Paradise under stress: KTP October 2019

[Mel]

Now I wonder if you ever managed to get out again with the lion close by

Handsome guy

[Peter Betts]

It is my cable. We have a solar panel which charges the fridge freezer in our trailer

Hi Gavin yes we also have panels for Rooiputs and Tsendze and Balule

[Lisbeth]

A very good-looking chap

[GavinW]

His Majesty proceeded to settle down under a tree near chalet no 4 and seemed set for the day, so we decided to go for another drive.

We reckoned that we may as well go and see if the lions were still on their kill at Morevet

The Auob River south of Urikaruus was pretty quiet bar these Verreaux’s Eagle Owls trying to nap in the trees on the side of the road.

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At the Kamqua waterhole a herd of Blou Wildebeest were gathered. You can see in this picture just how dry the park was.

[Lisbeth]

Nice owls

[GavinW]

We turned left onto the Upper dune road and after a bumpy 30 minute ride, we arrived at Morevet to see that the lions had left the kill, which was now being devoured by a whole crowd of black backed jackals.

The lions were settled under the smallest tree in the area. Why they had to choose that tree heaven only knows.

[GavinW]

Soon after we had settled down to watch the jackals fighting each other over the spoils, we noticed this lioness returning to the kill. She approached the carcass but probably felt that it was too much effort to try and get rid of the jackals, so she turned around and went back to the others under the tree.

[Alf]

Only bones left for the poor jackals

[Lisbeth]

The jackals are good at cleaning the rips

Lions seem to love heaping

[Klipspringer]

I guess the dune road is a these days one of the last spots whithout a human crowd around and you can enjoy a lion sighting