South Africa 2025: Sept 25 last safari in South Africa

We were up early again with another wake up call at 5:30. No critters so Coffee at 5:50 and on the jeep by 6am for our last South African safari. BUT WOW!!!! All the checks for my Africa bucket list are met. Lions and more Lions today. First a couple male lions out and about walking in the bush. They walked right up beside the jeep but never paid any attention to us. They were within about 30 feet from us. We watched the majestic animals walking through the bush, across our path, and deeper into the trees. It was again so surreal. BUT! Then we came across a male and female together. They were definitely hunting for food. As we watched them walk along, the baboons were going crazy in the trees overhead warning the nearby impalas that they were being hunted. The impalas took off running and the noise from the baboons was indescribable. The lions never relented and kept on tracking along the paths and through the bush. A pair of kudus minding their own business were clearly on the lions menu. Omg I thought we were going to see a take down. Not sure my heart was ready for that. Luckily we moved on before the lions made their kill. Apparently it takes about 2 min for a lion to take down a kudu. ( which is about the size of an antelope). The entire morning of watching lions absolutely made my entire trip. After the lion sightings we ventured deeper into the bush and watched from afar as an elephant broke branches from trees for breakfast. Last animals to see on our trip was a leopard tourtoise and a red beaked horn bill. Back to the resort for breakfast at 9:30, packed up and walked around the resort. Spotted Nyalas and wart hogs before we left. The bus picked us up at 10am for our long journey back to Johannesburg. We spotted giraffes, rhino's, ostrich and Cape buffalo along the way. Once back to the hotel we all enjoyed supper together and complete with drinks in the lounge following. We said good bye to our new friends from Wales, Emma and Attila, friend from Great British, Lewis ( the great photographer) and our friends from Australia, Mark, Sim, Keely, and Emily. We had the best group for our trip. Tomorrow with another solo traveller, Joan, from Pittsburgh we fly to Zimbabwe to see the great Victoria Falls. Another adventure!!!