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In the 10th episode of the Lions of Moremi, we catch up on day-to-day life in the large Xakanaxa pride as spring arrives in the Okavango Delta. In contrast, we travel back to the same period last year to illustrate the stark difference between environmental conditions in 2008 compared to this year, and how each impacted on the lives of the resident felines.

In the 9th episode of the Lions of Moremi podcast series, cameraman Brad Bestelink talks about being back in Botswana following a short sabbatical. He highlights the changes apparent in local flora and fauna since he was last in the Okavango Delta.

In the 8th episode of the Lions of Moremi, cameraman Brad Bestelink takes a retrospective look at the early growth of the pride. We recall the birth of new cubs and their early hunting lessons. We also explore the dependency of the Xakanaxa pride on a resident buffalo herd.

In this week’s podcast the Xakanaxa pride sticks close to a large herd of resident buffalo. A little later in the week, cameraman Graham Springer meets up with the two Badumatau lionesses. And finally, we wrap up the week lazing about in the mid-morning sun with the Xakanaxa pride.

This week's Lions of Moremi podcast showcases the Xakanaxa pride well fed, content and lazy.

An intense battle unfolds in the Moremi Game Reserve between the Xakanaxa pride and a large herd of buffalo.

Our premium Lions of Moremi podcast for this week catalogues a day in the life of the felines as they interact with a transient buffalo herd in Botswana's Okavango Delta. We track the behaviour of the predators and their prey from early morning as the buffalo wake, to the lions' stealthy tracking of the herd and the climax as they bring down a buffalo calf, only to have their hard-won prize stolen.

Lions of Moremi podcast 18-19 filmed by Brad Bestelink in Botswana’s Okavango Delta features: • Mating lions frustrating an elephant herd as the animals try to cross a grassy floodplain • Scent marking and sniffing as the paths of two lion prides overlap • A pride closing in on a buffalo herd • Lion cubs’ curiosity aroused as they play with a pangolin

Cameraman Brad Bestelink orchestrates this week's podcast from the Moremi Game Reserve in Botswana as he follows the resident lion pride as they, in turn, track a buffalo herd. The action comes to head when the lions bring down an injured female buffalo, but the herd is quick to respond to the animal's bellows of distress, thundering back to rescue her.

In this week's Lions of Moremi podcast Graham Springer treats us to a leopard feeding on an impala kill in Botswana's Moremi Game Reserve. Next Graham enables us to appreciate the majesty of the king of the beasts – a male lion – as it rests apart from the main pride in the Moremi Game Reserve of Botswana. Lastly cameraman Brad Bestelink tracks the lion pride as the animals move off in their constant search for food in Botswana's Okavango Delta region.

In this week's Lions of Moremi podcast from the Moremi Game Reserve, Graham Springer first bring a pride of lions at a water crossing. In this clip the lionesses tackle the water crossing and once they had all crossed, their demeanour changed, signalling that they may have picked up a scent and were no longer in a playful mode but rearing themselves for a kill. We then join the pride as they continue moving southeast in search of the scent they had picked up and eventually they came across a small herd of buffalo. The lionesses set themselves up around an old buffalo bull but gave a half-hearted chase, mainly because there were no males to assist them, and immediately, they realised that it was a worthless attempt.

This week's Lions of Moremi podcast commences with the wild dogs of Moremi approaching water with ducks, geese, a giraffe and even cameraman, Brad Bestelink, making guest appearances. In our next offering, Brad Bestelink showcases a pride of lions on the hunt, and some zebras that stumbled upon these feline predators.