Fold a sheet of paper a dozen times and you have the map: the Cape fold mountains run in long parallel ridges from the Cederberg down through the Boland and along the Langeberg, wrinkled sandstone full of kloofs, caves and fynbos. And through almost all of it, unseen, walk leopards.
Cape mountain leopards are a different proposition from their savanna cousins: roughly half the size, far more secretive, ranging across enormous mountain territories to make a living. Most people who share a valley with one will never see it. The Cape Leopard Trust has spent two decades proving they are there, camera trap by camera trap, and building the peace between leopards and the farms below.
