We drove all the mwagusi valley without a single cat, then I thought
that maybe I could look around the bushbuck to see if the local pride
was still around after their giraffe kill of the other day.
Bushbuck area was empty but just after the beginning of the first
forest, Tony a new trainee guide, spotted a lioness that was busy
giving a fright to some Grant's gazelles.
Few meter further we got all the pride and to our amusement the number
of cubs was insane.... 16 cubs below the age of 5 moths... 9 of them
even below 2,5 months...... unbelievable.
The total count was 25, the cubs, 7 adult females and 2 adult males.
Together with our super nice guests we enjoyed them for long time,
especially the cubs walking one over the other and competing for the
best suckling spot.
After a while we went to have breakfast and spent some time admiring
the flowing Ruaha river.
When we moved off we discovered that also the lions were doing the
same... all except the small small cubs that probably had been stashed
somewhere.
16 lions walking towards us was an outstanding experience....... Ops I almost forgot to mention... leopard in the afternoon...
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