STORY behind the magic moment of 20 Lions drinking in unison.<br /><br />We saw the lions the previous evening late on 15 Aug 2017 on the<br />banks of the Sabie River, about 4km from Lower Sabie towards Skukuza<br />Camp in the Kruger National Park just lying on the sand in the river<br />and they did not look like they wanted to go anywhere soon.<br /><br />So we decided to call it a day and return to camp. The next morning we<br />rushed to get to the spot where we last saw them and there was no sign<br />of the lions I was quite disappointed and so was our guests on the<br />vehicle.<br /><br />Then we decided to go up the river and start our day looking for<br />Leopard about half an hour later we returned towards the Lower Sabie<br />camp and suddenly out of nowhere we saw the lions appearing on the<br />"beach" out of the reeds and I saw 1 female heading towards the water<br />immediately I had a thought that they might drink but did not for one<br />moment think that this signing might turn out that it did.<br /><br />And then the magic happened one by one these lions came down to the<br />water and filled in the gaps next to each other as they came in I<br />counted them and 19 appeared then at the last moment before the first<br />lioness raised her head the last baby to make the count a full 20<br />appeared and started to drink. WOW, what an amazing moment on safari<br />one to remember in 18 years I have not seen that ever a whole pride<br />drinking like this in full frontal view was unbelievable.<br /><br />Our guest and we left the sighting in awe and was speechless back to the camp.<br /><br />This will become a pride to be reckoned with in the Lower Sabie area<br />of Kruger National Park, South Africa they also have 5 large males<br />that is the dominant coalition so a sound and solid foundation is laid<br />for all these clubs to secure their survival I will be following them<br />for sure.<br /><br />The photo was taken next to the Sabie River close to Lower Sabie Camp<br />in the Kruger National Park<br />Taken 16 Aug 07:30 am<br /><br />Camera: Nikon D500<br />Lens 200 - 500 Nikon f5.6<br /><br />CREDIT:<br />Photographers: Bernhard & Hennie Bekker<br />Company: Private Kruger Safaris<br />www.pksafaris.com<br /><br />Please subscribe and tick the BELL! <br />Many more videos coming your way.<br /> Subscribe to our channel: https://bit.ly/pksafaris<br /><br />Do you like our videos? <br />BUY us a coffee?<br />https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/bekkerbrothers
