Before the drive we had a feeling we were being watched from across the dry riverbed
The clouds in the back were building and by the time we got into the canter later that evening there was quite a lightning storm in the distance that we hoped would not ruin the drive ....
We drove out the camp to the tar turned left down the main road .The rugrats and I had positioned ourselves in control of the spotlights close to the back and we had barely gone 300m down the road when rugrat shouted stop stop ....and there was some spots in the grass
The leopard was on a mission and did not intend to provide a show for the tourists
He moved further and further into the bushes .
The group behind us was some kind of professional photographer group and were extremely excitable trying to shoot their pics without using flash and getting upset if we put the spot too close as it would ruin their shots -which was a bit of nuisance but we all managed to get decent pics .
We carried on down the road we were hoping to get far enough down the road to see if the two male lions were active .
About 2 Km further down the road it was my turn ... stop stop spot
this one was far more interested in marking everything possibly - I suspect that he sensed the other Leopard not far away .
Eventually moved off into the night
and we continued ..down the road
A hyena was just too far away for us to get a clear shot
We were getting excited we were getting close to the area where the lions were when we heard a strange clattering then about a minute later one of the tourists called out stop stop ... what had they seen we looked and looked then they admitted the clatter was them dropping their phone out the vehicle
The guide dutifully turned around and went back and surprisingly not only found it but it was still working .So we never got to see the lions .When we got back the tourist jogged to their tent and came back with a big tip for the driver . The storm did eventually not reach us but went around us .
Too thin for a genet, but not many alternatives 
getting better at the pics 
the water is always a draw-card when the temps are in the 40's 
thanx
was a great drive