Sharing a campsite with lions

You are coming to your campsite and it is already occupied with ... lions! How can you share your campsite with them?

[@duncanwallace7760]

Not many people would have had that experience, scary but a privilege as well.

[@geogm.840]

Kgalagadi is well known for lion attacks on humans (ok human attacks on lions uusally are more common), so it is not like those lions look total harmless to me.. To me they look curious, but as normal lions, they are also looking for opportunities, like water, food remains and potential prey (yes, humans included). They seem well fed, It looks all cool and romantic until a disaster happens. Maybe on the next day they are hungry. Btw, camping on a tent with lions around, may be not good for someone who actually needs to rest or actually really cares about his/her own safety. Also like in many other cases, when people decide to camp next to dangerous large wild animals on their own territory, they should remember that at a certain time, someone may need to go out. Don´t be so bad with yourself and take something with you, so you can satisfy your needs inside your tent. Lions often don´t associate tents with humans or prey, that´s why they usually don´t attack people inside tents, but disasters have happened before. Anyway while it may be not my type of thing, I respect other people preferences and decisions.

[@truthseeker3536]

Man eating lions are known to break into proper houses to eat people, in rural Tanzania. These are not really strong houses built of brick and strong roofing tiles, but mud walls with thatched roofs.

[@Bambotb]

@@truthseeker3536 any video?

[@1NeTruth]

Some people are just risktakers and dumb and not caring for your own life :)

[@michaeljeuter874]

Gänsehaut Video mit der unbekümmerten schönen Stimme von Elena, als ob es das normalste der Welt ist, diese "Kätzchen" als Nachbarn zu haben! Kompliment!!!!

[@ElenaHanak]

Dankeschön, lieber Michael!

[@eugenesteenhuisen4065]

Got to love Botswana. Amazing place with amazing memories.

[@ElenaHanak]

That's true!

[@tomall4668]

Thank you very much for this beautiful video! I enjoyed the pictures very much and your comments: explanatory and very funny at the same tine. Looking forward to be back in Africa next month

[@dirk140]

Hahaaa... We loved your script! Excellently done! Offgrid greetings FROM South Africa!

[@xneapolisx]

Beautiful video, thank you for sharing it ❤🦁

[@AnitaDil]

They behave like they’re at home because they are at home. That is their land not humans land, then humans are shocked that the lions attack if provoked.

[@deise0905]

Que vizinhança linda ❤❤❤❤

[@africanwildlifeadventuresj6382]

Amazing trip, Elena, and thanks for sharing.

[@ElenaHanak]

Thank you

[@rudizisterer3099]

Elena, great Video, thanks a lot to share your experience with us :-)

[@ElenaHanak]

thank you, Rudi!

[@DanielBryn]

Mpaya number 1 - my second favorite campsite in Mabua ;) Nice one Elena!

[@ElenaHanak]

thank you, Daniel!

[@estrellawakelin]

did you sleep there? Oh my God you are my heroes! I hope you were able to get your things back.

[@chris_iapetus]

This is absolutely amazing. I love it so much the two of us should be left to ourselves .....

[@ElenaHanak]

thank you very much :-)

[@chris_iapetus]

@@ElenaHanak When I said "the two of us" I was meaning the video & me... I hope I didn't unintentionally offend you !! It's a wonderfully creative video, one of my all-time favorites.

[@rajeshmenezes6792]

Lovely vedio

[@ElenaHanak]

Thank you!

[@troopyinafrica]

Brilliant 😂🤙

[@christosteyn176]

Elena thank very much for this wonderful video.

[@ElenaHanak]

thank you, Christo!

[@FloridaTesfay]

The night sky looks so beautiful

[@ElenaHanak]

Thank you!

[@FloridaTesfay]

@@ElenaHanak No problem!! 😁

[@geogm.840]

It is beautiful, but of course that in real life it doesn´t look like that (or better said our eyes woudn´t be able to pick such details), because it´s a long exposure, with lots of zoom in and so on. With a nice camera, you can make a normal sky, looks super starry like this one. Still I bet, that nights there should be dark, beautiful and with plenty of stars visible. But nothing close to what you see on this video.

[@FloridaTesfay]

@@geogm.840 Ah I see

[@mortalclown3812]

​@@geogm.840 At Mauna Kea one Christmas we got close to seeing this many stars. But space junk was also visible. They have civilian telescopes at 13K feet vs the pro ones a thousand feet above. It's as close as I'll come to seeing the curve of our world.

[@Craigslistmist]

very nicely made. Loved your narration. what an experience! what month was that?

[@ElenaHanak]

It was beginning of October 2021.

[@ExpeditionBotswana]

Beautiful sightings, Always expected at Mabuasehube

[@Kijanashenzi]

wow what a remarkable video

[@Kijanashenzi]

Wow I just got liked by the author

[@jmbisme]

Three words…oh hell no!

[@luvincoco1561]

Thank you so much for sharing this! What an awesome experience! Blessings.. stay safe 💖

[@warrioroneultimate7777]

That's great footage you have of the Lions, also do you know the name of that male lion???

[@ElenaHanak]

thank you, I don't think the lions have some names ... never heard about it. there were some wild lions who had names like Cecil, The Lion. but those don't have, I think.

[@falanajerido875]

What did they eat? Where is the prey for they can hunt?

[@themishmish101]

They get to eat 1 tourist a day.

[@ElenaHanak]

oh yes, they have wildebeest, springbok, steenbok, hartebeest etc..

[@falanajerido875]

@@themishmish101 didn't see them eat that at all i didn't see them eat

[@Bambotb]

Lunatic

[@MariaN-mj5ej]

lions sharing with , humans I will say

[@boyjanboytan1225]

Sub adult lion..