How to make a lion famous

The idea of writing a feature article about some snip tailed male lion came into my mind in December 2020. Although it was mainly an excuse for me to travel, I believed it was going to be an important story that should change the local tourists’ consumption of wildlife tourism.

That December, I had travelled twice to Savuti on the south side of Chobe National Park working, chasing the story and from both trips I was very unlucky because I failed to find the young lion I was tracking. And with every failure I grew more determined. I considered failures as layers to the story. And what kept me even more hopeful was that every time when I left the Savuti, I would get reports of sightings of this particular lion that I was desperately searching for.