Lions Park, Johannesburg what is new?


What’s new in Lions Park In Johannesburg?

We went to Lions Park on Sunday. We live nearby, and we couldn’t help noticing some changes happened after unfortunate accident with American tourist.

First-people are more careful; more people prefer going with a tour guide in a special vehicle. And really this is more fun. Your have a tour guide, he gives you interesting information, meet people, socialize.

Second-I don’t know if it is a time of the year or just a coincidence, we saw less people than usually in Lions Park.

Our tour guide showed us the lioness, responsible for attack on a tourist.On the first picture on the left she is looking at you.

It is difficult to figure out what triggered lionesses’s behavior. As far as I was able to see, quite few people in the past open windows to make a better shot. May be just wrong place, wrong time. May be the American tourist used a flash and lioness thought it was a weapon. But it is good that people are more careful now.

Our tour guide told us another story of unfortunate encounter with lions. One of tourists from Kenya insisted on entering lion’s section without necessary precautions, actually he just jumped the gate against the rules of the park and against advice of the stuff in the evening, when lions are more active and of course he was eaten out. That happened in 2008.

We met very cute giraffe, wandering around. They told us she owns the place. In the evenings she comes to stuff members going home asking for food. She visits the shop, scavengers leaves from the trees. It is a good chance to see giraffe so close. She is probably 3 meters tall. Tour guides are more visible on the ground. As you might know Lions Park is one of the places participating in volunteers program.People from all over the world are able to come and live and work in Lions Park.

What was new: you can walk and have a nice photo shot with lions and cheetahs.

When I saw the expression on the face of tourists, who took photos with lions and cheetahs very closely- it was something incredible.

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