This was the incredible moment a pack of hyenas ambush a leopard up a tree while it's eating an impala it caught.

The clip, filmed in February 2013, shows the leopard leaping up a tree to get away from a pack of hyenas attempting to steal his kill.

The 70-minute ordeal ended with the hyenas overcoming the leopard and chasing it away into the bushes.

Wildlife enthusiast Bob Humphries explained to Newsflare: "The leopard dashed up the leadwood, panting and stressed, and spent quite a while looking down at the hyenas below. After relaxing a bit, the leopard moved the impala carcass and began eating it.

"We could not see how the leopard could escape with the hyenas waiting below. As the leopard began to descend the tree the hyenas turned towards it, but then they were distracted by the passing of a noisy truck.

"The leopard took its chance and dashed off through the grass with a hyena in pursuit, leaving the impala remains in the tree," he continued.

Leopards (Panthera pardus) are one of the world’s most iconic big cats. This male Leopard had caught an Impala (Aepyceros melampus), a type of antelope, and stashed it in a dead Leadwood tree near the Ngotso North Waterhole in Kruger National Park. When we arrived, he was lying in grass near the base of the tree, grooming and watching the people watching him. Suddenly two Spotted Hyaenas (Crocuta crocuta), attracted by the smell of the Impala carcass arrived, almost catching the Leopard off guard. The Leopard dashed up the Leadwood, panting and stressed, and spent quite a while looking down at the Hyaenas below. After relaxing a bit, the Leopard moved the Impala carcass and began eating it. We could not see how the Leopard could escape with the Hyaenas waiting below. As the Leopard began to descend the tree the Hyaenas turned towards it, but then they were distracted by the passing of a noisy truck. The Leopard took its chance and dashed off through the grass with a Hyaena in pursuit, leaving the Impala remains in the tree. This drama lasted for about 70 minutes.