&Beyond: Melissa's Travel Blog
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Meet Kevin Richardson- One of Africa’s truly amazing human beings.
He’s like a “lion whisperer”. The way these animals interact with him is absolutely stunning!!!! He is currently working at the lion park in Lanseria Area…. That is where these pics were taken.
Kevin and Meg the Lion are the stars of the pics in the Crocodile River just south of the Magaliesburg mountains, near Johannesburg, South Africa.Weighing a staggering 185 kg this boisterous tawny lioness playfully splashed around with the veteran of the wild. Despite her formidable size and strength, Kevin claims he is completely safe in Meg’s company. Meg, seven, and her sister Amy, live in The Kingdom Of The White Lion, near Johannesburg.
Kevin says Meg is like an ‘excited dog going for a ride in a car’ when she goes swimming However Kevin’s unusual work with these magnificent animals has captured the imagination. ‘People are always amazed that she doesn’t rip me to pieces with her claws,’ Kevin said. ‘I assure you every now and again I get a claw going into me. It’s unintentional and just reconfirms to me how gentle and in control she tries to be. You get in and start swimming and the next thing you know there’s a full grown lioness beside you doing doggy paddle …. umm I mean ….
lion paddle towards you.’
From &Beyond guest Lucy – I have just finished ready his book co written with Tony Parks. Wouldn’t I just love to have that experience!
Some of the pictures are from Barecroft media
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Melissa Adey
Does Africa inspire you, intrigue you or simply terrify you as an unknown destination? It is deserving of all those feelings- as is a magnificent continent that will transform your world when you journey here… Allow me to hold your hand through the process of booking your safari, and together with my 6 years of experience working in our lodges, traveling throughout Africa and arranging tailor made safaris we will create a trip worthy of many first-class hours of story telling and dreaming. This Blog is about the adventures I have had so far with &Beyond and in Africa- and hope that it will inspire you to create moments that make the days of routine and hard work worthwhile like no other holiday can do….
I dreamt last night that I was playing with a tiger. For me this was an amazing experience, it felt so real. For Kevin Richardson this is his reality. Incredible, awe-inspiring in fact and it just goes to show how connected we can be with nature no matter how much we are brought up to believe that certain things are impossible, but in actual fact anything is possible.