Another morning with the Leopard Cub

Given the minor (I hope!) mechanical issues we had the day prior we decided that until we could have a look at the problem we should keep ourselves local and not venture too far. So we decided to return again to the area where we had yesterday seen Olive's cub. This proved to be a good plan!

As we came up to the area, known as Smelly crossing it was not too long until the cub was found, but this time with Olive. The cub was perched high up in the tree and Olive was hidden deep inside the tree. It did not take long to realise that they had a kill in the tree as you could just about make out the remains of an Impala dangling from a branch. Olive remained hidden but the cub was restless and gave us some good opportunities for some nice shots.  The cub moved around the tree and soon returned to the kill where it was clearly feeding given that the Impala and tree were shaking around. Although you could not see Olive very well, you could see she had a very full stomach and tolerated with patience as the cub again clumsily moved around. We stayed with them for 4 hours, several times they came down the tree in the deep bushes and hidden by the dense foliage, hoping they may move into the clearing but it soon became obvious that this was unlikely. However, as we had had the chance to get some nice shots of the cub we could hardly complain!. Given we had to investigate the origin of the fuel leak felt it was a good idea to make a plan and see what the issue was and so we returned to camp and providing the opportunity to catch up on the blog and the last couple of days!

As an update.........It turned out that unfortunately we have developed a fracture to the main fuel tank, we hope that it will not hinder us for the rest of our trip and will certainly keep an eye on the as a proper repair is going to involve a day without our vehicle and something we would rather avoid if we can!

Olive's Cub (Saba)