Lions of Timbavati

[Tshokwane]

Credits to Mauritz Senekal - Africa on Foot.

Mbiri Male Lions with Ross Pride Lionesses


The dominant coalition on our traverse appears to be the easily recognisable Mbiri male lions. One of the kings has a scraggly mane while the other one appears to have a full and lustrous mane. They're often spotted crunching through the bushveld marking territory and contact calling.

The Ross Pride lionesses were seen with the boys a couple of months ago, but most of sightings of the females are just of the two them. That is until a few days ago. Mauritz photographed our kings together with the Ross females. The happy foursome were casually strolling down the tar road in an open area, which made for perfect visuals!

Long live our kings and queens of the Klaserie!

The scraggly maned Mbiri male casually struts down the tar road with his crew in tow. The Mbiri males have been spotted in the Timbavati but tend to return to the Klaserie, and this is probably because of the presence of the Ross Pride females. 

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A king protecting his territory. This Mbiri coalition are stirring up things in the Klaserie, and there have been numerous notable occasions of them copulating with the Ross females. The Ross girls haven’t quite made our traverse their domain just yet – they tend to occupy neighbouring reserves, but they do filter into the Klaserie quite often – especially when they hear the echoing contact calls of the Mbiris.

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