Hamilton told us that they haven't seen any leopards for some weeks now, not even tracks. We had been out for about ten minutes when Hamilton stopped the car and looked at the ground. He had found some tracks and said: It looks like hayena, But it could also be... Leopard!  We still didn't believe it, not Hamilton either, but we followed the tracks for a couple of minutes and there it was. The leopard was walking on the road just in front of the car. We didn't believe our eyes. All hope was gone and then it just stood there, right in front of us. It was so awesome. Now we had finally seen all of the big 5! The rest of the trip we didn't see anything that was compare able with the leopard.

 

It was still morning but it was now time to leave Mohlabetsi and head off toward the east coast and St Lucia. We drove to a city called Nelspruit and flied to Durban. From there we rented a new car and drove to St Lucia. They said that it isn't unusual to have hippos in the garden at night. There is this river with hippos and crocodiles nearby and at night the hippos may come up from the water and take a walk around the houses. It feels kind of scary but it would be very cool to have a hippo just outside the window.

 

Philip