Male Lion and Hyenas

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We decided to wake early and go for an early morning drive right wehn the gates open, figuring that we might see some cats out before it got too hot. We were right. About 8am we came upon a male lion lying down about 50 feet from the road. I was able to get quite a few pictures of him, including when he yawned and scratched himself. We even watched him long enough to hear him roar a few times. That made the day.

The rest of the day wasn't too exciting. We divided our time doing laundry in the sink, hanging it in the trees, reading, swimming, and ultimately waiting for our scheduled night drive, which kind of turned out to be a bust (in my book anywayY.

We had some newbies to the park on our drive, and one of them was sitting in front of me working one of the spot lights. He must have stopped the truck 10 times, all for impala. We did happen to come across 3 hyenas--a mother, her pup, and a juvenile. Two of them crossed the road and layed down 10 feet away. Unfortunately it was too dark for any pictures. I will say, no matter how ugly a grown hyena looks, the baby was pretty cute.

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Photos

Coughing up a Hairball
...our first male lion that we saw in Kruger, and we saw it on our own

Giraffe on the move
...this guy was standing in the middle of the road as we turned the bend

Sunset driving
...pops on the sunset drive from Satara

Elephant on the move
...Erin almost accidentally plowed into this guy with our car

Comments

[chickpoo]

Made your day
glad you got to see the Lion. It made your day. The cheetah looked like he didn't mind you following him. It looks like you have seen a lot. Keep the accounts coming. Gramps and Rosie