Battle in Kruger Video Introduction
By this time everybody who is anybody that has access to the web and “Youtube” would no doubt have heard about or the term “Battle in Kruger”, well below is the word for word account of the action by the guide “Frank” who had the guests aboard his open safari vehicle on the afternoon that the video was taken of this encounter.
We as a company consider ourselves very lucky to know Frank and have him as a good friend and collegue.
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'It was during an afternoon drive when one of my colleagues called over the radio reporting the presence of lions at a place called Transport Dam between Pretoriuskop and Skukuza. Safari vehicles had been visiting the scene for a short stop and had left. On my arrival I found 7 lions lying on the dam wall watching a herd of buffalo drinking at the dam. The lions were all quite young except for an adult female and I did not believe they would take on the buffalo who in any event were too far from them to approach effectively. I decided to stay on the sighting a while, for my clients to view the buffalo at leisure, whilst they drank at the river and they then began to move away. By now the herd had regrouped, turned and amidst a cloud of dust they charged the lions who were busy mauling the poor calf lying on the ground. The lioness tried to stand her ground but was tossed into the air by one of the buffalo. The other lions lost their nerve and fled with the aggressive buffalo behind them. As if this wasn't enough the calf stood up and was enveloped by the herd who moved off. UNBELIEVABLE!!' |






