Photographs courtesy of Mr and Mrs Fairbank from the USA,
who were guests of ours at Rattray's on MalaMala 15 - 18 October 2007

A series of a daytime leopard kill right in front of us - We came upon 2 other vehicles watching this female leopard just lying under a tree & were told to go around so Ranger Rob drove around & down by the river watching from below. We could see a bushbuck on the right down hiding in the reeds who ran away. Suddenly we heard another commotion in the left of the bush & the leopard got up, stalked & killed another directly in front of us. Rob was able to drive our vehicle right up to her about 10 feet away & we were able to photograph until she decided she wanted privacy & took her kill into the bush to eat. We all had so much adrenalin running through us that we felt nauseous! It was thrilling!Rob said this particular female was known to have a 2 week old cub so we were very happy for her.:

2 of the lion babies from the Eyrefield pride                                                                                      

A bush baby that joined us for dinner one night in the boma