Lions of Timbavati

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Tanda Tula update

On the lion front, it was a wonderful week seeing a few different prides within Tanda Tula’s concession. The River Pride held centre-stage and were seen several times with the single cub, as well as a number of sightings of the Nharhu males in their different groupings.  Sadly, the one male doesn’t seem to be recovering his condition, and it appears as though this may be more than a lack of food that is leading to his poor condition.  The new cubs haven’t been seen yet, and we are still none-the wiser as to where the den is, but I do now believe that it is in fact on Tanda Tula somewhere.  With the River Pride confined to the south-east, the two Balule lionesses and the Dundee male have made a few appearances in the north-west and central parts of our concession, including being found close to our bush breakfast last night.  The Dundee male is a beaut of a lion, and we are really hoping that this little pride can establish themselves in the north parts now that the River Pride seem less active there.  In addition to these new lions, we also had several sightings of the so-called Sarrk Breakaway Pride.  I found three members of the pride on the weekend in the far west (two lionesses and a young male), and a day later they were on the western boundary of Nkhari, pushing deeper into the Timabvati.  Earlier reports suggested that there were five members of this pride, but we are still waiting to see all of them.  The Giraffe Pride seems very settled in the far west at the moment, and with so many other lion sightings around, we didn’t venture to see them.

Sarrk (Zark)lionesses

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Sarrk young male

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Dundee male

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