The King feasts…

A male Lion devours a Gnu
A male Lion devours a Gnu

This male Lion despite having gorged himself full came back and shooed away the Lioness as soon we approached. As if just to reiterate who the king is….

Lionscape…

A lone male lion guards over it's bastion
A lone male lion guards over it's bastion

Not many are fond of this kind of photos. But I suggest you do take a look at the large size in full screen mode.

Yeah! Whatever…

The disdain on face says it all!
The disdain on face says it all!

Yeah! Whatever… This is what this young male Lion seems to be saying. Classified as vulnerable were once widely distributed across entire Africa, Europe ad India. This map tells the sad story of it’s decline https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Lion_distribution.png

Lion lessons!

Lion Lessons: Yes my love you did well!!
Lion Lessons: Yes my love you did well!!

On the morning of our departure from Kirawira, western Serengeti it was cloudy and we had almost given up all hopes of seeing anything but then as it can happen with any jungle safari our luck changed. Just 20 meter form the road was sitting a part of a lion pride three lioness with two cubs. Initially the cubs were just content to suckle but then one of the lioness took upon herself that it was time to teach a few things about hunting to the young ones. So she cajoled them into play and what looked like a lot of fun for the cubs she proceeded to teach them some moves about how to hunt! I won’t bother with much verbal details and will let the pictures do the talking. Continue reading 9 photos after the link