{"id":294,"date":"2010-12-30T19:25:01","date_gmt":"2010-12-30T19:25:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.absoluteafrica.com\/liveblog\/?p=294"},"modified":"2014-03-08T18:30:13","modified_gmt":"2014-03-08T18:30:13","slug":"antelope-park-day-44-and-45","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.absoluteafrica.com\/liveblog\/2010\/12\/antelope-park-day-44-and-45\/","title":{"rendered":"Antelope Park, Day 44 and 45"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>Why go to the Antelope Park?\u00a0 Are people really that interested in looking at Kudu, Impala, Zebra and Wildebeests?\u00a0 Not really!\u00a0\u00a0 The real reason we head there is because it doesn\u2019t really focus on Antelope at all.\u00a0\u00a0 It is home to more than 90 lions of all ages and genders.\u00a0 The Antelope Park is committed to the conservation of lions and they have been breeding these impressive animals for the reintroduction into the wild for many years. However it is not at all about the wonderful work they are doing for the species.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0There are activities held here that cannot be done anywhere else in the world.\u00a0\u00a0 Lion walks, lion feeding, cub viewing, cub feeding, lion encounters (to observe lions hunting), lion breeding, elephant training, elephant rides, horse rides, game drives and rides, bird watching, canoeing, fishing……it just goes on and on……..\"\"<\/a><\/p>\n

So in answer to “what do people do here?” . . . . . . . they do EVERYTHING!\u00a0\u00a0 From starting at 4am in the morning and finishing at 6 to 7pm at night it is a busy day and a half that we spend here and from the expressions on their faces well worth the time and effort.<\/p>\n

What are some of the real highlights? Hard to say, but having 9 four year old male lions charging towards you fighting off their brethren and getting within inches of you is quite exhilarating.\u00a0 Especially when there is only a cyclone wire fence to separate you from the lions as they sprint more than 100 metres in seconds, it is hard to not take a step back when they finally get to the food.<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>Or, maybe a lion encounter?\u00a0 Watching lions in the early morning trying to make a kill on the free roaming\u00a0animals in the park is a unique experience.\u00a0 Unfortunately we did not get the opportunity to see a kill but that did not stop the heart from racing when we watched 3 lion\u2019s stalk and chase zebra and wildebeest.\u00a0 Not a bad effort for lions not even 2 years of age and\u00a0an awesome experience.<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>Or, is it the walking with lions?\u00a0 Getting within millimetres of lions up to 18 months old and weighing more than 100kg.\u00a0\u00a0 Did I say millimetres? Sorry, you get much closer, you sit next to them and pat them to get that memorable photograph with only a stick and a couple of guides to control them.<\/p>\n

There is just so much to go on about at Antelope Park. Whatever people did do in the park it surely gave people the best possible opportunities to get some amazing photos and have some unique experiences. Truly an amazing\u00a0time had by all.<\/p>\n

Tip of the Day: <\/em><\/strong>Don\u2019t be afraid just do it!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Why go to the Antelope Park?\u00a0 Are people really that interested in looking at Kudu, Impala, Zebra and Wildebeests?\u00a0 Not really!\u00a0\u00a0 The real reason we head there is because it doesn\u2019t really focus on Antelope at all.\u00a0\u00a0 It is home … Continue reading →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[486,19,477,497,498,490,489,494,493,499,496,495,239,437,492,491,488,487,500,485,237],"class_list":["post-294","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-14th-nov-2010-absolute-safari-on-shaggy-denis","tag-90-lions","tag-african-holiday","tag-antelope-park","tag-bird-watching","tag-canoeing","tag-cub-feeding","tag-cub-viewing","tag-elephant-rides","tag-elephant-training","tag-fishing","tag-game-drives-and-rides","tag-horse-rides","tag-impala","tag-kudu","tag-lion-breeding","tag-lion-encounters-to-observe-lions-hunting","tag-lion-feeding","tag-lion-walks","tag-truly-an-amazing-time-had-by-all","tag-wildebeests","tag-zebra"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.absoluteafrica.com\/liveblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/294","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.absoluteafrica.com\/liveblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.absoluteafrica.com\/liveblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.absoluteafrica.com\/liveblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.absoluteafrica.com\/liveblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=294"}],"version-history":[{"count":13,"href":"https:\/\/www.absoluteafrica.com\/liveblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/294\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1246,"href":"https:\/\/www.absoluteafrica.com\/liveblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/294\/revisions\/1246"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.absoluteafrica.com\/liveblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=294"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.absoluteafrica.com\/liveblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=294"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.absoluteafrica.com\/liveblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=294"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}