… here the spectacular leopard sighting that Jay-Dee saw a few days ago, the same day that he saw the rhinos and lions earlier on the morning game drive.
This sighting happened towards the end of the afternoon/evening safari, as Jay-Dee was returning to the lodge. The leopard was quite close to the lodge, near the game driver track, and she was very, very relaxed. In fact she was so relaxed that our guests had a full hour to observe her and take hundreds of photo shots. It’s rare to get such a close and high quality sighting of such a rare and elusive animal. What a treat.
With more game drivers out there (we now have two instead of one), and also the number of leopards being constantly on the rise, this sort of sightings will become more frequent over time, though we have quite regular leopard sightings these days already.
Well, enjoy the photos, you can imagine why our guests didn’t want to leave the sighting, even after an hour. This is truly once in a lifetime stuff.
South Africa is the perfect country to see leopards, as they need trees and thick bush to hunt and hide, and no other area in Africa offers more optimal opportunities and wildlife space to leopards than the Greater Kruger Park area here. And we are proud of that.
