Last night we had a fantastic sighting at the Ongava Tented Camp in the Etosha National Park, Namibia watering hole, it happened right in front of the lapa.
Straight after dinner at about 21h00, ten lions surrounded the water hole, very thirsty indeed. After they quenched their thirst, two of the lions walked in between the tents, the rest made their bed next to the water hole besides the trees. The guests sat and watched them for about an hour. Hein then escorted all the guests to their tents.
We heard the roaring of these beautiful creatures the entire night.
The next morning at 5 'o clock the entire camp got a wake-up call. The waitress, Magda put on the lights at the lapa when a lion lying in front of the lapa charged her, luckily Jan the scullery guy, was standing behind her and pulled off a bare-banger.
Needless to say the whole camp woke up instantly. NJ, the guide, and Hein charged down to the lapa immediately to investigate. The lions casually left the camp area allowing the guests to be put at ease before being escorted to the lapa. What an extremely exciting 12 hours!
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