Quinn Swales was taking guests on a photographic walking safari in the park, which was home to Cecil the lion.

JOHANNESBURG - A safari guide has been mauled to death in Zimbabwe's Hwange National Park, where Cecil the lion lived.

Camp Hwange has named the guide as 40-year-old Zimbabwean Quinn Swales.

Camp Hwange said in a statement that the attack happened on Monday morning.

It said professional guide Quinn Swales was taking guests on a photographic walking safari.

It's understood Swales was attacked when a male lion unexpectedly charged and he died of his injuries.

This tragic incident comes after the global spotlight was turned on Hwange last month, when Cecil the lion was killed by US dentist Walter Palmer.

Swales's last post on Facebook is a photo of a lion that is almost certainly Cecil.