This fascinating sight was captured by Gerrie Smit, 63, Ranger of Kruger Gateway Safaris, while driving the game with his wife, into H1-1, at the De Laporte waterhole, in Kruger National Park. It was a leisurely drive on Sunday morning, we stopped at the De Laporte waterhole to see if we could spot the famous cheetah commonly found in the area – but we didn’t expect it. meet a battle there again!
The leopard was hiding in the grass, patiently waiting for two impalas to approach it, when the impala had moved close enough, the leopard seized the opportunity and jumped up to grab it.
But not enjoying the prey for a long time, suddenly a hyena appeared, it came to compete for food with the leopard, in a 1-1 confrontation, the leopard is always the weaker one than the hyena, it Knowing that, I had to run away, find another opportunity to come and take back the prey.
The leopard spotted a piece of fallen meat nearby and quickly rushed to it, this action caught the attention of the hyena, it observed and attacked the leopard, but this caused it to lose its prey.
Watch the video here