From Floods and Surprises in River beds

[Pumbaa]

Meanwhile it was again time for the cub to rest and same disappeared out of sight but gladly mom stayed with us and we again searched for another spot to watch

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and meanwhile mom got a bit sleepy

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the advantage for such a dense vegetation is that you are standing under large trees and consequently there is a lot of shade not only for humans but also for leopards.

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[Pumbaa]

Now we even had time to capture the close by ground hornbills in the tree

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whilst mom laid down and the activity at the leopards got less

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but we had a lot of time, were in the best mood ever and from time to time mom even looked up

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she obviously checked the cars out

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[Pumbaa]

or it was her turn in changing the place.

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She even turned us her back obviously she was in the opinion we got already too many pictures from her

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but we were still over the moon with the luck we had in the far North and that it is all about the right place at the right time plus a little bit of luck. Most of the cars meanwhile carried on and we now were alone with another one who joined us later and who still could not see the cub

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[Pumbaa]

so we hoped not only for us but also for the other passengers that same might show up again whilst mom needed to yawn.

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What to say we indeed had again luck and the little gorgeous cub returned and joined again her mom

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to be continued……

[Alf]

Wow wow wow

[Lisbeth]

"A little bit of luck", you say? Methinks a lot of luck

Mom does not look a bit worried when the cub is not around, but maybe he/she is close only that you could not see him/her

What a sighting!!!! I am terribly

[Richprins]

How wonderful,Pumbaa!

What are the chances of leopard family, hornbills and shade at the same time!

[Flutterby]

Lovely sighting and pics!!

[Mel]

What a magnificent leopard sighting!

[Pumbaa]

Wow wow wow

It was one of those sightings - Sigh

"A little bit of luck", you say? Methinks a lot of luck

Mom does not look a bit worried when the cub is not around, but maybe he/she is close only that you could not see him/her

What a sighting!!!! I am terribly

I am sure she - I guess the cub was a she - was close to mom and this sighting compensated us a bit for all the times we drove on that road and only saw very few

How wonderful,Pumbaa!

What are the chances of leopard family, hornbills and shade at the same time!

Well at that moment we had all three things together