Africa Wild

The sugar thieving boons =O: =O: =O: I find those quiet sighting days stressful, but lions, even if a busy sighting, is still worth it if there’s nothing else happening. It wasn’t a quiet afternoon though, another 2 x leopards. ^Q^ ^Q^ ^Q^ Then end your trip with another leopard :-0 An excellent "le ...

Catching up at last, Bushy! 0/* What a wonderful last couple of days, especially with all the cheetah! ^Q^ The bushpig encounter is brilliant and enthralling! KZN parks must really wake up with their maintenance, I fear corruption is standard there, plus laziness. :evil: You really did see every ...

Thanks so much, Bushcraft, you indeed saved the best for last with such a cheetah sighting especially with the cubs :-0 :-0 :-0 :-0 I am completely :-0 :-0 :-0 :-0 Once again thanks so much for a fantastic trip report which is always so entertaining and the spotted luck is always with you :-0 ...

nan wrote: ↑Sun Nov 17, 2024 9:39 pm and here they are these last Cheetahs
for that and the entire TT, love it and your way to tell as well

Howzit Nan

I thought some cheetah sightings would get your interest

I hope all is good on your side

A gorgeous cheetah sighting O/\ O/\ A very clever cheetah mom, who has managed to grow four kittens ^Q^ ^Q^ Cheetahs two days in a row is a success....if you are not in KTP ;-) Not bad as a last sighting :-0 Thanks for the feast! I have been suffering from bad withdrawal symptoms not being able to ...

Flutterby wrote: ↑Sun Nov 17, 2024 12:28 pm Wow, what an amazing going away present!! Amazing sighting and pics of the cheetah family.

Thanks Flutts, it was a surprise sighting for us

In conclusion, it was a good trip, but it’s just more special when the entire family can attend.

Lastly, thanks to all of you guys who took the time to read our trip report.

Bushcraft, the Cow and Albert.

The mom and cubs then jumped into the Gqoyeni dry riverbed and cruised off down towards Gqoyeni camp and out of sight. We had spent nearly an hour with the cheetahs and the only other car that we had seen the entire time was the wild dog research vehicle, so it had been an awesome peaceful sighting ...

The mother cheetah shot across the road and her cubs slowly followed, therefore we kept our distance so that we weren’t applying any pressure. The mom then cruised along next to the road, with the cubs snaking along behind her, until she reached the Gqoyeni low river bridge, where the mom picked up s ...

13.jpg 14.jpg The mother cheetah didn’t seem concerned or interested in what her cubs were up to and the cubs were in no rush to run back to mom either, so our teeth were hanging out bigtime. The dark conditions and our lack of camera knowledge resulted in many stuffed-up pics, but at least we c ...