Leopard Trails and Londolozi facilitated an extraordinary, inaugural journey for two gentelemen from the Shangaan community from Southern Africa to the parks of Sri Lanka. Alfie and Jerry, seasoned guides at Londolozi with expert guiding and tracking background. A noteworthy mention is their skill in the ancient art of trailing—silently following animal tracks on foot to locate them without their awareness. The Tracker Academy at Londolozi, along with other institutions, has been instrumental in reviving this traditional skill, enriching the conservation tourism sector. Words fall short of capturing the essence of their talent; one must experience firsthand the thrill of tracking a wild leopard or lion for hours to truly appreciate the mastery involved. This is best experienced on private reserves where you can drive off road and walk. Nevertheless, we did get some insights at a permitted get of point in Kumana. The Leopard Trails - Londolozi guide exchange will continue in the interest of cross cultural awareness. Special thanks to James Souchon (Head Ranger Londolozi) and Duncan Mc Larty (GM Londolozi) - Radheesh Sellamuttu.
In this video Leopard Trails safari guide Malmi gives you an indepth look into his trip to Londolozi, South Africa.
This trip was another step forward in the long standing guide exchange program with Leopard Trails and Londolozi.
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Great friends and great times - Leopard trails Wilpattu camp grounds ☀️
Music : Sunshine - WIRA
Excited to relaunch the Leopard Trails guide exchange with Londolozi private game reserve in South Africa.
Leopard Trails guide Malmi is currently at Londolozi with the Nkoveni 2:2 female!
In Malmi's words,
" Looking spectacular for a 11 year old leopard who has had 5 litters and 9 cubs.
She was lying on a dry river bed and was very comfortable with the vehicle.
We had a lengthy sighting of her and I was so happy to see such a gorgeous leopard as my first leopard in South Africa.
Thanks to Megan and our tracker Tunz for this wonderful sighting at Londolozi game reserve morning drive"
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A roaring camp fire🔥 next to an entrancing lake view 🏞️
Try to picture yourself sipping a glass of your favorite beverage while enjoying the view of the charming lake and listening to the most beautiful lullaby that nature offers.
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Perfect start to the morning drive...
On this occasion we were not the first vehicle to drive down this road early in the morning and when we were approaching the area there was a vehicle parked there already.
We sincerely thought they might be looking at birds, since there were at least 5 vehicles in the park ahead of this vehicle and if it was a leopard sighting, by logic, all those vehicles should have been stopped here.
But, amazingly it was indeed a leopard resting on a tree, looking at peacocks walking underneath it. So, all those vehicles missed this sighting.
In their defense this tree is not frequently used by leopards and no the leopard could not have just climbed the tree, because body language of the leopard when it finally descended the tree showed that it has been there for a considerable amount of time.
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Unexpected
There was a brief leopard sighting near this water hole a while earlier, but the leopard didn't have the opportunity to drink water.
We were waiting there with the hopes of the leopard returning for a drink.
Then two wild water buffalos turned up making us doubt the possibility of a leopard sighting.
All of a sudden the leopard did turn up and we thought it might turn around and wonder into the jungle again upon witnessing the water buffalos.
(water buffalos display a hostile behavior towards leopards, since the leopards hunt their calfs)
Afterwards a leopard turned up exactly through the game path and then
the unexpected happened, when the leopard charged at the water buffalos.
That is the first time we have witnessed this type of behavior. Since, no leopard with a sane mind would never even think to charge a wild water buffalo, let along two at the same time.
Maybe he was feeling like he needed to show the buffalos who was running this joint. It really felt that way when the leopard just casually sat in the same spot with what we could describe as a look of contempt of his achievements.
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Patients paying off...
This leopard was asleep for a long time inside the thicket and many other safari vehicles left the area after losing hope.
We want to thank our guests for trusting the process and choosing to stay put.
We managed to move the vehicle upto a perfect position when the previous vehicle which was there chose to move on.
The wait was well worth it, since the leopard came out exactly where were expecting it to and drank water for a considerable time.
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Power
The dominant male leopard in the area trying to move his Sambar deer kill.
It takes significant effort to hunt a sambar deer, since they are quite large and wouldn't go without a fight.
This carcass was around three days old,but still had a decent amount of meat left on it.
As one can observe much of the carcass have been fed upon by the leopard.
So now the leopard is trying to move the carcas near his resting area near the shade.
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Leopard Trails Yala camp 😍
Leopard Trails Wilpattu camp
The beautiful scenery from the view point in Kumbukwila in Wilpattu National Park.
Kumbukwila area serves as the rest room area of the park and a place one can relax, stretch their legs a little bit.
The view point is great to observe the wildlife in the area including birds in the sky, fish in the water and maybe a leopard on the other side of the lake 😉
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A beautiful female leopard during an evening game drive in an area we fondly refer to as "the pub".
A hip and happening location where all animals congregate to have a drink when the sun begins to set.
If one waits long enough there, he or she would witness the usual suspects in the form of wild water buffalo, wild boar, spotted deer, sambar deer and various birds.
Also, one might see a few celebrities such as this leopard, who was in this moment trying to decide a place to have a drink.
She took her time with it, but finally settled and had a long drink to quench her thirst.
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She shoots, she scores!
The Borupanwila 1:2 female (a.k.a Cleopatra) successfully hunting a young gray langur monkey while running in muddy water.
At first my friend Jeevan who was driving the vehicle saw the leopard resting near the water body and even before we can show it to the guest that was in the vehicle, it disappeared.
It vanished in such a quick fashion, that we looked at each other and went "well, that was fast"
She then appeared running on the far side of the water and we tried to figure out what she was chasing.
Apparently she was chasing a baby monkey.
She was smart and started near the border of the thicket, driving the monkey towards the water.
Making it trapped at the waters edge.
The monkey, without any option, jumped into the water and for a moment it seemed like she gave up the hunt.
Within seconds she realized, the monkey was actually stuck in the mud and sprang into action.
That is where the video begins.
She then ran (and jumped) across the mud towards the young monkey, but the monkey was not successful at all with the escape.
Everything was over within seconds.
We have slowed down the section of the hunt in the video.
(that section is muted, since our voices sound weird in slow motion)
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Oh snap!
A sloth bear being attacked by a mugger crocodile.
We had no idea that there was a crocodile inside this little man made water pond.
As we believe what prompted the attack was the bear putting it's foot in the water, because we saw another bear drinking from this same water pond just minutes before these events took place.
Lucky for the bear it was a small crocodile.
Otherwise the outcome may have been much different than this.
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Sloth bear hits the jackpot. Honey is highly caloric meaning by eating it, a bear can obtain a large amount of energy in one sitting as opposed to wandering about sniffing out other kinds of foods to fill its daily requirements. For a bear, finding a bee hive full of honey is like hitting the jackpot energetically speaking.
Of course, bears do not stop to think about all of this 😅. For them, honey is good because it tastes nice😋. They have taste receptors much like ours, and enjoy the sweetness of honey.
Amazing and rare video by guide Hasantha Lokugamage at Wilpattu National park
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Tusker Ravana happens to be one of the most beloved tuskers among our guests, because of his benevolent nature. He's calm as a sleepy kitten around the safari vehicles. It was really an unforgettable moment to our guests to meet him in a magical setting, where a slight drizzle decided to fall, increasing the overall zen of this moment.
📽️ by Leopard Trails friend and guest @toriacane
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Have you seen a sloth bear climbing down a tree?
During this time of the year they climb up trees to eat the sweet berries.
This is the express version.
Even we were nervous the way it came down with little control.
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Wild boars have no chill...
Apparently they don't care about the food chain.
This two mating pair of leopards were resting on the road when the wild boars happen to walk through the area.
The female was quick to retreat, but the male looked like he was stalking for a hunt.
In the end he too had to seek refuge in the trees nearby and both of them only came down after the boars passed on.
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