Viewing the Lions

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Geo: -24.7605, 26.3246

After work today I was lucky enough to go for a game drive with Paul and his guests. During the drive we saw an old male lion that looked very hungry as his ribs were showing, giraffe busy eating leaves from the top of the bushes, a large flock of Helmeted Guinea Fowl spread out all over the track, a dead puff adder on the track (it looked like its head had been run over), a beautiful Long Tailed Paradise Whydah, blue wildebeest, springbok and white rhino – mother & calf that ran away from us.

We then came across a pride of lions. There were two lionesses, a young male, two cubs and a male lion. The two little cubs were very playful with each other and with the sub adults. I really enjoyed watching them. It was now time to start going back to the lodge, so that we would be back in time for dinner!

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Photos

01 Skinny
A skinny looking lion.

02 Giraffe
Three giraffes eating leaves.

03 Guinea Fowl
A large flock of Helmeted Guinea Fowl all over the track.

04 Brown Bird
These birds are everywhere and noisy too.

05 Squished
A dead snake is a good snake - this adder had been run over

06 Long Tail
This is the interesting Long Tailed Paradise Whydah.

07 Long Tail
The male Long Tailed Paradise Whydah.

08 Plains
On the plains we saw a springbok and a blue wildebeest.

09 Running
Two white rhinos running away from the vehicle.

10 Cubs
Two young lion cubs.

11 Male
Then a male lion appeared.

12 Playing
The cubs playing with each other.

13 Looking
One of the cubs has stopped playing and is looking about.

14 Cute & Cuddly
One of the cubs stopped playing to look at us.

15 Lioness
A lioness then appeared out of the bush.

16 Lionesses
Then there were two lionesses.

17 Playing
The cubs continued to play with each other.

18 Playing
The cubs still playing with each other.

19 Supervision
One of the lionesses is supervising the cubs.

20 Pounced On
One of the cubs pounced on a lioness.

21 Biting
The lion cub is biting the lioness - possibly its mother.