We started the afternoon with a bang. We barely started and
found a big herd of elephants moving towards the lodge from the east we sat and
watched as they slowly moved towards us peacefully grazing on the long grass,
it made for a spectacular sighting as I had a vehicle full of new guests. So
excitement was high and expectation even higher! We moved off to the west for a
good sun downer spot but before we could a dagga boy made his appearance,
rustling and scratching through each bush he encountered! We sat and watched the
sun go down with good company and great stories.
On our way back to camp Sean
found drag marks in front of the lodge on the drive way, heading down into the
drainage line, so we joined up to see if we could find the culprit. We only
found the carcass of a male Impala with no evidence of anything feeding off it,
so we hoped whatever predator it was would still be around. After a bit of
searching (it was already eight pm.) we found a female leopard, witch was new
to the area, moving about and headed north into torch wood without much care
for her kill. We headed back to camp for dinner.
Bright and early the next
morning we went directly towards the place where the carcass was last seen.
There was no sight of the kill so we spent some time looking for it. Our
patience paid off extremely well! There was a rustle in the bush and a small
little face popped out, a baby leopard! Soon after another showed its face! As
this was my very first leopard cubs I’ve seen my excitement was as high as the
guests! After a short while the mother came out and we identified her as Inkanyeni
a long-standing female from the north. She was a very beautiful leopardess and
her cubs were very relaxed!
Eventually we had to leave to give space for other
vehicles so we headed a bit west to stop for coffee, but before we could Bauti
the young male leopard made his appearance at Jack’s pan before he headed south
west! A great day and we believe the cubs will be around for a while as there
was plenty of meat still left on the carcass.
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