Seeing a single lion can be an amazing experience for safari-goers, let alone having eighteen wander out into the road directly in front of the camera.
Enslin Davel was lucky enough to see a huge lion pride on the H1-3 road at the Kruger National Park, and sent the footage from this incredible event through to Latest Sightings.
The Gang’s All Here
The road ahead of Enslin’s vehicle was completely empty of any others, which was a good thing because there was no chance that anything would have been able to weave its way through all of those lions.
The entire pride had gotten into the road and then decided that they didn’t need to move any further than that. Something had caught their attention over on the other side of the road and they all stood or sat looking at it.
Whatever it was must have been fascinating, as all of the lions continued to watch it as even more of the big cats emerged from the brush at the side of the road, taking up more and more room.
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Getting Everyone Organised
As the stragglers caught up with the rest it became clear that the pride wasn’t actually stopping here, but preparing to use the road themselves. There was some general milling about before the big cats started moving on their way but they eventually all did.
It’s not uncommon to see animals using human-made roads. This one was flat and steady ground that the lions could take advantage of without having to struggle through any undergrowth that might slow them down.
If these lions were lucky then they might even come across a prey animal that had decided the risk of using the road was worth it, in which case they would be able to pick themselves up a meal without much effort.
Move Along Everyone
Although the enormous group of lions did begin moving along on their way, they all completely ignored Enslin’s vehicle following along behind them, and they made it very clear that they were not in any rush.
Some members of the pride ran, playing games with each other, but the vast majority of them simply walked at a meandering pace. Like a house cat that gets in its human’s way for attention, these lions must have known exactly what they were doing.
Though most of the pride were adults they did appear to have some teenage lions with them, and these were the most energetic, running back and forth a few times while the rest of the big cats padded along.
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Lions As Far As The Eye Can See
In such numbers, and with a particularly regal looking male as part of the group, this lion pride appeared to be a particularly powerful one. Seeing the whole group on the move might be rare, but it allowed these big cats to project their strength before them.
Stretching along the entire road off into the distance, these lions completely blocked off the road for anyone else, man or beast, that might have considered using it. Hopefully it didn’t take them too long to reach their destination.
