The Central Kalahari Game Reserve
The diverse wilderness of Botswana incorporates the world’s largest protected wetland of the Delta, the permanently flowing liquid gold of the Okavango river determinedly quenching the northern reaches of the …
Tag: black-maned lions
Dune Kings: A Young Kalahari Hero
After the introduction of three individuals and two prominent prides, the series of the Dune Kings is coming to an end. Professor Fritz Eloff established emotional connections with the lions …
Kalahari Dune Kings: The Alliance
Just three years into their twenty six year period studying the Kalahari lions, Professor Fritz Eloff and his comrades came across one of the most astounding alliances they had ever …
Kalahari Dune Kings: The Champion Lioness
By 1983, lion expert Professor Eloff and his colleagues had spent over 10 years with the lions of the Kalahari; marking them and tracking them in order to gain the …
I’ve Just Seen the Black-maned Lions of the Kalahari – By Carolynne Higgins
If you’ve been following Chloe Cooper’s blog series about the Dune Kings of the Kalahari, you’re going to reel with delight when you see the below photos. After reading Chloe’s …
Kalahari Dune Kings: The Sisters Gang
In this third installment, we see the feminine side of the Kalahari Dune Kings: The Sisters Gang. In 1970, the first year that Professor Fritz Eloff spent tracking the lions …
Kalahari Dune Kings: Kromvoet of Gharagab
During a twenty six year period, motivated by undeniable passion and determination to gain insight into the lion prides of the Kalahari, Professor Fritz Eloff spent months on end camping …
Dune Kings: An Introduction to the Lions of the Kalahari
It is a well-known fact amongst lion fans, field rangers & lion behaviourists, that these creatures are fiercely territorial and that they rely on the rigid social structure of their …
The Green Desert of Central Kalahari Botswana
An eternally flat tract of sand doused intermittently with struggling shrubbery and thirsty grasslands; the image of the Central Kalahari in Botswana is one of wandering desert plains. In all …
