Christian the Lion has captured hearts around the world following the You Tube Clip that became a global hit with over 18 million views. John Rendall and his friend Ace Bourke bought a lion cub from Harrods in 1969. The playful cub soon became too big for his London habitat and John and Ace contacted George Adamson to arrange a rehabilitation programme in Kenya. Two years later John and Ace returned to Kenya to see Christian now totally rehabilitated into the wild. See the reunion by clicking here.

Christain as a cub


John now regularly travels back to the area where Christian was released, which is the location of Cheli & Peacock’s luxury resort Elsa’s Kopje. Laura has worked with John to promote his escorted tours to some of Kenya’s most relevant lion habitats. Interviews have resulted in a double page spread in the Mail on Sunday and John was also the guest speaker at Associated Press to an audience of journalists from the Evening Standard, The Independent and the Daily Mail. Further coverage was generated amongst those publications.

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