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A TRANSFIXED tourist could only watch in awe as three lionesses started to lick the water from her tent.

Francie Lubbe and her husband were sitting inside her tent in Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park in Botswana during the incredible moment.

Awe-struck tourists sat and watched three lionesses lick the water off the outside of their tent
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Awe-struck tourists sat and watched three lionesses lick the water off the outside of their tent
There had been a lot of rain the night before, so the tent was soaking wet by the time that the lionesses visited
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There had been a lot of rain the night before, so the tent was soaking wet by the time that the lionesses visited

The nature lover managed to stay calm as the three lions padded up to the tent to take a drink.

She captured the whole thing on camera and posted the incredible scene on Facebook.

Lubbe said that it had been raining in the National Park overnight, leaving a large amount of rain water on their tent.

The lions seemed to not realise that there were two humans watching them the whole time
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The lions seemed to not realise that there were two humans watching them the whole time

The front flap of the tent was open, leaving only a thin strip of material between her and the fearsome predators.

The tourists’ sun cream and drinks are visible in the amazing video.

In the hair-raising clip, the big cats calmly lick the gauze to drink the water.

The awe inspiring beasts seem to have no idea that two humans were filming them from behind the gauze.

Lubbe wrote on Facebook: "What a privilege.

"It rained during the night and three lionesses are licking the water from the tent. It was special.";

She uploaded her other holiday snaps to Facebook on the group Kgalagadi Sightings.

The incredible clip was taken on 9 May.

The tourists were camping out in the Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park
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The tourists were camping out in the Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park

The Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park straddles South Africa and Botswana.

On the South African side, it is called the Kalahari Gemsbok National Park.

To the Botswanan side, the park is called the Gemsbok National Park.

The entire reserve covers 3.6 million hectares.

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