day 5 in our Big 5 experience

although we woke up a little tired after last night's good food and wine, and the good chat around the camp fire, we were anticipating that to day we are in for a special experience. we hopped onto the jeep and started out on our search for the last of the big cats, the Leopard. by lunch time we saw every thing but the elusive spotted cat, and some of the group have lowered their expectations because it all seemed futile. After lunch I decided we should as far as possible follow the Sabie River, because to spot an African fish eagle would be a good compensation for the leopard, and what a decision it was we saw African wild dogs on a hunt and actually saw the kill of an Impala close to the road. when the crowding got to much for us we drove down one of the lesser routes towards Pretorius Kop camp and this was where we found our Leopard standing in the middle of the roadway. we were alone with the leopard and perhaps that was the reason that he remained relaxed and when he eventually climbed into a Marula tree we were satisfied that our tour could not be better. a late afternoon nap to prepare for dinner and more stories was needed, so I obliged by arriving at out Lodge with plenty of daylight to spare. Tomorrow we have 400 km to travel to Johannesburg and the group had more than 10,000 km to fly. I would say that this was a fitting end to a great tour. Day six was an uneventful drive on the highway to Johannesburg.