On Friday Kate, Mphoeng, George the new volunteer and I left early for the monthly road survey. Basically you drive around a number of routes recording any and all wildlife you can spot. The point of this exercise is to get a good count over the months and years of the scarcity of wildlife here in the Okavango Delta. Since we knew this trip could take up to six or seven hours we made sure to pack some tea, coffee, hot chocolate and snacks. During the first hour or so we didn’t really see much apart from a few giraffes, squirrels, reedbuck and impala.
Our ultimate test and worry was getting through 3 very deep areas of water and mud. I think we ended up driving in the water more than on dry land. The areas we were going through were very beautiful and quiet. Since it was freezing cold that morning I figured most of the animals were trying to stay warm somewhere in some thick bushes. As we were making our way back towards camp we pulled onto the air strip, where the planes land for camp and out of the blue, Mphoeng yelled out cheetah, which turned to lion which turned to leopard. Instantly Kate stopped the vehicle and we all looked around frantically trying to get a glimpse of this elusive cat before it disappeared. We watched as a young female leopard slowly and calmly walked up to a log, jumped on top , posed for a few snapshots and slinked into the bush, disappearing as leopards famously do. We sent a message about this sighting to one of the guides at a nearby camp, but by the time he arrived with his guests, the leopard was long gone or perhaps just a few meters away lying under a bush. Since the leopard is the master of disguise you would never know 
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