Night Safari Leopard Kill, SLNP

This video was captured in August 2008 in South Luangwa National Park in Zambia, one of the highest density habitats for leopards in the world. Though it is one of the few national parks to allow for night safaris, spotting a leopard is by no means easy. Our guide mentioned he and his spotter may see two or three per week (we saw four in less than a week). The light used to illuminate the video is one that is connected to the car and has over 10^6 candle light power. Because of its high intensity and drain on the battery, in order to turn the car on, the light had to be shut off first.

We were the first car to spot this leopard as it approached an injured impala in a river basin (it was the dry season). It stealthily entered a trench made by hippos as their highways leading them from land to water. While waiting for the leopard to make his move, four other cars soon joined in, hoping to see a kill (the guide said he only sees one or two every year). We waited patiently for 20 mins before the kill actually took place. The actual kill was not taped because light would have made the leopard visible to the impala and so we only saw the aftermath. The voices you hear in the beginning are because one of the newcomers drove their car near the trench and the girls thought they would ruin the kill by scaring the impala away.

At around the 3:00 mark, you hear a sound in the distance which prompts the leopard to drag the impala away.

Category:

Travel & Events

Tags:

• Leopard
• kill
• SLNP
• africa
• Zambia
• impala
• night
• safari
• South
• Luangwa
• National
• Park

[betterthanthezoo]

One of many trips to come :)

[WildlifeObsessed]

Few Tigers in this area I fear !! Great video, so thanks for sharing. Zambia is one of our Favourite Safari locations.

[MelvinMannaMalay]

excellent video, very very lucky dear to sight 4 leopards in a week, even we have spotted few but near tiger territory