This is the incredible moment a tourist experiences a very close encounter with a young leopard that nearly goes wrong.

The footage, captured in Okavango Delta in northern Botswana, shows the leopard approaching a jeep and sniffing a man’s leg before scratching it with its claws - leaving him with a bleeding wound.

Aware of the danger, the jeep driver quickly turns on the vehicle to escape.

The feline then can be seen getting away from the vehicle - seemingly scared by the sound of the jeep engine.

The man writes: ‘’Our tracker came upon this young leopard resting after a recent impala kill that was about 20 yards away.

‘’As we were viewing the leopard about 15 feet away he got up and approached the vehicle where I was sitting with my legs crossed.

‘’Our tracker told me not to move so I didn’t.

''Amazingly, I wasn’t frightened at all.

''He just seemed like a big pussycat.''

The clip was filmed on April 5.

While on safari in the Okavango Delta in northern Botawana, our tracker came upon this young leopard resting after a recent impala kill that was about 20 yards away. As we were viewing the leopard about 15 feet away he got up and approached the vehicle where I was sitting with my legs crossed. Our tracker said “don’t move , be still“So I didn’t. I continued to video the leopards activity the whole time. He did scratch me, but just with one Hafez claws, as if he were testing the skin. Amazingly, I wasn’t Frightened at all.He just seemedLike a big pussy cat