Watch: Lion Climbs Into Campers' Tent. Then...

"I looked up and the eyes of a young male lion caught in the light of my head torch," said Robert Hofmeyr.

Cinematographer Robert Hofmeyr was doing some filming work with his brother-in-law in Botswana when the he was confronted with a sight that would frighten the best of us - a lion inside their camping tent. According to Mr Hofmeyr, it was after their first night of camping at the Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park, when they woke up before daybreak, that he saw the lion.  "It was about 6 am, it was still dark, we were making coffee and brushing our teeth when I looked up and the eyes of a young male lion caught in the light of my head torch," he was quoted as saying by ViralHog.  Startled, Mr Hofmeyr asked his brother-in-law to get in the car immediately and they both dived for the safety of the vehicle. Once safe inside, he started filming the scene.  Hair-raising footage filmed by Mr Hofmeyr shows the lion circling their tent and examining their things.