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Photos by Christian Van Den Berge in Selous and Ruaha - September 2011  Click here to see more....

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Photos by Lesley and Alan Shirt from Mdonya Old River in Ruaha - September 2011

   
 

photos by Steven Brynes of the Safari Advisor in Selous and Ruaha, June 2011

Safari News :

From Pietro's Blog - see more at Kwihala News

2nd August 2011 - The pots, the buffs and the lions - by Pietro (see images below)

I went out with Steven today, I do not have guests so I am helping him out. I drove that wreck of Owen's green cruiser all day It is like going around with a set of pots in the back of the car... the rattling noise is unbelievable....but it was worth it, definitely worth it.

We could not find much in the morning other that 3 male lions, bushbuck ones, walking the other side of the ruaha river and a little leopard in the shade of a big tree and it moved off soon.

The afternoon was much better, we got kipunji pride at w7. All of them together with the 5 cubs. We committed to stay there all day because they looked hungry and they were in a very good position. The lions were sleeping but in a very open area and the cubs were quite restless, walking from one group to the other. We were also dozing when a young bull ellie climbed up the bank just behind the cats... it was havoc in a second with the bull charging the lions straight towards us. The lions scatered everywhere with the elephants in hot pursuit of a female and her cubs. Eventually he went his own way and the lions went back to were they were before.

But some time later it all happened again , this time with a small breeding herd. Lions scattered again, the cubs visibly distressed, crying out their fear. Also these ellies went, so the lions could start dozing again. Later in the afternoon as the sun was getting lower the moved onto the bank waiting for something to come to drink. Two females went in the river bed.

We decided to move the other side and while we were crossing the river we saw a big herd of buffs coming towards the water that lions were guarding.
We moved in a position where we could see the lions and the buffs approaching. It was so beautiful, the atmosphere so rich in expectations.
The buffaloes came closer and closer, the lions waiting. When they were within 20 mtrs one liones chased the buffs but she chased the head of the herd so they reacted and chased her up the bank. One of the lioness in the riverbed stood up and walked quite nonchalantly in front of the approaching herd before retreating to the safety of the bank.

The buffs were not happy and swarmed up after the cats. This time the lions chased them back and one lioness even manged to grab a
buffalo from the back but she could not stop it and it went back into the herd quite unharmed.
The same scene happened again few second later, buffs up the bank- lions running- lions reacting- buffs running down the bank- lions grabbing a buff- buff escaping in the herd again.
Eventually all the buffs went up and the lions gave up the fight.

Maaaaannnnn that is what we are here for... emotions.., it was just insane, again pure awesomeness... the battle went on and on and buffs
were obviously the winners.
Happyness!

Later we followed the lions and as it came dark, on the way back we saw them crossing the open area and to our surprise we spotted a very skinny male. He was within 20 mtrs from the pride walking in the open. He was hiding, motionless, crouching as low as possible not to be seen, there was no bushes in between the hiding cat and the walking one, no mound where to hide... nothing but short grass. . All the lions passed in front of him, one by one and surprisingly nobody saw him. Definitely relieved the young male moved off, we wished him good
luck, in that condition he definitely needed that.

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