Showing posts with label Leopard. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Leopard. Show all posts

Tuesday, 1 October 2013

Ndutu - Nirvana?

After a few fantastic days in the Serengeti I was a little sad to leave, especially after the amusing antics of Poser Leopard. However my group had promised me that the next stop on our trip; this amazing place called Ndutu, was simply nirvana. I was happily imagining a place where the sun was always shining, the migration was passing through and leopard cubs were playing with cheetah cubs. My group had neglected to mention that we would be catching the start of the rainy season and the chance of thunderstorms was reasonably high.

Sheets of rain moving across the plains in Ndutu.

 A tawny eagle taking off in the sunshine against the dark backdrop of storm clouds

The storm clouds being photographed by my Dad who was enjoying the challenge of the ever changing
weather.

A surprise leopard sighting as leopards usually keep to themselves in Ndutu.
This one was chased up a tree by a large female lion, but still looked great against
the storm clouds.

Judging by the look on this little guy's face I'm not sure he enjoyed the rain much!

I would still have to agree that my week in Ndutu was an amazing experience and the 4 or 5 rain storms that we had only added to the experience. My previous blog post Cheetahs in the rain features more examples of the photographs to be had if one braves the weather.

Tuesday, 23 July 2013

Poser leopard

Some animals were just meant for photographing. While in the Seronera Valley in the Serengeti we came across a Leopard posed beautifully in a tree right next to the track. Over the next 2 days he continued to provide hours of entertainment, and numerous photo opportunities. This led this young leopard to gain the name Poser Leopard. For anyone interested in good Leopard sightings on safari in Africa I would certainly recommend this area. 

Poser Leopard sitting calmly in a tree, observing the Safari trucks

Poser Leopard jumping down from his tree, just metres from our truck





A young warthog and leopard being thrown into the air by a defensive warthog mother

Poser Leopard recovering from his attempt to catch the young warthog for breakfast