Thanks, beautifull, lovely lions 😇😇🤗🤗💕💕🙏🙏🙏 blessings

@overlandersa

9 ай бұрын

Thanks, you too.

Best lions in Kalahari Lions

@overlandersa

Жыл бұрын

Yes, indeed!

Great stuff! When these big, tough, "scary" apex predators, engage in that affectionate behavior (the two lions who were licking one another) it always gets to me. Thanks for the awesome footage ❤🦁✌

@overlandersa

Жыл бұрын

Yes, it is amazing to observe the interaction between them!

Wow epic episode

@overlandersa

Жыл бұрын

The in person experience was even more epic! The video does not do it justice. Stay tuned for the next episode, and consider subscribing so as not to miss it... 😉

Still THE place I’ve ever visited for the ultimate lion experiences. Planning to go back there.

@overlandersa

Ай бұрын

Yes, we're booked to go again next April. It's just so difficult to get availability these days.

@SoftCampingSouthAfrica

Ай бұрын

@@overlandersa Covid got many people camping now. Even at Kruger, it’s getting difficult to just get up and go. You gotta plan in advanced.

@overlandersa

Ай бұрын

@@SoftCampingSouthAfrica Yep

lovely stuff. keep it coming. Mpls, Mn USA

@overlandersa

Жыл бұрын

Thank you for the encouragement! Have you subscribed? - there is nothing that encourages a KZread novice such as myself quite as much as getting a few extra likes and subscriptions... 😉

Great video and an amazing experience with the lions so close in the camp. I will be on a camp safari in Botswana in October - not sure if I do or don't want to see lions in the camp!!!

@overlandersa

Жыл бұрын

I think you do! It's an experience like no other.😳

Lions are beautiful Nice video

@overlandersa

Жыл бұрын

Thank you - we were really blessed to have such an experience.

Magnificently Awesone👍🏾 closeness 😯great experience 💯💥

@overlandersa

Жыл бұрын

Absolutely - it was an amazing experience!

Thanks for a great video clip. What time of the year did you visit the park and what camp were the lions in, there was clearly no fence or gates there?

@overlandersa

Жыл бұрын

Thanks for the compliment! The visit was during April. The specific camp was Mpayathutlwa in the Mabuasehube area of the park. Having lions in your camp actually happens fairly frequently. We've had them at Polentswa (between Nossob and Grootkolk) and had lions in camp more often than not when camping at Rooiputs. None of the campsites on the Botswana side are fenced. On the South African side all the campsites are fenced, but there are "Wilderness camps" with chalets that are also unfenced. In these we've had lions at Gharagab, Grootkolk (Grootkolk is now semi-fenced), Urikaruus...

What an awesome experience, the Kgalagadi never ceases to deliver 👌

@overlandersa

Жыл бұрын

Yes, I cannot remember ever returning from Kgalagadi disappointed (only disappointed that it was over!)

I do African village vlogs, but I love your adventure

@overlandersa

Жыл бұрын

Thank you! Yes, it really was an adventure. Do consider subscribing :-) ...

Fantastic video,clear and lovely.thanks for sharing

@overlandersa

Жыл бұрын

Thank you, much appreciated

great lion sighting I would skip the braai

@overlandersa

Жыл бұрын

We're South African - skipping a braai is simply not done! We just postponed it a bit😀

Wow, love cats , so majestic!

@overlandersa

Жыл бұрын

I fully agree

What a lovely video! Made very professional! I love everything: your correct pronunciation of names waterholes, how you cut the video, the music, the Africaan talking and titles in English... great work! I subscribed and will have a look on other videos :-) How did you make an animation on the map?

@overlandersa

Жыл бұрын

Thank you so much for the encouragement! I really appreciate your compliments and the fact that you subscribed. I made the map animation using the Fusion page in DaVinci Resolve. Here is a link to a video that explains how to do it: kzread.info/dash/bejne/mqdtqZiwZda6maQ.html

F A N T A S T I C ! ! !

@overlandersa

Жыл бұрын

Yes, it always is an amazing experience to have lions in the camp. At Rooiputs we once witnessed a lion kill right in the camp!

Great research for our June ‘23 trip. Thanks!

@overlandersa

Жыл бұрын

Glad it was helpful! Do consider subscribing 😊

Humans are everywhere soon the poor lion species won't have any place to go, I hope you humans didn't eat in front of them in the next episode? BEAUTIFUL LIONS 🦁 🐾🐾🐾🐾🐾🐾🐾💗

@overlandersa

Ай бұрын

I guess you'll have to watch that episode to see... :-) No, we didn't eat where the lions could see us.

WAOUH ! : rien que 8 lionnes à côté du camp !!! Dommage qu'il n'y a pas de cubbies , non ?

@overlandersa

Жыл бұрын

Yes, unfortunately no cubs. But there are cubs in this one kzread.info/dash/bejne/kYx5po9xf8WZfLg.html

Leopard are never lazy

@overlandersa

Жыл бұрын

Well, at least not as lazy as lions...

@falanajerido875

Жыл бұрын

@@overlandersa lions are not lazy the reserve energy because most of them are night hunters

@falanajerido875

Жыл бұрын

@@overlandersa i disagree with your concept about wild animals you need to read on your subjects and get a better understanding of them

@overlandersa

Жыл бұрын

@@falanajerido875 I'm afraid I don't understand what you mean. I do actually read up quite a lot on my subjects, including the work of Dr Gus Mills who did his PhD on Kalahari animals (I think the PhD was about brown hyenas but he also did work on lions) and went on to a multi-year study of cheetahs in the Kalahari; the work of Dr Philip Stander on the Desert Lions of Namibia, some stuff from Prof Fritz Eloff who did the original study on Kgalagadi Lions, etc. Also I never miss an opportunity for a discussion with rangers, field guides and trackers. I do understand that one should exercise caution in applying anthropological terms such as "lazy" to wild animals as it is strictly speaking not correct to call a lion lazy just because it sleeps 20 hours out of 24. But then the same goes for sloths and koala bears which people would generally describe as lazy - to the extent that "sloth" has become a general term for laziness! So I agree that my use of the term "lazy" is unscientific, but not unusual. Also there is a nuance in the original Afrikaans text that is absent from the English. In my home language of Afrikaans a leopard is called a "luiperd" which literally means "lazy horse". So in the Afrikaans video I used "lui luiperd" because the repetition appealed to me, but it does lose its effect when translated to "lazy leopard".

Think they checking you out !

@overlandersa

Жыл бұрын

The were indeed!

Wonderful footage… I can’t believe how close these lions get to the campsite… is this not risky? Especially when you’re asleep at night? I know that lions do normally leave humans alone but still the risk is always there…..

@overlandersa

Жыл бұрын

It's probably not entirely risk free, but as long as you do not do anything stupid the risks are manageable. Animals treat a tent as a solid structure - a fact which is used in modern game capture techniques using canvas "curtains" to direct their movements. So as long as you do not leave your tent door open at night there should not be a problem. Lions wandering through your campsite is fairly common on the Botswana side of Kgalagadi and I'm not aware of any lion related incidents. What contributes to lion activity at Mpayathutlwa campsites is that they use the runoff from the shower as a water source - otherwise they have to walk several kilometers to the nearest waterhole (and lions can be quite lazy...)

Wonderful experience. I just returned from Kgalagadi after spending 20 nights at different camps. Mabua is on my list. Which month did you travel to Mabua?

@overlandersa

Жыл бұрын

Hi, this trip was in April last year. Here is a link to one in March this year kzread.info/dash/bejne/jJt3y9Cdm5SYqbg.html. And October last year kzread.info/dash/bejne/kYx5po9xf8WZfLg.html Which camps did you stay at?

@subratseet6836

Жыл бұрын

@@overlandersa ok. I stayed at various camps starting with Urikarrus, mata mata, grootkolk, Nossob and last at twee.

@overlandersa

Жыл бұрын

@@subratseet6836 Urikaruus is our absolute favourite, with Grootkolk second

Is this the male lion moved to sabi sands that still roars for his Kalahari pride?? Someone please let me know also the female lioness that has a collar on her ? Is she from the Kalahari

@overlandersa

Жыл бұрын

I don't know for sure, but I doubt that it was this lion that was moved. Does anybody else know for sure?

@Tara_P_Rose

Жыл бұрын

I don’t know but it’d be great to know as well…

Was the prophetic words the lions coming to visit you in camp or the flirtation? 😂

@overlandersa

Жыл бұрын

😂 Both!