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MY LIFE WITH LEOPARDS SAFARI

EXPERIENCE MAIN FEATURES

South Luangwa Valley, Zambia

The South Luangwa Valley in Zambia is one of Africa’s last great wilderness areas. Famed for its excellent opportunities for observing lion, leopard, elephant and other big game, the remote and unspoiled part of Zambia was the scene of a very special project undertaken 20 years ago.

In April 1994, two much loved young adult leopards were released in the South Luangwa Valley by a young game ranger named Graham Cooke. Graham had been living with the leopards in the South African lowveld for a full year before he decided to return Boycat and his sister Poepface to the wild in the Valley.

Graham pitched a small and very secluded tented camp on a remote island on the Luangwa River for the last stages of the cubs’ rehabilitation and it was here that Boycat and Poepface tentatively ventured into the wilderness of their new home.

Joining the cubs on daily walks to familiarise them with the new environment, Graham braved some of the area’s most dangerous animals. After about a month Boycat and Poep were ready to leave the safety that the small camp provided and crossed the river into the National Park to start their life in the wild. For Graham, it was time to let go…READ MORE