Shishangaan Male Lions

[Wyld@Heart]

I do have to say this; I was a very regular visitor to the Kruger till about 2014 and then went through a bit of difficult time and could not visit until last July. I love the Satara area and it was my camp of choice during that time and have seen the pride around Satara on many occasions in that time, especially between 2011 and 2014. 2012 in particular was a year that saw many visits. Now what dynamics went on in the intervening seven years, I cannot say but during my stays there but on game drives from Satara camp itself during that time, the guides always referred to the pride immediately around Satara as the Satara pride. They also mentioned that it was always a relatively small pride in a fairly narrow territory not really stretching any major distance east or west. Like I said this was 7 years ago and I did not see the lionesses in July or speak to any guides about them so it's possible it's not the same pride descendents, or surviving lionesses, that are there now. 

I also cannot really recall seeing Singita vehicles that far west of their concession doing active game drives so while they obviously keep track of lion in their general area, are they actually doing any detailed viewing of that particular part of Kruger or just getting viewing reports? I do find that a bit strange to be completely honest. I'd really like clarification from the guides at Satara themselves. Do agree that the YouTube guy is taking it a bit far, though.

Edit: Semana is probably Shangaan but I do not know the word. Singita's usage of it might very well be taken from Spanish. After all, Satara is Hindi and not any local language at all. Reply