Re: Having the Time of my Life revisited (October 2016)
Posted: Sat Dec 31, 2016 11:35 am
Miera kept walking towards us and eventually crossed the road right behind our bakkie. She continued to search the shrubs for a tasty Cape fox or African wild cat. And then - all of a sudden - all we saw was dust and a leopard running off. Miera had indeed flush out an animal that she was intend to make her breakfast
I managed this one shot before the both of them disappeared around the corner and out of our view.

We had to turn the car around and by the time we got where we had last seen the leopard, she was gone... Once again, we had been the only car at the scene but by the time we had turned around another car had approached and they were clearly looking at something interesting.
Miera had reappeared again and since there was not wild cat dangling from her mouth, I think it's safe to say that she missed that one.
Eventually Miera moved off over the ridge of the dunes closer to the road and we got going again. Totally happy to have had such a thrilling sighting as the last one before leaving the park. We felt totally blessed anyway since we had watched a cheetah taking down a proper springbok ram, lions killing a wildebeest and now a leopard chasing a wild cat.
This is the end of my travel tale although there will be a few Cape fox sightings to follow next year

I managed this one shot before the both of them disappeared around the corner and out of our view.

We had to turn the car around and by the time we got where we had last seen the leopard, she was gone... Once again, we had been the only car at the scene but by the time we had turned around another car had approached and they were clearly looking at something interesting.

Eventually Miera moved off over the ridge of the dunes closer to the road and we got going again. Totally happy to have had such a thrilling sighting as the last one before leaving the park. We felt totally blessed anyway since we had watched a cheetah taking down a proper springbok ram, lions killing a wildebeest and now a leopard chasing a wild cat.
This is the end of my travel tale although there will be a few Cape fox sightings to follow next year
