Tafika - Sunrise

05:00 wake up call for Lainey to go on Safari, after breakfast around a campfire overlooking the Luangwa River they head off at 06:00 in the safari vehicle.

Not a normal safari this time because they’d got word of a pride of Lions whose Cubs had got into difficulties whilst crossing the river so they went to investigate. When they arrived there were eleven Lionesses lined up above a vertical drop into the river with two Cubs stranded below on some rocks surrounded by Crocodiles! 😱

Evidently the pride had been crossing the river but the Cubs had got swept away with the current along with their mother and landed downstream below a vertical cliff. As time went on the mother managed to scramble up the cliff to safety but the youngest cub at three months old got snatched off the rocks by a crocodile and the remaining year old Cub was still unable to climb the cliff while Crocodiles waited below

On they’re return to the Lodge they came across two Lionesses who hadn’t managed to cross with the pride earlier

Lainey feels they don’t hold out much hope for the Cub but tomorrow is another day.Read more