At some point earlier in the trip our guide, Simon, asked everyone what they wanted to see. Of the six people on the safari two are longtime safari goers and they had some specific thoughts. This is the first safari for the rest of us, and I think we all settled on the logical, “this will all be new and exciting for me.” And it will! It was! It is! But somewhere in there I blurted out, without thinking, “Cheetah!”
Without thinking because I didn’t even know if they lived in this region. And, of course, this is not like zoo. You can’t just stroll over to a certain place to see what strikes your fancy today. Sometimes you do well, sometimes it’s slow. And we had a slow start to our morning. Finally, Simon said “That’s the way it goes sometimes; you can’t be lucky all of the time.” He was starting to soften the blow of a slow morning. About that time we ran across another group and our guide’s counterpart told him what was up ahead, and over on the next road. The safari guides are all in constant communication with one another, all sharing information and sightings, all trying to give their guests the best possible experience.
That’s how we got to spend 14 minutes with a cheetah. Here are all the photos.
