Leopard Kills and Loses

While on our private little gay safari last summer, we witnessed one of the most amazing acts found in nature, a leopard kill! We were in the Sabi Sands game reserve, scoping out the Londolozi Tree Camp to make sure it was the right venue for Savvy Navigator's gay tours. (Yes, it passed muster and our May and November tours will go there). On our final day, we were invited out on a game drive with an experienced ranger and witnessed this amazing act of nature.
Our guide had us tracking a leopard for most of the morning. About an hour into the drive, we observed the leopard sneaking up on a herd of clueless impala. We drove around to the other side of the herd and waited to see if there would be an attack. Within minutes, the leopard sprang out of the bush, and we actually witnessed it killing an impala.

Sadly, the actual attack was not captured on video, as it happened so quickly. We do see, however, the leopard placidly suffocating the impala. Now, the real bonus of this video, as you’ll see, is seeing the leopard lose his kill to an aggressive hyena.

Oh yes, there’s another bonus at the end of the video – a ranger in another Land Rover, wearing shorts, showing us his legs.