Lions of Timbavati

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Tanda Tula update

The lions taunted us all week; every trip to the south-east in search of the Mayambula pride saw us finding tracks of where the lionesses had walked on top of our tracks during the night, but each time, they went down into the impenetrable Machaton Riverbed where the den site is.  Tracks confirm that they are still there with the cubs, but they certainly are testing our patience by not showing themselves!  Over the course of the week we did find one Skorro male near the den roaring for his brother, and on another occasion we found two of the younger lionesses, but other than that, we had to use our imagination and picture them walking all over the show!  The River Pride spent a couple of days in the area, but it did take a little bit of work to track them down.  The lionesses are looking fantastic, and all five youngsters are getting bigger by the week.  There is still no sign of the Nharhu male following the pride this far south.  In the west, tracks for the Giraffe Pride were reported a few times, and a single lioness was found one morning, but we didn’t venture that far to look them.

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