Africa: Lions

The first thing people ask is if we saw lions. Yes, we saw lots of lions. Yes, we were very close to them. Was I scared? I'm not sure that is how I would describe my reaction...I think I was in awe. I could feel my jaw drop, and my hands shook as I was trying to steady the camera.

We were always in the landrovers...you don't go for game walks, you go for game drives, at dawn and dusk. The most memorable time was a morning drive. Dan is a good spotter and with his binoculars he saw a small pride of 4 lions approaching us, a male, 2 females and a teenager. The amazing thing was, that they continued to approach at a very leisurely pace and simply walked past our vehicle as if it wasn't even there and carried on. I was told that lions in the wild are not particularily interested in humans as food...but still we were holding our breaths from their sheer proximity, especially Karen, who was on the roof of the landrover.