“There is a Lion at my window” On a recent trip to the Kruger National Park our friend Hanno Erasmus had a close encounter with a lion at his window, the young lion is from the Lukimbi breakaway pride. The sighting occurred on the H3 not far from Afsaal picnic site. The inquisitive young male…
There is a waterhole six kilometres south of Skukuza known as the de Laporte waterhole, when you hear waterhole you are expecting a big pool filled with water but upon arrival you will find a tiny round man-made pond, but do not underestimate this small waterhole as it has provided a lot of good sightings…
Today’s post is dedicated to a sighting of the Mpondo lion coalition captured by Hanno Erasmus in February 2020. They are considered to be one of the most popular coalitions in the Kruger National Park currently. You can read a more in depth post on them here. They are admired for their outstanding manes and bulky…
Today’s post is dedicated to the 5 Mpondo males. Their journey is a truly incredible one considering how the coalition was formed and how they have continued to be one of the most successful coalitions in the Kruger National Park. The coalition was formed in Mjejane Game Reserve which borders the S25 in Kruger National Park.They had…
We are excited to add another post to our Lion of Kruger segment and today’s post we have a lion enthusiast, Thorben Seik, as our guest to discuss the four Shishangeni males. The post and information was provided by Thorben. So on this post, Thorben wanted to lay the focus on a coalition that is…
We decided to do an updated version of this post since our last post is out-dated and it definitely needed an update because lions don’t tend to stay in the same place. While everyone will have their opinion on their best roads for spotting lions we are sharing the roads we’ve had the best luck…
Kurt Schultz, owner of Kurt Safari, had a once in a lifetime sighting on Saturday the 1st of Feb 2020 in the Kruger National Park, when he saw a baboon ‘adopt’ a lion cub. He told Latest Sightings the story: “I had a meeting at Skukuza, one of the camps, for Kurt Safari on Saturday,…
We bring you a new installment in our Lions of Kruger segment, we focus on the “Young” Jock Males on today’s post. The young Jock lions get their name from the Jock pride and not from the Jock male lions. The young Jock males were born at the end of 2014, and they were fathered…
On today’s post we narrow down all the highlights from our December 2019 trip Mbiri and Rockfig Lions We stayed at Tamboti during our first few days, and the morning drives were pretty quiet most morning, but one of the mornings when we had lost all hope we found two lions sleeping in the road…
Well welcome back and happy 2020, we have just come back from a blissful three week in the Kruger National Park and we are definitely feeling recharged and inspired. We are excited for all the new content which we have planned for the upcoming weeks. We just want to reminisce on all our favorite sightings…