Leopard from the Serengeti

[Antarctican]

I was going through some old shots and thought I'd post these ones of the leopard I was fortunate enough to see while on a safari in the Serengeti. He was up a nettle tree noshing on a young wildebeest.

This one is just for scale, to show how high up the tree the leopard had dragged his meal.

 

[KOrmechea]

Yummy...

Cool stuff here.

 

[Antarctican]

When we got there the leopard was already up the tree with its meal. I would have liked to see it dragging the carcass up there...the 'spikes' on that tree were big!

 

[JYoung]

Pictures like this make me jealous!! A beautiful, beautiful one. Those Fever trees are nasty things!!

 

[doenoe]

OMG you saw a wild leopard!!??!! Thats just awesome. You made some good pics of it too.

 

[Antarctican]

^^^ Yeah, my safari group was pretty chuffed to see it! There are soooo few left, it's really something of a rarity to see one. And it's one of the 'big five' animals that one wants to see when in Africa.

 

[sabbath999]

Very cool stuff!

 

[lockwood81]

That tree certainly looks like a good place to eat in peace.

Nice captures.

 

[danir]

Beautiful. Seems very exciting to see and photograph.

Dani

 

[lostprophet]

looks like they have cleaned Toronto Zoo up!



1st one is my fave

 

[Tangerini]

Oh wow that's amazing! Very nice captures.

 

[doenoe]

Africa is one of my dream destinations for a trip.....probably wont happen in the near future. Hope there still will be leopards when i go there though. Else im just gonna take your pic and say its mine

 

[Kazoo]

Love the colours in #1, and geez it really looks liked barbed wire in #2 (those spikes are insane). And thanks for including #3, gives a good idea of what shooting conditions were like!

Which safari company did you go with?

 

[ShakeyBlakey]

Great shots, number 1 is my favorite and number 3 really gives an idea of the strenght and determination it must take to get anything up there. :thumbup:

 

[Antarctican]

Thanks everyone for your wonderful comments!!!

Kazoo - the safari was booked through GAP Adventures here in Canada, and they contracted with a local company whose name escapes me. I did the camping version of the safari, as opposed to the high-end hotel version. I'll dig a little deeper to try to find the name of the local company, as they were very good and very knowledgeable. We had a birder in our group and the guides really knew the local birds and could identify them, tell us about the animals and their habits and all sorts of interesting info.