Lions on a Zebra Kill

With my last guests for the cycle all packed on the vehicle and ready for their first drive of their stay, we headed out on evening safari with the idea to try see elephant and lion. The drive started off slow on the animal front but my guests seemed to really enjoy the small things and were asking plenty of questions about grasses, birds and the like. We were heading to an area where a small herd of elephant had been seen and after a little while we had found them and watched them as they approached our vehicle, slowly feeding along the way.

After the elephants we headed for our sundowner session which my thirsty travellers were really looking forward to. As it got dark we started to pack up and were headed in the direction of home. Along the way, Solly spotted a boomslang in a tree not far off the road and immediately got out to have a closer look. Once I had reached the snake I heard a small stampede as a herd of zebra ran panicked past me and with a little bit of haste I headed back to vehicle with no idea what was pursuing them. For all I knew there were lions right on their tails and now possibly on mine. Funny that, because the call came over the radio 2 minutes later that the lions had killed a baby zebra not all that far from where we were.

We started heading that way and all enjoyed as the lions ate what remained of the zebra. There was very little left as it had been killed about 30 minutes earlier and this provided us with a few heated exchanges between the cats as they tried to get what was left for themselves. After about half an hour with the lions I heard some cracking behind me and the next thing a herd of elephants came out of nowhere and left the lions running with scraps in their mouth. What a way to finish off a perfect evening.

This morning’s drive was also amazing with sightings of leopard, elephant and rhino. What a way to finish off the cycle. Two more drives then its time for holidays and I hope the next two drives follow in the footsteps of the last two.