Dumi and Thulani were on a mission to find some lions they had heard were in the area. This was the first time Dumi took his rifle with him...and Thualni had his stick haha.
Sure enough, they found them! Still not sure how Dumi saw them from so far away, but you can see the white of one of the lions bellies!
There were 3 of them chillin on the bank of a watering hole. They were taking a nap after a big meal! You can see some blood on their faces...
They are passed out!
They got up one at a time and went to lay around their kill. I think they were being protective of it when we drove up, but they never showed any aggression towards us, or any other truck!
This is seriously the biggest lion I've ever seen! She is massive! I don't think her sister is happy she woke her up...
Big kitty went to lay in the grass. It was pretty amazing how they just disappear in the tall grass - also a little scary that they can be anywhere and we just don't see them!
Sister is trying to stay awake...
But she just...
Can't...
Keep her eyes open!
Then she finally gets up and heads into the grass as well...
But didn't make it far...
The last girl woke up and decided to head out there as well...
This is a bit gross, but this is what they are all walking to lay closer to. They killed a wildebeest earlier that day. They will stick around until the whole thing is gone!
We left them alone - mostly because we couldn't see them anymore in the grass! We headed out to see if we could find the leopard again...just some more paw prints...
And a wildebeest....
Dumi and Thulani surprised us! We drove to this spot and had a few drinks and appetizers!
All while we enjoyed the beautiful South African sunset!
We stayed out for a little longer than we expected because we all couldn't get over how bright the stars and milky was was! We were even spotting satellites! I have never seen the stars so bright!! We even got to see scorpio and the southern cross!
On the ride back to camp, we spotted a porcupine...
It's a little blurry because he was really hustling through the bushes to get away from us!
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