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by AstroMatt
Thu Aug 11, 2016 10:07 am
Forum: KTP Information and General Discussion Forum
Topic: Kgalagadi Cheetah Sightings - CURRENT
Replies: 399
Views: 62665

Re: Kgalagadi Cheetah Sightings

2016-07-27 Caster and 4 Cubs Sighting and photos by Dieter Quoos Between Geinab and Unions End at around 15:30. After she crossed the road with her four cubs she started looking for food and saw a lonely springbok In the dry riverbed. Then she decided to hide the 4 cubs on the other side of the ...
by AstroMatt
Wed Aug 10, 2016 4:53 pm
Forum: KTP Information and General Discussion Forum
Topic: Kgalagadi Cheetah Sightings - CURRENT
Replies: 399
Views: 62665

Re: Kgalagadi Cheetah Sightings

2016-07-07 Caster and Cubs During my recent July trip to the kgalagadi we had a brief and very unexpected sighting of a cheetah 1km before gharagab camp. We'd stopped at the turn before heading to camp and after a couple of minutes we suddenly realised that there was a cheetah standing directly ...
by AstroMatt
Fri Jun 24, 2016 2:23 pm
Forum: Travel Tales of Kgalagadi Transfrontier National Park
Topic: Camping with Petronella ; KTP May 2016
Replies: 171
Views: 11530

Re: Camping with Petronella ; KTP May 2016

You also saw him with Eileen on 28/12/2014 [O]
by AstroMatt
Mon Jun 06, 2016 5:19 pm
Forum: KTP Information and General Discussion Forum
Topic: Kgalagadi Cheetah Sightings - CURRENT
Replies: 399
Views: 62665

Re: Kgalagadi Cheetah Sightings

2015-12-28 Top Cat Gang (Benny, Choo and Fancy) On the morning of the 28th December before we were about to leave the park we did one final drive north from Twee Rivieren. We came across the Top Cat Gang tucking into a hartebeest kill just north of Leeuwdril at 06:30. From the look of what had been ...
by AstroMatt
Mon Jun 06, 2016 5:11 pm
Forum: KTP Information and General Discussion Forum
Topic: Kgalagadi Cheetah Sightings - CURRENT
Replies: 399
Views: 62665

Re: Kgalagadi Cheetah Sightings

2015-12-26 Margie After leaving Star et al, we drove north and between Urikaruus and 13BH we came across Margie lying under a tree at 15:23. She wasn't looking to be in the best condition. https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-3tsAJMvxFkw/V1WQZ55Sn9I/AAAAAAAAHhU/h3YSpgCJ9OQDZDq5z9-G4zdYvYaZoPp8ACCo ...
by AstroMatt
Mon Jun 06, 2016 5:09 pm
Forum: KTP Information and General Discussion Forum
Topic: Kgalagadi Cheetah Sightings - CURRENT
Replies: 399
Views: 62665

Re: Kgalagadi Cheetah Sightings

I've just realised that I never posted our cheetah sightings from December 2015. So here they are: 2015-12-26 Star and 3 female cheetahs (cubs?) We cam across four cheetahs lying under a tree to the right of the short road leading up to the view point just south of the Kamqua Picnic spot (26°01'56.0" ...
by AstroMatt
Sat May 30, 2015 10:44 am
Forum: KTP Information and General Discussion Forum
Topic: Kgalagadi Cheetah Discussion
Replies: 116
Views: 33801

Hanri: Walking Distance

Wow!! So many great sightings...and so many cubs. Looks like you had an amazing trip Mel. ^Q^ ^Q^ Sad to see that Bedi has lost one of her cubs, but it is a hard world out there. As for all the long walks i suspect that it has many reasons. The cubs need to get fit before they strike it alone, so it ...
by AstroMatt
Tue Feb 03, 2015 9:48 am
Forum: KTP Information and General Discussion Forum
Topic: Montrose
Replies: 24
Views: 2052

Re: Flavour of the Month - February 2015 - Montrose

So still with the large carnivores. On the 8th December 2012 we were lucky enough to witness a chase and fight between two groups of lions. We were driving south and came across the two big collared male lions, Vetsak and Sidey, lying down just north of Montrose. They were fast asleep under a tree ...
by AstroMatt
Sun Feb 01, 2015 10:27 am
Forum: KTP Information and General Discussion Forum
Topic: Montrose
Replies: 24
Views: 2052

Montrose

Montrose Waterhole: Montrose is the 3rd waterhole north of the lower dune road in the Aoub river. How to get there: Head to these coordinates 26°04'38.7"S 20°27'47.3"E. https://www.google.com/maps/place/26%C2%B004%2738.7%22S+20%C2%B027%2747.3%22E/@-26.0773485,20.4632434,469m/data=!3m1!1e3!4m2!3m1!1 ...

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