Lions of Timbavati

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Tanda Tula update

On the lion front, we did manage to get a couple of good sightings of some of our large prides – the Mayambula Pride were seen regularly to the east of Tanda Tula Safari Camp this week, and we were spoilt one afternoon when all 20 members of the pride – including the two Skorro males – were found together!  The seven lionesses left the cubs as it got dark to go hunting, and it was some sight to bump into these gals walking down the road…I cannot wait until the whole pride starts moving around like this; it will make for a memorable traffic jam!  The following morning, we got a bonus lion sighting when Scotch found all seventeen members of the Giraffe Pride feasting on a recently caught zebra just to the east of Plains Camp.  The sounds of seventeen lions fighting over the carcass was something not easily forgotten.  Sadly, these lions moved back south and only the cubs popped up once more during the week.  We did also hear the contact calls of a lion near the plains early one morning and followed up to briefly find a male lion moving into a thicket; despite trying to relocate him for most of the morning, he gave us the slip.  We did manage to find him close to Savannah Dam in the evening, but I am still waiting a positive ID on this guy, as he didn’t appear to be either the Hercules or Sumatra males, yet he was roaring and scent-marking, so I am sure I just misidentified him.  The week ended off with the Mayambula Pride again making their presence known around Machaton Dam in the east. 

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