[PHOTOS] SANParks images of Kruger lions taking advantage of absent tourists

SANParks' tweets of this lion pride usually resident on Kempiana Contractual Park that has moved further afield, go global.

SanParks Kruger National Park Section Ranger Richard Sowry took the photographs of lions taking advantage of the roads while tourists are absent.

SANParks tweeted that this lion pride is usually resident on Kempiana Contractual Park, an area Kruger tourists do not see, but on that afternoon they were lying on the tar road just outside of Orpen Rest Camp.

The story has been picked up by news agencies globally.

Kruger visitors that tourists do not normally see. #SALockdown This lion pride are usually resident on Kempiana Contractual Park, an area Kruger tourists do not see. This afternoon they were lying on the tar road just outside of Orpen Rest Camp.
📸Section Ranger Richard Sowry pic.twitter.com/jFUBAWvmsA

— Kruger National Park (@SANParksKNP) April 15, 2020

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