!Lions!

Out of the many great things we saw while in Chobe that morning.. up close.. Giraffes.. Eagles, MORE IMPALAS , Game Hens, Baboons..







(They jump to make themselves look larger..)


The ABSOLUTE BEST were the family of lions we spent time with.. We were searching as Reggie had advised that they hadn’t spotted them in about 2 days and they were expected to be coming back towards the river.. All the other Game Drive trucks were out searching.. But guess who found them!? REGGIE, REGGIE, REGGIE.. HA! We were proud of him.. he did good work.. AND we had a pleasant surprise.. a lion cub! Wow… Wow… Wow.. we were soooo close. They played and drank and played..






The interesting thing.. if you notice that at the end of their tail is a black ‘brush’.. they use that brush to communicate direction..

It turns out that this family is a mother / aunt with sons and nephews.. her sister left.. (I forget why) and left her ‘children’ to be taken care of by this mother / hunter we were following..
Anyway.. back to the tail.. so as we were watching. They drank water.. the lioness got up and started to walk back the way they came.. she pointed the tip of her tail in the direction they were going.. Now.. they took their time.. the younger ones, playing and running around.. at some point she looks back to a son / nephew who looks back at his brothers / cousins and waves his tail in the direction he was going.. as a human would do with his arm as if to say.. COME ON!!! We were blown away!! They were soo familial.. and confident.. The perfect way to describe it is that they expressed an exclusive sense of entitlement.. the cub was kinda hanging out on his own.. I mean.. who the hell does a lion fear??????

Oh.. on the way back..

Remember the friggen Impalas.. yea.. well… they were up wind of the lions and apparently formed a caravan to get the hell outta dodge.. LOL!



What a great morning!