While travelling South African National Parks we had quite a few wonderful Lion sightings.
But our KTP trips were especially rewarding.
One afternoon we came across a wonderful Lion pride near Houmoed waterhole.
The whole group consisted of two males, three females and four cubs.
They had been at the waterhole for a drink before commencing their way back into the dunes.
One of the females walked excately into our direction.
She stopped very close to our car (nearly too close for comfort...).
Then she started to call for the cubs, who gladly obeyed and ran as fast as they could.
Just in the moment when the cubs started to suckle. She looked up and looked me straight into the eyes.
Remembering that moment, hear beautiful amber eyes and watching this photo I still got goosebumps.
Peter Hall, a South African we met three times during our travels through the Kalahari, witnessed the whole scene, and tried to put it in words.
He said:
A glance like this eats your heart out.
1 comment:
Such a wonderful sighting.
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