Lion safaris in Africa.

The lion( Panthera leo) is the largest carnivore in Africa and a must see once one is on an African safari. The lion is the most sociable animal of the large cats, leaving in loosely structured prides of about five to fifteen lions. These lions hunt at night and  their most favourable preys are the buffaloes and medium to large antelopes for example the Impalas, waterbucks, bushbucks among others. Groups of female lions do the most of the hunting in  whereas the males watch and protect the young ones. Lions are known to be diurnal than the other cats though they are very well know for doing most of the hunting at night and they just lay under the shade looking the picture of indolence. Lions are typical inhabitants of grasslands and savannas and is not found in forests.  Today the lion has been reduced to fragment populations in sub-saharan Africa including one critically endangered population in Western India.

Most lions currently live in East and South Africa that is in Uganda, Tanzania, Kenya, South Africa, Bostwana, Zambia and Zimbabwe. In Africa the lion is known to be among the Big Five which is a term given to the most fearless and dangerous in the African national parks and the other four include the Elephants, Buffaloes, Leopards and the Rhinoceros. In Africa the following are the top places to see the wild lions: Mara-Serengeti and Ngorongoro in Tanzania, Queen Elizabeth national park, Murchison Falls national park and Kidepo national park in Uganda, Okavango delta and Moremi game reserve in Northern Bostwana, Greater Kruger national park in South Africa, Etosha national park in Northern Namibia, Luangwa valley in Zambia and Hwange national park in Zimbabwe.

In Africa we also boost of the tree climbing lions which are located in the East African province which will make your lion safari experience impeccable and amazing. These tree climbing lions are found in Lake manyara national park in Kenya, Queen Elizabeth national park in Uganda and recently spotted in Serengeti national park in Tanzania. Lions in Africa are one of the animals not to miss out on an African Safari.