{"id":12671,"date":"2019-10-27T07:43:32","date_gmt":"2019-10-27T11:43:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/psnp.info\/p4td_\/?p=12671"},"modified":"2019-10-27T07:43:32","modified_gmt":"2019-10-27T11:43:32","slug":"lions-of-ishasha","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/psnp.info\/p4td_\/?p=12671","title":{"rendered":"Lions of Ishasha"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Our guide, Moses, knew every tree in the Ishasha Sector of Queen Elizabeth National Park where the famous Tree Climbing Lions of the sector hang out, and on our first evening there, he took us to every one of them. The lions of Ishasha have developed the habit, over many generations now, of resting on the lower limbs of the big Acacia trees in the park. No one had seen one in a tree for several days when we visited, according to the rangers at the entrance gates, but we still made the round of all the trees. We had given up and were headed back to the lodge when Moses spotted this pride of 5 lions resting under brush 70 yards from the road. We are thankful for Moses\u2019 sharp eyes. We could have easily driven right by. It was getting dark fast, and I used the Sony\u2019s Anti-motion Blur mode to make the most of what little light remained. As we had seen two radio collared lions in the northern sector that morning, these made for a 7 lion day! Not bad. I posted the last photo on Facebook from the lodge that night but it deserves another showing here.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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