In what can only be described as a heart-pounding experience, a traveller on a self-drive safari found himself in a face-off with a lion ... he realises how easy car windows break, it’s game ...

As visitors disembarked from a nearby safari vehicle, the lion sprang into action, charging directly towards the lodge with fierce determination. The safari lodge summarised the event in a TikTok ...

Aside from the elephant encounter, the pair also had a male lion coming alarmingly close to their safari vehicle on a night ...

Lion Country Safari is the first cageless drive-thru zoo in the country. Although it's a bit of a drive, it's well worth the trip to see nearly 1,000 animals walk freely around your car.