Kgalagadi Cheetah Sightings - CURRENT

[Wanda]

Nossob Female One
24 September 2007 a few kms north of the Grootkolk turnoff

[Mel]

Nico (Father of Simon & Garfunkel)
May 2013 around 14th Borehole

© WillieV

Pic posted with permission of the photographer.

[Mel]

Nico (Father of Simon & Garfunkel)
March 2012 around Dalkeith

© Snorkel

[Mel]

Charlie's Angel Two and 2011 Cubs
12/05/2012 on Marie Draai loop

© GavinW
© GavinW
© GavinW
© GavinW
© GavinW

[Mel]

Storm & Vrystaat
24 November 2011 around Nossob

Storm
© Snorkel
© Snorkel

Vrystaat
© Snorkel
© Snorkel

According to Snorkel's account there were only 2 cheetahs present.

[Wanda]

Botham, Kallis, Kapildev & Sobers
2 November 2012 at Lyiersdraai, 6 to 6.30pm

With his 3 brothers. Very relaxed!
Kallis
Kallis

With his brothers. Very interested in a herd of springbok and crouched, but his brothers gave their position away, with their legs in the air.
Botham
Botham

Very relaxed, with his brothers.
Kapildev

Very relaxed, did not get up once, with his brothers.
Sobers in front, Kallis behind.

[Kesheshe]

Nico
13/10/10 at Sitzas

[Wanda]

Simon and Garfunkel
Southern end of Dalkeith loop 29/12/2010 - around 8 am



Simon


Simon


Garfunkel


Garfunkel


Garfunkel

[Wanda]

Charlie's Angel 1 with Huxley, Wallace and ?

18/12/2008 - A few kms south of Langklaas, just before 9am

[Kesheshe]

Charlize's 2009 Cubs: Georgie, Star, Lennon & McCartney
12/10/2010 in the Dalkeith area

Lennon (male)


Star (female)





Georgie (female)




It was to be one of those morning drives. We headed south and came across bat eared foxes chasing each other all over the place and they are much faster than we realised. We continued towards Dalkeith and as we got closer things went crazy. Just before the water hole on the lower road we ran into 3 cheetahs on the hunt (maybe Lizette). They came sprinting from the hill opposite the waterhole in different directions scattering the springbok everywhere. They all missed and regrouped and had another short go from the other hill right next to us. Again they missed and decided enough and went over the dune.

Just as we started to catch our breath Charlize and 4 cubs appeared not even 500m from this area. She started to stalk but the springbok were now alert so headed in the direction of the upper road. We decided to drive on to the end of the lower road and turn back onto the upper road now heading north. We started scanning about 1km from the junction point and to our surprise we did not find the 5 cheetah but ran into a different group of 2. They stopped and went to ground about 100m in so we continued and saw the 5 cheetah heading up the hill.

Someone coming south stopped and asked us what we were looking at so we explained and he then informed us that he had found cheetah about 750m south of us. At first we assumed it was original 3 but he said no it was only one and not on the correct side. We drove to confirm and true enough it was another lone cheetah. The total was 11 different cheetahs within at most a 1.5 – 2km radius. Just as quickly as everything happened it went quite. We were high on adrenaline and feeling exhausted.