DeWetsWild conducted a two-week tour of the Kruger National Park with altogether nine people to see out 2025 and ring in 2026 and every day for the month of February I’ll be sharing just a few of the many memories our group collected.
We found a Leopard up a tree with the scraps of an impala kill near Tshokwane Picnic Site one morning. Leopards are always a prize sighting and, being on one of the roads less in that part of the Park, we could enjoy the sight of the large cat lying lazily on a thick Marula branch to our hearts’ content.
Suddenly a herd of Impala came dashing from the other side of the road, heading straight to the tree in which the Leopard was. The Leopard immediately jumped up and moved down the tree, being ever the opportunist on the lookout for an easy kill. Our attention however was caught by the sight of a massive female Spotted Hyena (radio-collared as part of a research project) chasing after a newly born Impala lamb at an amazing speed. We had only a split-second glimpse of the chase but it was clear the hyena would be the victor.
With hyena and impalas vacating the scene in a flash our attention could return to the Leopard surveying the landscape from its elevate perch, having never jumped to the ground in the chaos.
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