Lions in West-Africa

[Lycaon]

Continued from post #169

 Emerging from the bush was the beautiful male who had graced us with his presence the previous two nights. This time, however, he was with us in the middle of the day, and we had light and time to enjoy his presence.

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He trudged slowly towards the road in front of us, and thus began an amazing sighting that lasted nearly 45 minutes. He paced the road in front of us the whole time, stopping to mark his territory and cast us mildly irritated glances every now and then. Perhaps the highlight was the fact that we enjoyed this sighting completely alone, with no other vehicle joining us at all. I don't want to be selfish, but sometimes being alone with an animal adds huge value to the experience.

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                                                                        Paws for thought

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                                                       Glowering Lion


Perhaps most surreal was that, whilst we watched the lion, clumps of ashen grass were falling from the sky, spewed from the fires in Arli. This is perhaps the closest visual I will ever get to watching a wild lion in the snow, and it was quite breathtaking.

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                                           Murky road ahead. Reply