Reporting Date:  24.03.2012
 

Peter and his four guests were on an early morning gamedrive and were hoping to see some off the big cats still active. After driving for a short while they came across three Cheetah's trying to hunt some Thompson Gazelle but were not lucky. The drive continued and just before 8 a.m Peter saw a Leopard on a tree but when he drove closer it turned out to be a Cheetah. His guests were excited by this sighting and after a while she jumped down and started heading towards Peter's jeep. Everyone thought she would just walk-by but that was not the case. She jumped on the bonnet of the car and later on the roof. Everybody was quiet at first but later relaxed after realising that the Cheetah meant no harm. So comfortable was she that Peter had to start his engine to make her come down!

Cheetah normally make use of high points to have an aerial view of the grassy plains to help them locate prey.

NB: * = Same animals seen by different rangers