History's most brutal killers, the Majingilane Male Lions

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WILDLIFE REPORT SINGITA SABI SAND, SOUTH AFRICA For the month of  JULY 2017

Photographs on location by Ross Couper and Leon van Wyk Singita Ebony and Boulders Lodge
Sabi Sand South Africa Thirty-first of July 2017 

Here’s a highlights package of the month’s sightings:

The pastel colour of winter has blanketed the bush, bringing delights of boundless sightings, wild dog puppies and wilderness activities that extend throughout the day with the temperate conditions.

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Sound is accentuated by the colder morning air and can be heard for several kilometres, the roar of the Majingalane lions continues to echo across the valleys. The cool air drifts along the Sand River and as the sun rises it illuminates the mist rising off the warm water. This is a typical scene whilst sipping on a hot cup of coffee being engulfed into your surroundings; what a way to start your day!


Lions: The Manghene pride continues to flourish, with all four lionesses looking in great shape, and continuing to be excellent providers for their twelve rapidly growing youngsters. This pride is riding the crest of a wave, and is possibly one of the most successful prides ever to have roamed the Sabi Sand. It is interesting to note that one of the lionesses seems to be pregnant again… one would imagine it most likely that this is the mother of the two oldest of the twelve youngsters. The previous daughters of the Mhangene pride, six young lionesses in their prime, are now known as the Tsevu pride, a pride which spends much of its time further south and east of the area generally controlled by the Manghene pride. The Othawa pride seems to be doing well, and there has also been a welcome return of the surviving members of the Ximungwe pride.

There has not been any significant change of late, regarding the dynamics of male lion coalitions seen on Singita Sabi Sand land.

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Golden afternoon light shrouds one of the Majingalane male lions as he follows the Manghene pride in the hope for a prized meal.

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Full-bellied lions warmed themselves in the sun on top of a dam wall, to the excitement of the guests watching them at eye level.

The lions listened intently to the hyena fighting over the remains left of the buffalo that was devoured the night before by the pride. The aftermath of the Manghene pride, after killing an adult buffalo. Due to the size of the pride it is unlikely that much food is left for the scavengers.

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One of the nine young male lions in the Manghene pride. Take a look at that mane starting to grow already. Reply