By Adam Jones
Searching for malachite kingfishers by pontoon turned out to be a spectacular afternoon of lion versus buffalo.
Just before entering the river, close to the malachite nesting sight, I noticed two lionesses on the Lake shore, relaxing.
Moving closer for a better look we noticed a lone buffalo not two hundred metres away from the reclining ladies.
Suddenly the lionesses became more active and moved into the bush out of sight. The wind was in their favour, they were moving towards buffalo.
Suddenly the buffalo came running out of the bush followed by one lioness, she tried to take the buffalo down three times, but failed.
The buffalo swam through a shallow gulley hotly pursued now by three lionesses
We quickly maneuvered the boat to the next bay where we found the three lionesses on the buffalo at the waters edge.
With all the commotion, crocodiles had been attracted and the one lioness started growling at an approaching one as can be seen by this image.
We continued to watch this spectacle whilst enjoying our gin and tonic sundowners.
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