Lion Den

Saturday was our day to visit the Lion’s Den. This was about 3 hours from Thrive where they raise Lions. Hence, the name, Lion’s Den. They had a place where we were able to play with 8 week old lion cubs. Then we went for a short safari drive through the resort. We saw some other animals, and another fenced area where there were 3 other lions. They are kept and fed in a place that looked to be about 10 acres or so. They were resting and not doing anything, which is what lions do 20 hours a day. Then all of a sudden, they jumped up, and the male lion rushed over to the corner of the fence. That is where the picture of him was taken. As he got to the fence, a herd of wildebeest went by. He stood at attention watching them. Then they passed by and he went back over and lay down again.
They also had a pen of Nile river alligators on the property as well. We ate lunch there, and the food was really quite good. We were able to eat outside watching the lions in the pen move around. Then we saw the people come and feed them. That was interesting watching them fight over who got what part of the animal. You'll see in the pictures, a picture of Marty's arm. She was bitten by something while at the Lion's Den. She didn't feel it until later in the day. This picture was taken 36 hours after she was bitten. The swelling started to go down and didn't go away for a week.

It rained when we left Thrive but it was nice at the Lion Park, and rained when we got back home. But we expected that because we had prayed for good weather and baby lions to pet.  The last picture is of the rocks at the Lion Park.  What unusual formations they were!