National Geographic: Super Pride Africa's Largest Lion Pride: Super Pride. The Serengeti in northern Tanzania is one of the world's last great wildlife refuges, teeming with crocs, leopards, cheetahs and one of the biggest lion populations in Africa, with approximately 3,500 lions in 300 prides but one pride looms large in the Serengeti lion kingdom: a single dynasty ruling the plains, to which hundreds of lions trace their roots. And this year, something remarkable is happening... this great pride is exploding in size. A perfect storm of conditions is creating a Super Pride.