Hungry leopard in our campsite (Rooiputs Ep4)
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 3 มิ.ย. 2024
- We drive to Twee Rivieren for a picnic breakfast and a sneaky hot shower. Later, after a long and rather uneventful day, a very #hungry #leopard is seen in our campsite closely followed by howling jackals. Andy thinks cooking a steak on the fire is a bad idea.
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In this wildlife filmmaking behind-the-scenes series, Rob and Andy travel to Rooiputs in the Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park. Rooiputs is the name of the waterhole, campsite, and lodge 25km up the Nossob river from Twee Rivieren/Two Rivers. On this safari our primary objective is to find and film caracal, but we are also looking for general Kalahari wildlife: lion, cheetah, leopard, raptors, gemsbok, cape cobra, and all the smaller species that make this part of the world so special. The Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park is a massive game reserve and national park in the Kalahari. It occupies an area of 38 000 square kilometres. The reserve spans both South Africa and Botswana and borders Namibia. Rooiputs campsite and lodge are across from Rooiputs waterhole, on the Botswana side of the dry Nossob riverbed that marks the border between South Africa and Botswana. The harsh Kalahari environment, vast red dunes, and ancient riverbeds support a fascinating variety of desert-adapted species, making this conservation area a very popular destination for wildlife photography and cinematography. Unlike most of our adventures, in this series we are only visiting one location and thoroughly exploring a small section of the park in search of the elusive caracal. Follow along as we set up camp in the unfenced wilderness campsite and attempt to capture footage of the park's diverse and majestic wildlife.
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Filmed and edited by Robert Hofmeyr and Andrew Caldwell.
Behind-the-scenes shot on a GoPro Hero 11. Timelapses filmed on a GoPro Hero 10. For the telephoto wildlife shots we used a Canon 200-400mm f4 lens on a Red V-Raptor camera. Aerials filmed using a Mavic 3 Pro.
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Chapters:
00:00 Weird noise at night
00:29 Intro
00:57 Stupid Rob
01:26 Quiet morning
02:33 Visiting Twee Rivieren
04:10 Heading back to camp
05:22 Andy takes a nap
06:03 Andy and Rob are depressed
06:58 Leopard in camp
10:55 Dinnertime
Music for this series was licensed from soundstripe.com
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I burned my breakfast as I was so caught up in your leopard story. 😂
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🙂 glad you enjoyed it!
Been there, done that and I love it!
You guys make me laugh out loud! Great fun, great filming, amazing. Thanks so much
Glad you enjoyed it James!
Another winner! Lekka chuckles from the couch. Keep up the comedy and great footage in the Robert and Andy show 😂
😂 thanks Diane!
Andy having "a bit of a nap on the way back to camp."
Hahahahaha! 🤣🤣🤣
😂 poor guy was exhausted
The end 😂😂 this video reminds me of the video when there was a lion in the tent🦁
🙂 yeah. I bought the megatorch after that experience.
What an absolutely stunning ride today. The diamond mining was also fascinating. I was not aware that De Beers have such a wide reach.
Flash backs of "There's a lion in my tent"....
Yup, except now we are more prepared with lion proof fencing.
😀 100%
😂😂😂 Letting Andy have a nap whilst you steer, perfect!
How privileged to have the leopard so close and to kindly stroll past on the way for a drink! Not sure who I would have been... Andy being smart and staying in the car mostly, or brave Rob letting hunger overcome the chance of a leopard having him for dinner!
😂 that steak was worth the risk
Andy - The right move. Stay in the 4x4!
😂
Love you guys. The weird noise scene was hilarious. (I felt guilty though, laughing so much at your discomfort).
Just wondering... are the jackals a danger to you?
Thanks Joan. Glad you enjoyed it 🙂. No, jackals are generally not dangerous to humans. They can be a real pain though if they have been fed. They lose their fear and will sneak in and steal things as soon as you turn your back. Our neighbour at Rooiputs lost his shoes to one.
I don't suppose I should laugh at that either... but had visions of The God's Must Be Crazy :) (Honey Badger in that case)
@@MovingPicturesAfrica the one really naughty jackal at Rooiputs just got into the back of our Landcruiser a few days ago! I got such a fright because I only saw it, when it jumped back out of the car 🤣
@@helloafrica1306 oh dear. That must have been a big surprise. I think some of those jackal have been fed by campers.
I need to get me a mega torch.
Yup. It's great to have a nice flood light. Especially for walking at night. I do need a better spotlight for reach though.
We have a booking there in October but it looks like we wont make it as my leave hasnt worked out. After no leopards on 3 trips to Kgalagadi this would have been our chance to see one!
That's a shame. We have seen leopards a few times, but only got good footage once on a trip a few years ago.
What is the make and model of your flaslight/torch?
Acebeam X80-GT. Very bright and wide beam. You have to take the batteries out to charge them though.
@MovingPicturesAfrica thanks alot . .and by the way . .love your videos.
@@jaaktaylor6706 much appreciated 👍
I hope the leopard is okay.
We saw her again a few days later, still alive but obviously weak. I also found out that she was very old (first seen as an adult 12 years ago). So I think sadly she was near the end of her life.
@@MovingPicturesAfrica Aww, okay 😟. Well, it seems like she has lived a long life.
@@karinajas yes, I was happy to find out she was very old, and not sick or injured.
Keep that light out of a sick Leopards eyes
I was not shining directly at the leopard. If you watch again you will see that I am just lighting up the leopard with the edge of the flood beam, and I turn off the headlights when it is in the road in front of the vehicle.
You eat out the Pan in such a case >> and dont get caught the Showers meant for TR residents >> if you cant shower using 2 x Coke Bottles at your site at Rooiputs maybe you should be camping at TR or Kalahari Lodge
Eat out of the pan with what? We forgot the utensils as well. We didn't get caught, and no need to shower with coke bottles when there is running water at Rooiputs.
Can only be one person with this answer. Must be from Hartenbos area.