This is the incredible moment a leopard climbed a tree with its freshly killed prey in its jaws at a game reserve in South Africa.

Filmed by Ashok Nellikunja, the incident took place at the Kruger National Park on March 24.

The 15-year-old leopard, known as Tingana, scaled the tree with an impala it had recently killed.

According to reports, the big cat enjoys a huge fan following and is considered one of the most ferocious leopards residing at the game reserve.

Leopards often carry their prey off the ground in order to keep the food safe from other predators.

Being good climbers, the animal also scales trees to get rest during the daytime.

This is the incredible moment a leopard climbs a tree with its prey after killing the latter at a game reserve in South Africa.

Filmed by Ashok Nellikunja, the incident took place at the Kruger National Park on March 24.

Identified as Tingana, the 15-year-old leopard scaled the tree with an impala it had just preyed upon.

According to reports, the big cat enjoys a huge fan following and is considered one of the most ferocious leopards residing at the game reserve.

Leopards often carry their hunt to high altitude areas in order to keep the food safe from other predators.

Being good climbers, the animal uses it to scale trees to get rest during the daytime.