History:
The Lion Game Park was established in November 1966 on over 200 hectares of open grassland with an emphasis on predator conservation. It serves a vital function of enabling tourists to encounter lions up close. More than 80 predators are fenced in four different prides separately from the other wildlife and consequently do not hunt for their food.
The Tour:
Be driven through the 4 separate lion packs, roaming in their separate camps, including the rare white lion. Experience amazing close up views and encounters with the lions as well as the rare white lion. An antelope area also provides photo opportunities.
The Experience:
If your time in Johannesburg is short, this game park is ideal to provide you with a fantastic introduction to one of South Africa's predators.
This game park is not intended to replace a Pilanesberg or Kruger National Park Safari but provides an opportunity to experience lions in a manner that you probably were not able to do before. There is a lion cub area that allows for the most incredible opportunity to interact and play with cubs. There is also a giraffe feeding platform for an eye to eye chat with the resident giraffe, who you can also feed. It has become common for foreign tourists to give of their time for a week or more to work with the lions and cubs on a day to day interaction basis.
Fact Sheet:
Lion (Panthera Leo)
Scientific name: Ceratotherium simum
Lions are the largest of the African cats
Weight: adult lions generally lie between 150 to 250 kg for males and 120 to 182 kg for females.
Diet: lions hunt medium to large sized mammals.
Behaviour: lions are one of the most sociable cats, living in prides of between 3 and 30 individuals.
Lifespan: 10 to 14 years in the wild, while in captivity they can live over 20 years.
Conservation status: Vulnerable to extinction with a deceasing wild population size.
Lunch option for this day or half day tour: The carnivore restaurant: the finest selection of game meats - a gastronomical feast from ostrich, blue wildebeest and Kudu to a crocodile steak prepared to perfection. Sample the best game dishes South Africa has to offer.
Perfect tour options to include with the Lion Park to create a full day tour:
Rhino and Lion Reserve or Elephant Sanctuary or DeWildt Cheetah Sanctuary or Cradle of Humankind
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