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 and topography worth watching closely during October visits. Travellers joining the Wildlife of Shompole Wilderness holiday should keep cameras ready along the woodland edges and 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.