It’s a great territory for a lion though because there is lots of prey for them to hunt along the river and with an almost constant supply of water all year round it’s really just other lions and hyenas that the Tsalala female has to worry about. The thick riverine vegetation, meandering water channels and numerous granite boulders that make up this stunningly beautiful landscape are not too Land Rover friendly and simply put there are just some parts of it that we just cannot get to. We do not see them as often as we would like to due to the nature of the territory in which they spend most of their time which is along the banks of the Sand River. The fact that that they both did and did so without sustaining any noticeable long term injuries was nothing short of remarkable. We watched the terrifying scenes of her being attacked by the Ntsevu Pride on the banks of the Sand River and held our collective breaths as we waited the few days to see if her cub had survived the fight. We follow her story as closely as nature allows, and like a lot of people who have read about her or seen her we continue to try and track her progress in the raising of her sole cub who is now about 15 months old. The Tsalala female is a lioness that continues to defy the odds.
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