Londolozi Founders: Camp Pan Male Hoists Impala Kill
16 May 2012
It is always a pleasure and a privilege to watch the Camp Pan Male Leopard hunt. More often than not he is an extremely successful apex predator and both his enormous size and considerable experience have given him the edge in maintaining his condition, strength, patrolling intensity and hence his ...
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Cape Grace: La Motte Wine & Dine at Cape Grace on 31st May
16 May 2012
Share in the anecdotes and opinions of La Motte Cellarmaster Edmund Terblanche and 40 like-minded guests at our intimate Wine & Dine Series at Signal in Cape Grace on 31 May 2012. We never fail to be impressed with the superb La Motte wines and eco-credentials like being Certified Organic, ...
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Tswalu: Sad news of Piglet
15 May 2012
The Tswalu team are devastated by the loss of this gutsy little fellow
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Londolozi Founders: Why are female hyenas bigger than males?
15 May 2012
In the 1960′s the chimpanzee expert, Jane Goodall, arrived in the Ngorongoro Crater expecting to dislike Spotted Hyenas. However, it did not take long for them to win her over. “Hyenas are second only to chimpanzees in fascination,” she wrote; “they are born clowns, highly ...
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Londolozi Founders: Experience our Honeymoon Safari
14 May 2012
Africa…The very name of the continent is romantic. One of the last wild places where the great herds of elephant still roam, where the night is sequined with a million stars and where lions may be found gliding across a clearing in the dawn light. At Londolozi we have come to understand that ...
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Davisons Camp: Davison's Camp - April 2012
14 May 2012
200 buffalo, a breeding herd of elephant and two male lions welcome guests to Davison's Camp!
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Londolozi Founders: A Specialist Photographic Safari
12 May 2012
Many of you will remember, and hopefully participated in, the Star in Your Own Safari competition that we ran in partnership with Safari Interactive Magazine a few months back. The winner was Christine Lamberth and here is the video of her starring in her own Specialist Photographic Safari at ...
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Royal Malewane: Foodie Friday!
11 May 2012
We’ve got a sweet treat for Foodie Friday today! From our chef at The Roof Gardens.
Banana tarte tatin
You’ll need:
100g Sugar
10ml Water
100g Butter
5 Bananas
Puff Pastry enough to make a round disc with a thickness of 3mm and a 16cm diameter
Macadamia ice cream
100g Macadamia ...
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Royal Malewane: Weekend in Morocco
11 May 2012
In Morocco at Kasbah Tamadot. It’s wonderful that Morocco has survived all the problems of North Africa and the Middle East by King Mohammed VI being well ahead of the times in bringing in reforms for his country. He is seemingly loved by the vast majority of the population for all the changes ...
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Londolozi Founders: The Sparta Cubs are Alive
11 May 2012
Not too long ago I defined the word HOPE using a remarkable sighting of a baby rhino. Well this morning, we at Londolozi, clearly define the word JOY! The morning was thick with mist and pregnant with expectation. The rangers and trackers were out at first light. The winter morning chill is an ...
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Londolozi Founders: The Week in Pictures # 41
11 May 2012
This week brought a new twist on the recent leopard drama. The rutting season of the impala also made sure there was plenty of full-bellied lions and leopards, as the testosterone-fueled rams spent more time chasing one another than detecting predators nearby. The vegetation is getting drier and ...
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Londolozi Founders: The fate of the two ‘motherless’ Sparta cubs
10 May 2012
The body of a single Sparta lioness was found a few days ago. It can now be confirmed that she is indeed the mother of the two 7-8 month old cubs. This was tragic news for the much loved pride. The question on everyone’s minds was, or rather still is, what will happen to the [...]
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Serra Cafema: Serra Cafema Camp - April 2012
9 May 2012
Hundreds of baby crocs - and Little Bee-eaters - visit Serra Cafema this month.
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Londolozi Founders: How to Track a Lion
9 May 2012
For many visitors to the bush, the art of tracking and following an animal is both mystical and fascinating to experience. One of the oldest known art forms, tracking is as ancient as man itself yet today it is a diminishing aspect of indigenous culture which is being kept alive by the Tracker ...
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Damaraland Camp: Damaraland Camp - April 2012
9 May 2012
This month we were visited by a film crew and the local school.
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