 The track from the airstrip to McBride's Camp |
 Chris McBride, author of several books about lions |
 McBridge's Camp is within Kafue National Park proper |
 In less than 5 minutes we had our first lioness |
 Lioness near McBride's Camp, Kafue National Park |
 Yawn! |
 Nice face... |
 That's better...show us your teeth |
 Lion teeth |
 She had enough ... time to move on |
 Lioness near McBride's Camp, Kafue National Park |
 Lioness in the tall grass, Kafue National Park |
 The bush of Kafue National Park near McBride's Camp |
 The bush of Kafue National Park near McBride's Camp |
 Waterhole near McBride's Camp |
 McBride's Camp, Kafue National Park |
 McBride's Camp, Kafue National Park |
 McBride's Camp, Kafue National Park |
 Warthog skull at McBride's Camp |
 McBride's Camp, Kafue National Park |
 My hut - McBride's Camp, Kafue National Park |
 Outdoor ablutions, McBride's Camp |
 Shower of a hut at McBride's Camp |
 McBride's Camp, Kafue National Park |
 Armed ranger at McBride's Camp |
 The rangers caught two poachers that morning |
 ...the poachers will probably get 2 years in prison |
 Instead of going on the boat that afternoon, we heard of some lions nearby |
 Lion, a young male, barely visible in the tall grass, Kafue National Park |
 The resident dominant male puku refuses to run away but keeps a keen eye on the three resting lions in his territory |
 ...and the lion looks back towards the puku |
 Young male lion, one of three in this group |
 Young male lion resting near McBride's Camp, Kafue National Park |
 Lion showing teeth during a yawn |
 Lion gets up to take care of some business |
 Private moment |
 Do you mind??? |
 Half-day old lion poo when we walked by here the following morning |
 The mane is just starting to grow |
 Circling around the bush for a different view |
 Young male lion keeping an eye on us |
 Something startled all three of them |
 Very fine specimen of young male lion |
 This lion was edgy the whole time |
 It's amazing that you can approach so close to lions in an open vehicle |
 ...but when I stood up to get a shot without that blade of grass in his face, he jumped up and retreated back into the bush |
 Vulture soaring overhead |
 Lion at sunset near McBride's Camp, Kafue National Park |
 Lion at sunset near McBride's Camp, Kafue National Park |
 The lion that ran off came back, but it's time for us to go back to camp |
 Dusk falls over Kafue National Park, Zambia |
 Small herd of impala, the fast food of the African bush |
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 Puku, McBride's Camp, Kafue National Park |
 Kafue River in the evening from McBride's Camp |
 Campfire at McBride's Camp |
 Dinner the first night at McBride's Camp |
 Johannes, Stephanie, Ralph, Christian |
 The whole group - dinner at McBride's Camp |
 The whole group - dinner at McBride's Camp |
 Anna, Johannes, Stephanie, Ralph, Christian, some Italian guy, some Italian lady, Reinhold, Dutch guide, Chris McBride, Nicole |
 King Solomon's Ring by Konrad Lorenz, 1949 - animal behavior |
 The White Lions of Timbavati by Chris McBride, 1977 |
 Operation White Lion by Chris McBride, 1981 |
 Lions were reported in the camp but the escort back to the hut is unarmed...hmmm... |
 Sunrise, McBride's Camp, Kafue National Park |
 Sunrise, McBride's Camp, Kafue National Park |
 Early morning, McBride's Camp |
 Early morning at the Kafue River, McBride's Camp |
 African Skimmers (Rynchops flavirostris) circling over the Kafue River in front of McBride's Camp |
 A pod of hippos lives just downstream from McBride's Camp, Kafue National Park |
 Pod of hippos living near McBride's Camp on a misty morning |
 African Skimmers (Rynchops flavirostris) circling over the Kafue River in front of McBride's Camp |
 African Skimmer (Rynchops flavirostris), Kafue National Park, Zambia |
 Chris McBride armed and ready to take a group on a walking safari looking for lions |
 Ralph, Nicole, Johannes and Stephanie head out with Chris McBride |
 The rest of us went out with his wife, Charlotte |
 Walking through the bush, McBride's Camp |
 The veld behind McBride's Camp |
 Fresh lion tracks on the road just outside the camp |
 Trees used as a dung midden by hippos |
 Trees take hold on land that was built up by termite mounds over the centuries |
 Watching puku from behind the trees |
 Morning walking safari with Charlotte McBride |
 Charlotte is said to have good luck finding leopards, but not today |
 Puku, Kafue National Park, Zambia |
 Puku, Kafue National Park, Zambia |
 Stick bug on a small branch, Kafue National Park, Zambia |
 Vine climbing a dead tree, Kafue National Park |
 Vine climbing a dead tree, Kafue National Park |
 Bachelor herd of Puku, Kafue National Park |
 Male puku, Kafue National Park |
 Bachelor herd of Puku, Kafue National Park |
 Bachelor herd of Puku, Kafue National Park |
 Warthog residence in the side of a termite-built hill near McBride's Camp |
 Impressive tree, Kafue National Park |
 Walking safari from McBride's Camp |
 Goshawk (Kaupifalco monogrammicus or Melierax metabates) |
 Warthog skull, Kafue National Park |
 Hot spring near McBride's Camp, Kafue National Park |
 Hot spring near McBride's Camp, Kafue National Park |
 Hot spring - occupied |
 No swimming in the hot spring today |
 Hippo in the hot spring near McBride's Camp, Kafue National Park |
 Hippo in the hot spring near McBride's Camp, Kafue National Park |
 Hippo in the hot spring near McBride's Camp, Kafue National Park |
 Hippo in the hot spring near McBride's Camp, Kafue National Park |
 Hippo in the hot spring near McBride's Camp, Kafue National Park |
 Hot Spring, Kafue National Park |
 Reinhold in front of the Hotspring near McBride's Camp |
 Anna in front of the Hotspring near McBride's Camp |
 Me in front of the Hotspring near McBride's Camp |
 The safari vehicle coming to pick us up |
 Impala, Kafue National Park |
 Impala, Kafue National Park |
 Hole on the right side of the track where the driver almost got stuck yesterday |
 Elephant, Kafue National Park |
 Large herd of impala in the distance |
 The group that went on the walking safari with Chris McBride |
 Herd of impala, Kafue National Park |
 Nicole, Chris McBride, Stephanie, scout, Johannes, Christian, Ralph |
 Walking Safari, part II |
 Impala skull with horns that have been infested by some kind of insect |
 Walking through the bush of Kafue National Park back to McBride's Camp |
 Kafue National Park |
 Safari vehicle from McBride's Camp |
 Kafue River at McBride's Camp |
 African Fish Eagle, the National Bird of Zambia |
 The African skimmers still circling in the same spot several hours later |
 African skimmers, Kafue National Park |
 ...and the hippos are still there... |
 McBride's Camp, Kafue National Park |
 Zambian license plate |
 McBride's Camp, Kafue National Park |
 Bushbuck hanging around McBride's Camp |
 Bushbuck |
 The pontoon boat from McBride's Camp |
 I did not endear myself to Charlotte when I requested that the afternoon boat cruise leave earlier than 4:15... |
 That's one thing I really don't like about non-self drive safaris...they all tend to do nothing from 10 to 3. |
 Kafue River by boat from McBride's Camp - cloud reflections |
 Crocodile, Kafue River, Kafue National Park |
 Crocodile, Kafue River, Kafue National Park |
 Puku on shore as the boat drifts past |
 Cactus, Kafue National Park |
 Chris McBride changing the battery and memory card of a trail camera he set up |
 He's hoping to catch a photo of Phantom, a big male that lives south of the camp |
 Kafue River |
 Kafue River |
 Kafue River |
 Kafue River |
 Kafue River |
 Sunset, Kafue National Park |
 Sunset, Kafue River |
 Sunset, Kafue River |
 Sunset, Kafue National Park |
 Sundowner cruise with Chris McBride |
 Sundowner cruise with Chris McBride |
 Sundowner cruise with - Stephanie, Anna, Johannes, Nicole |
 Sundowner cruise with - Stephanie, Anna, Johannes, Nicole |
 Sunset, Kafue River |
 Sunset, Kafue River |
 Sunset, Kafue River |
 Sunset, Kafue River |
 Sunset with clouds reflecting in the Kafue River |
 Sunset with clouds reflecting in the Kafue River |
 Sunset from McBride's Camp |
 Moonrise, Kafue National Park |
 Ralph, our great organizer |
 Moon and clouds over Kafue National Park |
 Evening on the Kafue River |
 Full moon, Kafue National Park, Zambia |
 Kafue park ranger, Zambia Wildlife Authority |
 ZAWA - Zambia Wildlife Authority |
 Map of Kafue National Park, Zambia |
 Kafue National Park is the largest in Zambia - the size of Massachusetts |
 Kafue National Park was established in 1924 |
 Kafue River, McBride's Camp |
 We had visitors come through camp last night... |
 McBride's boat on the Kafue River |
 Hippos, Kafue River |
 Ralph and the Dutch guide of the two Italian guests at the lodge that were not in our group |
 Impala, Kafue National Park |
 Impala, Kafue National Park |
 Impala, Kafue National Park |