We head out in the dark looking for leopards but don't have any luck, so we head back to the lion cubs and film them suckling and playing. While we are filming the cubs, the cheetahs come to the waterhole to drink and are chased off by the lions. The lions all start roaring, then we follow the cheetahs across the plains. Back at camp we decide to empty the jerry cans to lighten the trailer and this turns out to be more difficult than it should be.

In this series we are on safari filming in Savuti, Linyanti, and the Chobe Waterfront. Savuti is part of the Chobe National Park in North-Eastern Botswana. It is famous for its lions and elephants. The Savuti Channel cuts through the area between rocky outcrops then empties into the Savuti Marsh. The channel is currently dry (and has not flowed for nearly 2 decades), but there are pumped waterholes for the animals, and the roots of the large trees along the banks of the channel can reach the water deep underground.

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Filmed and edited by Robert Hofmeyr and Andrew Caldwell.

Behind-the-scenes shot on a GoPro Hero 10. For the telephoto wildlife shots we used a Canon 200-400mm f4 lens on a Red V-Raptor camera. Moving shots were done using a Red Komodo 6K with a Sigma 18-35 f1.8 or Canon 14mm f2.8. Aerials filmed using a Mavic Air 2s.

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Chapters:
00:00 The mega-torch
01:28 Intro
01:56 Leopard tracks
03:05 Big male lion walks past
03:49 Lion cubs suckling
05:12 Male lion and cubs
06:25 Lioness and cubs
07:36 Lions roaring and cheetahs
08:36 Lifting the tent
11:41 Refuelling
13:27 Credits

Music for this series was licensed from soundstripe.com

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