Lucky timing on a visit to the Lion Park

This post is a bit tardy, we went a few weekends ago and had some technology trouble with getting the photos loaded.  This is the famous Lion Park near Johannesburg. We went on a Sunday and timed our visit perfectly to see them get fed!

We opted for the guided tour where you ride in a big caged vehicle, we can't believe that after what happened a few months ago, people would still choose to do the self-drive option!  However the area was packed with cars!

This guy certainly doesn't get paid enough to be out directing cars (among the lions)!

This is the truck that drives around throwing out hunks of horse meat for the lions to eat!

My shot for National Geographic!

There is a family of white lions, a recessive gene, the babies were so adorable, one baby started climbing the tree right by our truck.

The Mom and babies were sharing the same piece of meat, we loved when another adult lion came over she growled and told him to beat it!

You can go in and pat a few of the cubs in a special area, we caught them during nap time!

Charlie touching a soft paw!

They also have a raised platform where you can climb up and feed a giraffe, it was pretty neat to feed one!

Here we are standing by the wooden logs that make the fence to the giraffe's area.  We saw a dumb guy go in there so he could get a better photo with the giraffe.  When the workers told him that he had to come out he got a little angry and took his time coming out.   I wanted to tell him about a local lady who got kicked to death by a giraffe a year ago in a Nature Reserve here after her and her dog encountered a giraffe on a hike- you really can't save some people from themselves!

We look forward to taking some of our future visitors to the Lion Park and hope we can time it again for the feeding!