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Writer's pictureKurt

"May 16, 2020"

“You know you are truly alive when you’re living among lions” — Isak Dinesen (Karen Blixen)

Today would be our last full day on safari, getting in two more game drives, and of course always on the look-out for lions. We’ve had wonderful lion sightings over the years. A pride on a zebra kill – one lioness flapping her tale like a pissed-off house-cat, annoyed at the Swiss woman making too much noise. Two lionesses chasing off an inquisitive hyena. Seeing four lions the day before, then waking up to have three lions lounging in camp, wondering where the fourth was. Closing your eyes when a lion a few yards away looks straight into your soul. Reverberations in your body as a male lion roars.

This evening would be our last sundowner of the trip as well. A traditional part of a game drive, your guide finds a beautiful location with a vista, and you, well, watch the sun go down. Of course while having a drink – preferably a gin & tonic (but you can also have a beer or a glass of wine, or anything you want). And sometimes there are lions.



Male lion. Hwange, Zimbabwe, 2017.


Sundowners with Sibs. Hwange, Zimbabwe, 2017.



Lions in camp. Okavango Delta, Botswana, 2017.



Hoedspruit, South Africa.





3 kommentarer


gillianjerden
gillianjerden
17. mai 2020

Lions are real characters, aren’t they! I love all the cat families though, wild and tame.

Lik

gillianjerden
gillianjerden
17. mai 2020

Lions are real characters, aren’t they! I love all the cat families though, wild and tame.

Lik

Steph
Steph
16. mai 2020

Such amazing memories! Can't wait to go back...

Lik
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