Leopard at Shompole

Shompole's setting in southern Kenya's Rift Valley, hard against the Tanzanian border, gives leopards a landscape well suited to their secretive nature, with the Nguruman Escarpment's forested slopes rising sharply above the acacia woodland below. This community-conserved wilderness offers a rare mix of cover & topography worth watching closely during October visits. Travellers joining the Wildlife of Shompole Wilderness holiday should keep cameras ready along the woodland edges & escarpment base, where sightings are most likely to unfold. Patience here is rewarded by the sheer drama of the surrounding scenery, whether or not a leopard reveals itself.