An awesome video has emerged of a lion roaring and winking at tourists during a night drive in Kruger National Park in South Africa.

The footage, shot on April 9, shows the lion lying on the road by a safari car, 'howling' at the moon before closing one eye while looking at the camera.

"We spotted this lion on a night drive with Jock Safari Lodge. We got the lion walking on the road not far from the concession entrance and followed him a few minutes," the filmer wrote.

"We could hear in front of us other lions calling. Then this boy decided to lie down a bit and call."

"The car was shaking from the roar. Amazing sighting," he added.

Did this Lion just "winked" and "smirked" at the cameraman? You decide :)

"We spotted this lion on a night drive with Jock Safari Lodge. We got the lion walking on the road not far from the concession entrance and followed him a few minutes. We could hear in front of us other lions calling. Then this boy decided to lie down a bit and call. The car was shaking from the roar. Amazing sighting.
Why this video is important to me :
I was with the love of my life during this drive. We hadn’t seen each other in 2 years. We decided to see each other again and chose the bush as our getaway. The bush has always been our bubble and it was her birthday!!!
In 2 days, the bush gave us every thing : lion, leopard, wild dogs versus hyenas, civet, owls, rhinos, elephants and more. It was magic and the magic worked on us." - Video by Ghis&Nois