Lions of Timbavati

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Tanda Tula update

On the lion front, the Mayambula Pride were active in the south-east, and we had a couple of good sightings of the pride with the cubs.  I have clearly cursed things by saying that the new cubs will soon show, as another week has passed without any sign of them.  The two young lionesses that have had cubs have not been with the pride this week, but the other non-mothers did join up with the rest of them briefly.

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Earlier in the week the two Skorro males were found feeding on a baby giraffe close to Tanda Tula Safari Camp, but they made quick work of that and headed back east.  The next day we found the cubs playing with the remains of another male impala kill.  The Giraffe and limping Monwana males spent most of the week in the central regions and succeeded in catching a sub-adult buffalo one evening as a large herd of 300-plus buffalos moved through the area.  Considering his ailment, the Monwana male is looking in good general shape, but is clearly reliant on the young Giraffe male for hunting.


Tracks for the Hercule’s and Sumatra males moved through the area a couple of times, and their roars could be heard to the south of Plains Camp, but the Giraffe Pride refused to play along this week.  Solitary lionesses from the Sark Pride were also seen, and a report of the Sark lionesses with their cubs moving from Klaserie into the Timbavati were received, but sadly they were not found.

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