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 …
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 …
Today’s blog post is dedicated to the powerful coalition known as the Matimba male lions, the Matimba male lions made a name for themselves in the Sabi Sands area as well as around the Orpen area in the Kruger National Park. It is estimated that the Matimba male lions were born in 2006/2007, there were …
The Kruger National Park has a famous lion known as Casper and this particular lion is famous because he’s a white lion, and he is the only wild white lion found in the Kruger National Park. Lions carrying the recessive “white” gene are usually found in the Timbavati area which borders the Kruger, Casper was …
The Kruger National Park is known for large male lion coalitions, in today’s post we focus on lions which made a name for themselves, the Gomondwane male lions. Similar to other coalitions we have mentioned like the Skybeds, the Gomondwane were a coalition made up of six male lions, what made them so different was …
Last week it was reported by the group Enough is Enough that a male lion was seen with a snare around his mane, unfortunately since his last sighting no one has seen this male again. The male lion turned out to be Mazino from the Charleston coalition. The Charleston males are a coalition of two …
Today’s post is dedicated to the Lubyelubye male lions. These males like most lions have been through a lot, it’s tough being a lion in the Kruger, especially when there is so many male lions around. One of the Lubyelubye males used to dominate the area around the Lubyelubye rocks (that is where they get …