| Normally game drives are very interesting in the | | | | sausage tree I spotted a leopard struggling to kill |
| early morning and late afternoon in most of the | | | | an impala. It was really amazing as we |
| national parks and game reserves in Kenya or | | | | concentrated on taking photos. Just next to the |
| Tanzania. Maasai Mara game reserve is very | | | | kill was a python showing signs to attack the |
| famous for wildlife and cultural tours. I am writing | | | | leopard. We really had fun when the leopard saw |
| about what I saw, never seen before while on | | | | the python and climbed the tree very fast. |
| safari in Maasai Mara. | | | | It was time for the python to take advantage of |
| I was on a trip as a Spanish-speaking professional | | | | the kill. Slowly, the python swallowed the impala |
| guide when we met a very mature leopard | | | | from behind. It took about half an hour to swallow |
| hunting a fully grown Impala. A leopard(panthera | | | | up to the neck leaving impala horns and head |
| pardus) is one of the big five found in | | | | exposed. |
| Mara-Serengeti eco-system. It's a very rare | | | | We left at around quarter to seven to Sarova |
| mammal to find in daylight, mostly hunts at night. | | | | Mara tented camp where we spend the night. We |
| My clients, a family of five from Barcelona Spain | | | | woke up very early the next morning and drove |
| had a very wonderful evening game drive having | | | | past the balloon safaris picnic site. It took us |
| seen most of the wild animals. However, we | | | | about fifteen minutes to arrive at the scene. |
| were in search of a leopard since we had not | | | | Unbelievable, the leopard was lying very |
| seen one during our five night stay in Kenya | | | | comfortable on the trunk and beside it was a |
| having visited parks such as Mt. Kenya, Aberdare | | | | prey hanging. The leopard looked very tired. On |
| national park and Lake Nakuru national park. | | | | looking on the ground we found an open skinned |
| I first spotted a black rhino(dicerus biconis) hiding | | | | python. We were shocked on realizing that the |
| in the thick bush between Keekrok lodge and | | | | prey hanging on top of the tree was the same |
| Mara river but beside Sand river. | | | | impala the python had swallowed the previous |
| We did not bother so much with the rhino since | | | | day. Its not common to see such kind of python |
| we were in search of this rare cat. Under a | | | | in an African savanna. |