Sekoti is new King of the North

Early morning at Harvey’s Pan, on the northern side of Savuti River, Sekoti is sleeping like the ‘man of the house’. Relaxed and at home on the territory which is known to belong to his elder brothers, he is in a Kappa position, back-to-back with one of the females of the Northern Pride. “No male sleeps like this in another male’s territory,” safari guide, Obed Phuti from Savute Safari Lodge quips in a comment before he declares, “He has surely taken over”.“We have concluded that he has pushed out Pretty Boy,” says another safari guide, Robert Obonye from Savute Elephant Lodge, who has followed Sekoti from the lion’s birth.

Sekoti’s road to the North was unimaginable because the area was held by three vicious lions, Tshekedi, Blondie and Pretty Boy. The trio is Sekoti’s elder brothers who were long chased away from the pride by their savage father, Sekekama.