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Lions of Sabi Sands

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Mhangene Lions waking up from their afternoon nap. 
They have been on the trail of their next meal, a large buffalo herd.


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A lioness and her two sub adult cubs were found relaxing together but always looking to the horizon in an attempt to connect with the rest of the pride.


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Tsalala Young female mating with BBoys recently

Shortly after leaving the Lodge we found a lone lioness. She was walking around hither and thither, contact calling all the time, trying to locate her pride. We thought it could be the female that was mating recently and having separated from the male she was trying to rejoin her pride. We followed her as she called and called, going here, then changing direction, trying this way, then that.
Eventually she went to stand on a small termite mound where called for several minutes. Again and again she called. Suddenly she dashed off to a bush about five meters from the mound where she grabbed a baby impala. She had spotted the little animal while calling and was not going to miss the chance of a quick meal. Lions are truly opportunistic hunters. She took her kill to a thicket where she lay down to consume her meal.
When she completed her meal the big cat resumed her quest to find her pride. We followed her until she disappeared into a dense thicket and we could no longer keep up with her.


Photo : Brendon Cremer.


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MALAMALA TODAY: November 23rd-25th. 24 lions: The Kambula pride and 2 Avoca males were found with a buffalo kill near KK Crossing. Another young male lion(young Sand River male) approached the area and had a brief standoff with the Avoca males before the scar-nosed Manyeleti male came barging in and chased them off. We’ve enjoyed 4 sightings of the Gowrie males over the last 2 days. All 13 members of the Styx pride have spent the last 2 days between Tslebe Rocks and Matshapiri Dam.
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Map of Mala Mala with extra checkpoints added like KK crossing, Sibuye drive, Maxim's lookout, Bicycle crossing, Calabash Crossing etc. (imgur link to magnify the small text : https://i.imgur.com/qi9o45Q.jpg) to help locate the daily/weekly reports from Mala Mala on their FB account.

The above points were added using the weekly game reports(with map markings) in 2013/2014 and corresponding monthly game reports in 2013/2014 to find the location names.
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Tsalala/Marthly male lions
Londolozi,July 2017
Photo credit to Lindsay Kennon



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The battle between lions and buffalo continued this morning, this time the Othawa pride attempted to kill a buffalo bull.
During the initial attempt the buffalo looked totally overpowered but dogged determination and fair amount of adrenaline gave the buffalo a second wind and he was able to shake all four lions.
The lions had a second attempt, this time with less verve. 
The exhausted lions gave up, and against the odds the young buffalo bull lived another day, now battle hardened.


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Othawa pride yesterday morning.
Images by;  Stuart Buy (LeopardHills)


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Credits: Kevin McDonald
So the expression on this lion's face probably resembles a bit what mine must have looked like when I got this shot (after over an hour of waiting).
It's Junior


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Credits: kevin McDonald
And this, dear Facebook friends is what I’m watching at six am on a Friday morning
Junior's buddy near Orpen Camp


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Catfight (Mhangeni pride)


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Othawa female lions, Stuart Buy, 28.11.2017 Leopard Hills.
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The Three Tooth.He looks great!
Lion Sands,11/24/2017
Photo: Jools Tyrer


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The Three Tooth & Dominant male are resting in a small shadow.
MalaMala,11/27/2017
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MALAMALA TODAY: November 27th & 28th. Lions: It’s been an interesting two days! All 4 Gowrie males, a Manyelethi male, the Matshapiri male and the Kambula pride are in the heart of our reserve. 4 Kambula lionesses were with the Matshapiri male yesterday evening. Shortly after we found them the scar-nosed Manyelethi male came charging in and they all scattered. A long chase ensued but the Matshapiri male managed to escape. 2 of the Gowrie males and a Kambula lioness were feeding on a giraffe kill yesterday morning near the White Cloth- a 3rd male joined them overnight and the 4th male was seen a few hundred meters north of them. The aforementioned lionesses left the Gowrie males this afternoon- she walked less than a kilometer before joining up with the Matshapiri male north of Piccadilly Crossing. The other 4 Kambula lionesses spent the day with the scar-nosed Manyelethi male just east of Rattray’s Camp. The Styx pride were seen in the north and the 2 Avoca males were viewed in Toulon. 

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