as that. She is …

Leopards Wildlife

Can a Dead Tree Still Be a Tree of Life?

Alex Jordan March 11, 2018 1 7

Out on drive in the African bush one may see hundreds, if not thousands of trees that have fallen. Trees ring-barked by elephants, disabling them from receiving nutrients to vital …

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