Eye to Eye with a Leopard

The temperature approached 90 degrees in Botswana’s Linyanti Reserve that afternoon.  On safari with my husband, Mike, and a guide from Savuti Camp, we were hot on the trail of a leopard, a handsome fellow. The big cat did not seem to care that our Toyota Land Cruiser followed as he went off road into a grassy area punctuated by bushes and small, scrubby trees.   The leopard, a fairly large cat, surprised us when he decided to climb one of the brushy trees.  We had seen leopards climb or lounge