Gilles and I headed out a couple of days ago for some footage of whatever game we could possibly find. We chose to go earlier, so that we could radio back any good locations to Jesse, who was going to go out with our guests.

We arrived at the Porcupine Lake, which is one of the prettiest lakes we have, in fact I think it probably is our “signature lake”. George, the croc, is also usually there, as well as hippos. Gilles took some photos and we then headed over the the Catfish Lake, to see what is going on there.

And, as so often when you are not expecting anything, Themba spotted a huge male leopard at the ridge of the lake as soon as we got there. Wow! I haven’t seen a leopard myself in a very, very long time (as I do not go out often, I miss out on the best). We were all ecstatic. Gilles got some serious footage of the leopard, and we took lots of photos. He was lying there for about 15 minutes, without a worry in the world, and then started hiding in the thick grass next to the lake, getting ready to hunt prey. One could still see his massive head poking out of the grass. 10 minutes later Jesse turned up with our guests, and they enjoyed this beautiful sighting. For them it was the cherry on the cake, as they had seen all else: elephants, lions, cheetahs, rhinos …