The Cheetahs and Wild Dogs are making a comeback

Our rangers had not seen the Cheetahs for over two weeks, and that’s very rare. They had also not seen the Wild dogs in a very, very long while, so they were starting to get seriously worried for their whereabouts already, when, to our delight, we spotted them on game drive two days ago.

Now we cannot seem to get enough of them. Yesterday on drive Themba, Uyai and Chad followed up on the Cheetahs and Wild dogs in the morning and afternoon. The Wild  Dogs were seen on the boundary of Khaya Ndlovu and we suspect that they are on their way again – vagabonds of the African Bush. They are constantly on the move. And just before the sun set the pack started running after some Impala – unfortunately it was too dark to take any pictures and the pack moved into the thicket – we don’t’ know if they were successful or not. But what a sighting for our guests! A sighting of a Wild Dog is considered as one of those “cherry on top” sightings, as it doesn’t get any rarer than a Wild Dog sighting in the African bush. I have met many rangers who have never seen a Wild Dog out in the bush in their entire careers, so that means something …

The Cheetahs on the other had caught an Impala and their bellies were so full they didn’t dare move. They were sleeping off the big meal in the warmth of the sun. After around 15 -20 minutes they decided to get up and move – only to plonk down again in the shade of a Guarri bush. They were clearly done moving for the day.

Cheetah with full belly as seen yesterday
Cheetah with full belly as seen yesterday
The two cheetah brothers...
The two cheetah brothers…
Priceless!
Priceless!
Enigmatic shot in the half-dark of an enigmatic animal
Enigmatic shot in the half-dark of an enigmatic animal
And off they are .... !
And off they are …. !