Addo Outings 2015

[Polentswa]

Great sighting PJL but I find it sad that every lion at Addo has always had a collar no exceptions since the beginning in 2003 when they came ...Its like a giant farm of lions ..rather like the Lion Park ..only difference is that at Addo they catch their own food ..I really hope that in years to come they leave them unmolested to be lions like their brothers in Kruger, Kgalagadi, Etosha , Moremi, Hwange, Mana Pools etc Also on a selfish note as a photographer I really hate removing a collar of an Addo lion in Photoshop every time especially lionesses ...They look like Bull Mastiffs with them on LOL ...Roy is a beaut in his adult days

[PJL]

Yes it is a bit of a shame from a photographic point of view that the lions have collars, but I guess it's because they need much closer management than in other places with the main game area of Addo being relatively small. But it's not a lion park - some people go multiple times a year for many years and still haven't seen lion in Addo

[PJL]

Nomad was starting to look more like his regal self again




So we decided to do a trip round Ngulube Loop as we had heard there had been a black rhino sighted somewhere. Unfortunately there wasn't any sign of it, but as we came up onto the high section of Ngulube I saw a familiar face in the distance - Josie was walking towards us

Unfortunately there weren't any cubs in tow - she looked like she was more interested in finding supper












It was great timing. A few minutes later and we would have missed her! The rest of Ngulube was fairly quiet apart from another caracal, but I've only got 'bum' shots of it due to a number of cars being in front of us at the time

[Lisbeth]

Interesting day

A pity about the cubs Would they stay behind alone at that age?

[Richprins]

Very lucky, PJL!

Can only agree with Mel!

So nice of the staff to go out of their way to inform the tourists...seems to be a different attitude down in the Cape...

You should get a contact with the Herald or something over there!

[PJL]

A pity about the cubs Would they stay behind alone at that age?

Yes they would be left alone still. Unfortunately without a typical pride structure Josie is being a single mom without any assistance. So for hunting purposes she'll continue to leave them alone at times - the cubs were actually seen the other day on their own

[Lisbeth]

[nan]

hope all is fine for them

[PJL]

Roy & Nomad were pretty much where we had left them, but a couple of elephant were moving towards Roy and he was soon up on his feet to avoid them. Only then did he seem to realise that Nomad was lying on the other side of the road, so he came walking right past us










Once over the road there was a very friendly reunion between the old buddies, then they settled down for a good snooze while the drugs wore off










What an afternoon it had been... one I'll never forget

[Lisbeth]

Great to see, when lions great each other