As I announced last week I have lots of new safari video being added to The Wild Source Channel on YouTube and I will be featuring quite a few of them on our blog. Last week I ran a series of lion video clips, this week leopards will take the starring role.

I was guiding a group in the remote Northern Serengeti last August and very close to Lemala Mara Camp we spotted the flash of a leopard cub run over some rocks. We were then treated to a display of grace and power as the mother sprang up to the top of some rocks. After watching her for a while we decided to drive around the kopjes (series of granite rocks) and see if we could find the cub. Not only did we sight him but as we parked he curiously approached us to where he was just about 3 yards away from our vehicle with a little bush as a barrier. His mother watched unconcerned from a perch high above while we enjoyed the antics of this adorable little cub.

Three month old leopard cub in the Northern Serengeti.
©Bill Given

While I have endeavored to take more video I still tend to shoot pictures first and then supplement with a little video. To see more of this leopard cub and other sights of the Northern Serengeti I have an album here.