Africa Wild

Back at camp we spent some time relaxing by the pool and in conversations with others discovered that both leopard and cheetah had been seen along the Auob road. The leopard was apparently in a tree and the cheetah only about 200m away sleeping under another tree. That would definitely be our afternoon direction then

We spent some time sorting things out at camp and saw this rather cool gecko by the bathrooms. There appeared to have been a bit of a gecko fight so its tail was incomplete



Our first sightings on the afternoon drive were ground squirrels and a yellow mongoose







It didn't take long to find the cheetah snoozing under a bush





This is Hanri - thanks for the ID Mel



We had gone past the tree where the leopard was supposedly sleeping. Hanri was now further away from it than in the morning, so we back-tracked to see if we could see any sign of it...



There appeared to be absolutely no sign of a leopard anywhere in the tree that we could see, so we decided that the best bet would be to hang out by Hanri to see if she would move at all. We were in luck... after a while she got up and started walking along the riverbed

I like geckos ...with or without a tail

Squirrel

Mongoose

Fabulous photos of Hanri

Hanri must be getting rather aged by now

WoW PJL,

you had a couple of stunning sightings - Great cheetah and lion shots and also love the geckos and mongoose and for sure all the secretary bird shots

Oh ! Hanri... dear Hanri for the pix
love the Gecko too (Bibron Gecko, it seems to me) and the Slender Mongoose

Looks like spots in there

How fit Hanri is considering her age - amazing
Still my favourite cheetah. She's always treated us well
(in contrast to her sister Corinne who would go AWOL on us on more than just one trip )

Lisbeth wrote: ↑Mon Nov 21, 2022 11:44 am

Lisbeth wrote: ↑Sun Nov 20, 2022 12:47 pm
Hanri must be getting rather aged by now

I think she's 12 now Lis

The question was actually meant for Mel, I did not know that you were so much into cheetahs Thank you, Pete

I'm sure that's what Mel told me... I wouldn't have known otherwise