Discovering Leopard up a tree in a Lion Sighting.

We were up one morning early before sunrise to see if we can find 2 lionesses at a watering hole. We saw them the previous afternoon there and decided to go back there the following morning. After an hour search we decided we are going to carry on and look for something else. As I just said that we found 1 lioness lying next to the road. On the other side we heard this funny alarm call and it almost sounded like geese. This was a group of banded mongoose alarm calling for the other lioness close buy. Eventually the 2 lionesses lay down next to each other and we were really enjoying the sighting. After like 10/15 minutes my guest Jason Lewis said: “Leopard up the Tree” There it was a young male leopard up a Black monkey thorn with no leaves on it and it was a good view as well. You would think afterwards it’s such a clear view, so why didn’t we see it but just makes you realize how well they can camouflage themselves. We watched this for over an hour and eventually the lions moved off and the leopard moved down the tree very nervous and into a much bigger tree close by.

Posted: Phinda by Philip de Bruyn, Date: 26 July 2010