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Lions of Sabi Sands
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Over the last couple of days the Othawa pride, and especially the 3 small cubs, have been providing us with endless entertainment.
Photo Credits: Lepord Hills private Game reserve  *This image is copyright of its original author  *This image is copyright of its original author
Othawa pride, Entire pride at one place, 2Adults, 2 larger cubs(subs), 3 smaller cubs
Credits: Idube Game Reserve  *This image is copyright of its original author
Tsalala Breakaway- Elephant Plains, 23 Jan 2017
Tsalala lions resting after a good meal - Morné Fouché  *This image is copyright of its original author
Tsalala Breakaway Pride - Ep Rangers, Louis Liversage
8 Jan 2017 Tailless and 4 sub-adults (1 Female and 3 Male)  *This image is copyright of its original author
Nkuhuma's Junior with friend - Kruger Park
photo credit: Jaxisclever posted 29 Jan 2017  *This image is copyright of its original author
Credits to Dulini.
Through The Guide's Eye: Even ankle length grass is an adventure! Here, the cubs had wandered too far from their mother and she called them back to her. You can actually see, by looking at the sub adult male in the background, how far their gambolling had drawn her from the pride before she started calling. All three adventurers, one male and two female, are doing very well in this fiercely competitive world they live in. Then again, its not really surprising with a mom who looks like that! - Blaine Moolman Guide  *This image is copyright of its original author Here's the answer to your question about the sexes of the little cubs, @LionKiss Two females, one male.
Credits to Neil Coetzer - Elephant plains.
Tsalala young male.  *This image is copyright of its original author
The one thing I love most about the bush, is that no two days, and in fact, no two game drives are ever the same. Each time we set out into the bush, there is every possibility of being surprised.
As a ranger and tracker team, we normally establish some sort of plan before setting out on game drive. This discussion normally involves which areas you’re going to explore, and subsequently which types of animals one might encounter in those areas. Guests are often also involved in these discussions when deciding on where to go, based on what they want to try and look for, ensuring that everyone is a participant in the adventure. Despite the need for a game plan, it is equally as important to be prepared for the fact that this plan might change, and it often does. Being the wild and natural environment that we operate in, the animals move about irrespective of our arrangements, and this often requires a plan A, plan B, and sometimes even plan C. On one particular morning, we set out around 5am in search of any sign of leopard in the southern section of the Londolozi. We weren’t 15 minutes into our drive when tracker Euce, raised his hand, instructing me to stop the vehicle. I could tell by the look on his face, and by the urgency of his movements, that he was onto something interesting. After jumping out of the vehicle, and inspecting a series of tracks on the road in front of us, Euce came to the conclusion that they were tracks of two male lions, who had for some reason been running at some speed. The immediate question that came to mind, is whether or not these lions were running away from something, or toward something. In that moment, we knew that our plan was going to change from searching for a leopard, to figuring out where these lions had run to, and what it is that they had been up to. Veering off course from our original route, we continued to follow the tracks which eventually led us to a scene where absolute chaos had quite clearly taken place merely moments before our arrival. The presence of male and female tracks, scratch marks on the ground, freshly broken grass, and even traces of lion hair, suggested that a fierce battle had taken place between these male lions, and a number of lionesses. Slowly, we began to piece the story together, and we continued to follow further tracks. We drove through a thicket, which lead to an opening, where Euce and I spotted a single lioness, who from a distance, seemed to be covered in blood. At this point, having just came across the scene of the fight, we could only assume that this female had borne the brunt of the encounter, and was now resting and licking her wounds. Much to our delight, upon closer inspection, we came to realise that this lioness, and two others (Mhangeni Breakaways), had been successful in hunting and killing a young wildebeest calf, which explained the presence of fresh blood. But what about the fight we asked ourselves? What had taken place moments before?  *This image is copyright of its original author From a distance, the blood on this lioness looked like it may have been an injury. 1/800 at f/5.3 ISO 1000  *This image is copyright of its original author Staring repeatedly into the distance at what we only later discovered was the adult wildebeest kill. 1/500 at f/5.6 ISO 640  *This image is copyright of its original author One of the lioness began walking towards the wildebeest kill, intent on protecting their prize possession. 1/2000 at f/6 ISO 640  *This image is copyright of its original author This lioness lead us to the position of the adult wildebeest kill which she later dragged into the shade of the tree in the background. 1/640 at f/5 ISO 400  *This image is copyright of its original author The fourth female made her way out of the thicket and approached the kill that the other lionesses were feeding on. 1/800 at f/5 ISO 640  *This image is copyright of its original author As the morning began to heat up, one lioness dragged the kill into some shade provided by a nearby saffron tree. 1/640 at f/5 ISO 640  *This image is copyright of its original author The strength of this lioness in her ability to effortlessly drag this heavy carcass was astonishing. 1/650 at f/5.6 ISO 640 Credits: Londolzi
Junior is back in Sabi Sands
Tintswalo Safari Lodge (Manyeleti): "The big news of the morning was 2 new male Lions found on jackals plains." -(They have been identified as Junior Nkuhuma and his friend!)- Photo credits to Christof Schoeman.  *This image is copyright of its original author  *This image is copyright of its original author
A portion of the Mangheni
Credits: Rob the Ranger Last time all the 9 cubs were raised to independence. This time they has 12 cubs. Hope all 12 are raised to independence  *This image is copyright of its original author
 (02-07-2017, 11:45 AM)LionKiss Wrote: #461 https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=...=3&theater https://www.facebook.com/rtrwildlifevide...4116171393
Photo of a young TSALALA male.
Credits to Arie Smit.  *This image is copyright of its original author
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