A good cleaning!
Mother and son in a lengthy morning cleaning session. Lions are the only gregarious cats. They really enjoy being close to each other 🙂 These two Lions are part of the Thanda South Pride.
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Mating sounds!
How about waking up in the middle of the night and hearing the sounds of mating Lions nearby? When we met some of our guests for morning game drive they claimed that they… Continue reading
Lions only!
This morning’s game drive was amazing. We left the Lodge with the intention to track a herd of Buffalo. But on the way out we decided to have another quick look at our… Continue reading
Scorpions, Lions … and more rain!
Heavy rains and thunderstorms – again! This year is starting as wet as the last one has ended. In the morning we showed our guests a Scorpion (in the few hours without rain). This… Continue reading
Good Morning!
Our dominate male Lion was greeting us at the start of our morning game drive. He had rested on top of a hill for the night.
Lions on his mind!
I do not often merge or manipulate images, but I had to play with this picture of Bheki – my Tracker – looking into a sunrise. I merged it with an image of our dominate… Continue reading
The Bush School!
On Thanda we have an old bush school (a few A-frame huts and an old wooden classroom building) which is left from the days when Thanda was farmland. On hot days the Thanda… Continue reading
The Kill
If one watches animal programs on TV one usually sees the Lions running after the prey and then eating the animal. The struggle for food/life in between is rarely ever shown. A few days ago… Continue reading
I have got an eye on you!
This young male Lion was completely “stuffed”. He had feasted on a Wildebeest and had a hard time moving. But he kept an eye on us while we were watching him in his… Continue reading
Too close for comfort!
The Thanda North Pride was not willing to move far of their Wildebeest kill when three White Rhinos moved through the area. The Rhinos investigated the kill while the Lions were watching… Continue reading