Lions of Timbavati

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Tanda Tula update

On the big cat front, we enjoyed some great sightings.  Sadly, the Giraffe Pride did not venture back into our concession this week, but the Mayambula Pride parked themselves off at Park Pan on our very eastern boundary and had their eight cubs on display which was a treat to say the least.  I made the long trip on a couple of occasions and was rewarded with time spent with the quickly growing bundles of energy!

The lionesses and the two males were also quite active around the den, but most of them opted to move off when the cubs came close, leaving the patient mothers to deal with their boundless energy.  When mom wasn’t game, they turned on one another, or resorted to climbing trees.  They weren’t the only ones active around the den, and Thumbela leopardess was seen near the den on two occasions.  The River Pride were also active in the north east, and we saw them on a couple of occasions.

Civilized and his guests were lucky enough to arrive at one particular sighting just after the pride had caught a large warthog late in the morning.  Later in the week the pride were seen again after having chased Nyeleti up a tree on the banks of the Nhlaralumi, but due to the fact that the tracks indicated that her cubs were in the area, the guides decided to close the sighting so as not to put any of the cats at risk.  We also found the Ross and Hercules lionesses resting on our access road to the east of Plains Camp – they popped into our area for a a quick visit but had disappeared again by the afternoon.

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