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04 August 2006

How Well do Guides know their Lions?

by Melissa Wray

Lion sightings are high on nearly every tourist”s priority list when they visit a big five area like the Kruger National Park. Guides at lodges often go to a lot of trouble to find lions on their daily game drives. But how well do the guides really know the lion prides? How accurate is their knowledge of how many lions in the area belong to established prides? Do they know which are nomadic animals moving from place to place?