When I started at Ivory Tree Game Lodge in the Pilanesberg Game Reserve there was still a Big Five experience I had not had (LEOPARD).
During my training and introduction to how the Ivory Tree Game Lodge ranger team operates and works as a well-oiled machine, one of the perks was to be able to go on safari with fellow rangers and learn the different ways each and every one conducts an unforgettable experience. During this time I had my first leopard and to make it even more exiting she had a very young cub with her, the sighting was short but wonderful and I will never forget my first elusive cat.
This is where it gets great, since then I have had a number of great sightings of leopard. My fellow Rangers recon I will run out of luck soon enough but I say the bush owes me a phew more, after all, I had not seen a leopard until the age of thirty two, crazy I know.
So here are some of the pictures of sightings. This one was taken on safari by some of my guest from Indonesia. They were super lucky on this day to see this cat after nine in the mornig.
On Mankwe first plain:
This was a great sighting and lasted for some time.
This is one of many sightings I had at a place called red cyanide:
This cub and his sibling as well as their mother have been seen here regularly as there den is nearby.
This brings me to this point, I started this story on the 20/07/2011.
About two months after the previous photo on the 20/07/2011 I have this wonderful sighting of the same cubs with guests from Dubai. So my luck on safari has still not run out!!
So here are the pics
If you look carefully you can see the second leopard behind the bottom of his rump area but only its back.
So yes for me safari's at Ivory Tree Game Lodge in the Pilanesberg Game Reserve has been great this far.
Ranger William.
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