Track lions at Mugie Conservancy

Joining one of Governor’s expert wildlife guides, we tracked down lions that are being studied as part of the conservation programme taking place at Mugie Conservancy – Lion Landscapes. With our guide, we ventured out to find the two collared lionesses that are tracked to better understand the pride’s movement and the relationship between human activity, such as farming, and wildlife. Using our guide’s expert knowledge of lion behaviour, combined with tracking equipment, we managed to find three female lionesses that call Mugie Conservancy home.

Throughout our tracking experience, we worked with our guide to look for signs of lion activity, including paw prints and scat. These clues gave us an idea of how recently the animals had been in the area and made tracking them even more thrilling. Moving through the dense olive forests to the open savannah, our eagle-eyed guide helped us with the search for Africa’s largest big cats. Lion tracking was the perfect activity, as the private 50,000-acre wildlife conservancy lends itself to intimate wildlife encounters, without the crowds.

Along the way, we enjoyed sightings of the multitude of wildlife that inhabit Mugie Conservancy including Thomson’s and Grant’s gazelle, impala, hyenas and elephants, as well as endangered species, such as reticulated giraffe and Grevy’s zebra. Without the larger groups of visitors, we were able to bask in the company of these wonderful animals and observe their behaviour without interruption. Tracking lions is one of the most exciting safari experiences, topped off with the reward of spending quality time with them once found.