Everyone resumed their activities once she was out of sight! Note how well she blend sin with the grass.
A little later on I was walking over to the shower which is a short distance from the tents, I was still wondering where the big old female lioness had gone so was looking out for her. I heard a crunching sound not far off, so cast my gaze over to see Venus, our beautiful lioness who is frequently around camp coming along towards where I was, she hadn't seen me. I dashed away behind the tent and softly called Rob, we jumped onto the Kitchen platform to get a better look. The old female that had gone by earlier was Venus' mother. We watched as Venus walked into full view and were amazed and delighted to see she had 3 little cubs in tow!
Rob had his camera so began taking photos, this alerted them to our presence, Venus knows us well, she merely looked at us like a proud
Mum' showing off her babies, but the cubs were first fascinated and then 2 took fright and dashed off into the long grass. The third, who stood close to Mums side looked at Mum for assurance, but then he too followed his siblings off into the long grass where they sat completely hidden from view. Venus wasted no time with her deep but soft 'moo' telling them that all was fine, and she continued on her way, the cubs did exactly what they were told and came scampering out of the long grass and ran playfully after Mum bouncing and hopping over every thing they could find, making every step into an exciting game!
With a row of little tails happily flopping about any which way they headed off, soon to be lost from view.
The sun was setting on another perfect day in Ruaha
