The Black Leopard Safari

Описание: Once again the Black Leopard Safari delivers! We had another amazing week on this incredible safari seeing many leopards, tigers, wild dogs and of course, the famous black leopard!
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This is easily one of our most exciting safaris - the chance to see a wild black leopard doesn’t come around every day, so when the opportunity is there, we make the most of it!

Heading back to the beautiful forests of South India, we were ready to start searching every possible shadow in hopes of spotting the now famous black leopard, and it turned out luck was on our side. On our very first afternoon, not only did we see a female tiger with her 3 month old cubs and 2 Indian wild dogs, but we found the black leopard walking casually down the road! The amazing part, is that things only got better from there.
We had so many good sightings it was hard to keep track.
Leading the numbers, we managed to see 14 spotted leopards during the week. We had great sightings of males, females and cubs, but the highlight for me was a female leopard who had chased a monitor lizard high into a dead tree, and spent the better part of an hour trying to get it out. She nearly fell several times, but her balance held and she eventually gave up and came down the tree.
This safari is not only about leopards however, and we saw 11 tigers as well. The tigers were all quite active and we had many good opportunities to photograph them as they went about their business.
In between all the elephant and gaur sightings, we also had 5 sightings of Indian wild dogs, or Dhole. These fantastic predators are always entertaining, and spend a lot of their time playing and socialising, making for some interesting viewing.
We also stumbled across a sloth bear who came down for an afternoon drink, but being quite shy animals, he didn’t hang around.
All of the sightings were special, but the main reason we came on this safari was to try see the black leopard, and most of our time was dedicated to this goal. All our efforts paid off and we were lucky enough to find him a second time. It was truly unforgettable! Driving along, we spotted him standing on a fallen down tree, right out in the open. Never knowing how long he will stick around, the cameras went crazy snapping every shot we could, but he was very relaxed, and we got to spend over 2 hours with him. Phenomenal stuff!

This is a truly wonderful safari that has once again delivered far beyond what I had hoped for. From all the many birds, cats, dogs, elephants and everything else, to the relaxed camp setting, this is a must do safari!