So after leaving Flirty I drove south and bumped into a mass of cars about 22kms from Twee Rivieren (time was 18:10). You've already seen some pictures of this sighting taken by Dewi (date and location and stance look right), but here is a different perspective.
When I turned up there were already a lot of cars parked along the side of the road. After scanning around I found the head of a cheetah peaking over a small dune. In front and to the right of her were two big springboks....they were moving her way!
Hoping that we would get a chase I parked up and waited. Not knowing where she would go it was hard to pick a good spot.Dewi wrote:Gertie
9 mins after I arrived she made her move. She immediately vanished into the bushes between us. To my amazement she emerged running parallel to the cars and went right past the window. I was lucky to get anything it happened so fast! But I was really pleased with a few of the shots.
After killing the springbok she rested for a bit and then started calling. As if by magic three wonderful cubs appeared on the ridge and came running down. They all started feeding.
Had I waited with Flirty for a few more minutes I would have probably missed the chase and the kill and arrived to the cubs feeding.
Knowing that this is Gertie and her cubs gives me a sense of wonder. Not knowing it at the time I saw Gertie, her daughter Flirty and her granddaughters all within the space of 30mins! A special day
& Smit
). They were lying down and hadn't fed on it yet.
