Travelogue Tanzania 2009
The best pictures – Lions
We surely did not expect our encounter with lions to be so intensive, we saw more lions than we ever expected and they were much closer than we would have imagined. Some of them were directly next to our jeep. When one lion sniffed at our spare tire and I watched her from only a meter I did not take a picture. I had to much respect of the big cat.
Right after entering Serengeti National Park a real exciting hunting scene. Lions trying to catch zebra.
But the lions weren’t successful, the zebras paid enough attention. One of them was scouting, quite in front of the rest of the herd. The scout was moving slowly and cautiously and it spotted the lions. They did not even try to go after the zebras. Boy, I had a lot of adrenalin in my blood just watching the scene.
Soon after that we saw lions up in a tree. Very nice. Luckily we had a jeep not with a removable roof but an elevating roof. Thus we were not only protect from sun but also from lions jumping into the car. We are no “meals on wheels”!
Two days later we meet a couple of lion mothers with their numerous offspring. At first there was nothing to be seen in the tall grass.
We do not see lions kill, but we see them with freshly hunted prey.
For the big final we see an impressive male lion.