A couple of days ago Christopher Mashile (our waiter) and Gerrard van der Merwe (our chef) were on their way back from the lodge to the staff village on the reserve, when the unexpected happened. They suddenly spotted a young male leopard, staring at them at the side of the reserve track! This had been Christopher’s first leopard sighting ever in his life and Gerrard’s second. While both work in the bush, but only rarely go out on a game drive, they actually don’t see as much animals as they would like to. Christopher was incredibly excited, and Gerrard took it properly in and both enjoyed this sighting immensely, especially as the young leopard was totally relaxed and stayed in place for about 15 minutes, showing the full grace and beauty of this very enigmatic large cat.
Bad luck would have it, they didn’t have a proper camera with them, and they also didn’t have a proper phone with them, so Gerrard attempted the best he can with his Galaxy, and boy, when I saw the shots, I really wish he had a Nokia Lumia or maybe the new 1020 Lumia to be introduced soon! 😉 food for thought! (I am not getting paid for advert placements, I am just a pleased owner of a Lumia 920, and it takes AMAZING shots)
That said, the shots give you a good impression of this exciting (and private) sighting that Christopher and Gerrard enjoyed right on our reserve. Gerrard always says that one of the great things of working in the bush is that one always sees new things, or unexpected things all the time. Well, this one was a special moment!
