About the lions, while we were on Lake Kariba, we parked the boat in one of Zimbabwe's national parks at Elephant Point. We decided to take a walk in the bush, just to explore. As we were getting close to where the shore ended and the bush started, Bruce heard something that sounded like a hippo in the near distance. So, he pulled out his Binoculars and when he did, he saw a pride of 11 lions (adults and cubs) about 200 yards away. His demeanor quickly change. He told everyone to slowly walk back to the boat without turning our backs to the lions.
So, we slowly walked back to the boat hoping not to peak their interest. When we got back to the boat, and knew we were safe, we rode around to where they were. The lions were on the shore of the lake eating something, but it took us a few minutes to figure out what. Eventually, we saw a foot stick out of the pile of hungry lions and determined that tt was a baby hippo. That's only the second time since being here that I've witnessed lions just after a kill.
As we sat there watching them fight over this baby hippo, we knew we had been pretty safe during the experience, because they wouldn't have left a kill to bother with people. But, earlier, as we were walking back to the boat, I wasn't a happy camper ; ).
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