Africa House Safaris is based in Africa's Great Rift Valley, on a farm which looks out towards Lake Nakuru, a shallow lake famous for its sprawling flocks of flamingos. 'Nakuru', meaning 'dust' or 'dusty place' in the Maasai language, is currently far from being a dusty place, having seen many inches of glorious rain in the past few months! Wild grasses are lush and long, providing a hunting challenge for predators such as lions.
On a recent day trip to Lake Nakuru National Park we were fortunate to see this very rare sight: a beautiful lioness using a tree as a vantage point from which to keep herds of plains game such as zebra and impala in its sight. Whilst leopards are well known for their tree-climbing behaviour, it is very rare to spot a lion up a tree!
