We are up early, alerted to the presence of Ibex on the steep slopes on the other side of the valley. These Ibex are amazing. They are prancing on what is a landslip zone of steep, loose earth. One slip and there is nothing to stop their fall until the rocky river bed a hundred metres or so below. I guess there must be something to eat on that apparently barren slope, but what it is I cannot see. The ibex gradually work their way along the slope to a less steep area, and then away, out of sight.

The snow leopards are still up on the rocks high on the other side of the valley.  The current thinking is that the group comprises a female with a male cub ~18 months old, and an adult male. There was a risk that the cub would be killed by the male. However, the cub kept well away from the male. The male and adult female are mating on and off. The distance to the snow-leopards is around 600 m so not ideal for photography. One of our party commented that this was the first time they had been photographing wildlife that they could not see with their naked eye.

One of the staff has a “super-zoom” camera, and has given us a copy of a movie he made of the snow leopards mating.

A gallery with more photos: https://photos.app.goo.gl/put0WtgKlff1pGI43