Still one of my best sightings, staying at Somalisa, we got the info that there is a cheetah out close to the Hide, so we went for a look, all the cars coming from that directions told us that he is sitting in the open, but too far away from the road to get a good photo, but seen all the other cats, it would be nice to see a cheetah as well. So we looked around and yes we spotted him in the open and still faraway to get some nice photos. However as we were in no rush, we decided to wait a bit. And on the far end we seen some giraffes who also looked at the cheetah and then a baboon troop appeared as well. The baboons also spotted the cheetah and then started to circle in on the cheetah, I guess the Alpha male started to chase the cheetah towards us and it was just the cheetah run and the alpha right on his tail. Then both stopped running to catch their breath and it started all over again, until the cheetah went into the dense bush, the baboon watched him go away and did not bother to charge the cat anymore. I am not speechless often, but this was one moment with a wow factor…! Hwange National Park March 2020

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1. Stunning, we saw warthogs chasing cheetah in Addo. Missing Africa, we are now living in Norway. When we do come back we will come to Bots for sure, that’s real Africa. xxx J

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