the Selati coalition

[Tshokwane]

April 2013 Safari Journal:

*This image is copyright of its original author

The four male lions are recovering well from the battle injuries, the Majingelane coalition of lions have stayed away for a while. The Selati spent good part of the month of trailing behind the three Othawa lionesses.

*This image is copyright of its original author

One of the male lions stole two impala kills from one of the leopards. Given only a few seconds the leopard (Nyeleti male) managed to claim one of his hard earned meal back and quickly put it up a tree.


Persistence pays off! After three days and three nights of following the large herd of buffaloes, making few failed attempts, the four Selati male lions finally pulled down a buffalo cow. The herd came to rescue her several times but the lions had injured her badly that she couldn’t keep up with the rest of the herd it was only a matter of time the big cat knocked her of the feet. It was a hard earnt meal, they were already very-very hungry and the one with injured ribs was looking very weak. 

*This image is copyright of its original author

Ximhungwe pride 


This pride still provides most of our lion sightings. The lionesses have had a successful month of frequent killings.

*This image is copyright of its original author

The cubs are growing fast and looking very healthy.

*This image is copyright of its original author

Here the cubs were left of top of boulder for few minutes as mothers were trying to hunt the nearby herd of impala. Impalas saw the predators early and all got away. Reply