7th July 2000
Shololwane took us on a rough ride around Running Rocks until he lost us as we negotiated our way around the boulders.
Tjololo was in the area of his kill when 2 hyaenas woke him from his slumber sending him packing up a tree. It was a fallen tree lying about 5foot off the ground. We were able to drive up within 2m of him. This gave us an eye level stare. A wild experience!! He was very curious of his reflection in the camera lens and kept trying to see past the camera into the car where this other leopard was.
After about 15minutes of this intimate session he moved into the Sand river calling. Another male responded across the river but they never came together.
Tjololo kept us on the move all night, and was hunting as usual even though he still had a kill. Eventually around 4h00 he made it back to his kill.
A tiring night for us all as we collapsed on our camera boxes around 5h00 until sunrise, 6h00.
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