Kenya
In Kenya’s Masai Mara Reserve, all four members of the Governors Camp Collection conduct game drives on the east bank of the Mara River in the vicinity of Musiara Marsh, Rhino Ridge and Paradise Plain—the territories of the Marsh Pride and five other lion families depicted in the long-running BBC TV series Big Cat Diaries. According to host and professional photography guide Jonathan Scott, lions regularly stalk the tree-lined water courses east of the marsh. Scott and his wife, who have been observing the prides for years from their base in the Governors concession, are sometimes available to lead private safaris by arrangement. Also working in the area, often from Rekero Camp, standout guide Jackson Looseyia, one of Jonathan Scott’s presenters for the Big Cat DiariesTV series, is regarded as one of the best the Mara and his bush sense has resulted in extraordinary lion sightings for clients, including the makers of Disney’s 2011 “African Cats” documentary.
More talented guides work for Great Plains Conservation, a company founded by Dereck and Beverly Joubert, Emmy Award-winning filmmakers who have made many documentaries about lions for National Geographic. GPC is a consortium of four small and superb safari properties in Kenya, with five more in Botswana, and the Joubert’s personal passion for and involvement in protecting lions (and elephants and rhinos) helps ensure that guides at all GPC camps and lodges have in depth lion knowledge. In Kenya, Joubert particularly recommends Mara Plains Lodge guides Johnson Ping’ua O Nkukuu (aka “Ping”) and Kevin Parmalal Saiyalel. (For more on Mara Plains and other GPC properties check out the upcoming World on Sale event, for which safari specialist Cherri Briggs is organizing a trip.)
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Article source: http://www.cntraveler.com/daily-traveler/2013/08/world-lion-day-august-10-safari-camps-sightings