Coalitions of Kruger National Park

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Eastern Bank males
From a Dangerous Business Travel Blog
We probably had the most luck with seeing lions – in fact, we saw them on 3 of our 4 games drives.

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The first encounter was after dark on the first night, when we witnessed two male lions calling/challenging each other on one of the paved roads (you can listen to this in my video). The lions stalked down the road towards each other in a territorial dispute, and we nearly saw a real cat fight!
On the second day, we became voyeurs to a pair of lions mating (fun fact: lion sex only lasts for a handful of seconds, but when they are mating they do it every 10-15 minutes for days on end!).

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We also came across a group of four young males napping in the shade right alongside the road.

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And, lastly, we met with a whole pride of young lions atop a rocky hill at sunset that evening.

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