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Your first sighting was a cheetah WHAT!!!!??? Ok now im jealous and you've only just started lol

What a unusual TR and stunning photos

I am on board
Great report so far

If you hear a funny sound from the back wheel it's just me hanging on.

Great start to the trip COS .

It was indeed a beautiful specimen of a cheetah .

Thanks for sharing .

Great start CoS


Can't wait to get another dose of Kgalagadi nostalgia

@GavinW Thanks! I hope I don't disappoint

@barryels He is definitely the biggest Cheetah I have seen and the ones in KTP all seem to be a bit bigger than anywhere else! (Maybe I am just bias)

@NetEk Hold tight don't fall off! Those old Rusty's always make the best memories!

@Jan van Wyk Good to have you along! Always great to have fellow KTP fans with

@Philip1 Thanks Phillip some of the photos are a bit blurry but glad you like them

@Sheenaugh-Lee It has never happened to us before that we see something so great so soon

@anne-marie Prior to this visit we had hardly seen one in many visits. Just luck of the draw. So glad you are on board for this report!

I usually do not read KTP TR's, but there is NO way I would miss a COS TR One of the very best writers and entertainers

Grrreat to meet the clan You look every bit as legend as I imagined

Amazing cheetah sighting

@cheetah2111 Thank you so much you make me blush since I think you are one of the most entertaining "travel Tale Writers" I hope I can convince you to take trip to KTP yourself because there are many of your Namesake there!!!


Our first Pale Chanting Goshawk was near Houmoed. Seeing them tells me we are in Kgalagadi.



Another little creature that loves this desert area.


And then of course the humble Springbok that seems to thrive in this barren land.


The view from the lookout always surprises because despite the dry surrounding area it is absolutely stunningly beautiful.



Life as Timon means checking left and right .....




Because you never know who is looking for dinner!


And if the danger isn’t above you it could be drinking right near you! This little Jackal was having a drink at Kamfersboom.

Yohhhh plenty of dangers for Timon Be nimble my lad!!

If someone sponsors their 4x4 and petrol money to me, I will gladly disappear into Kgalagadi

Awwwwww I adore a mongoose they are always so inquisitive and busy busy busy love them

Another great day in KTP with awesome sightings .
The animals might look bigger due to the landscape they occupy .
Thanks for sharing another great TR in KTP .

love Suricates ... and right never know where the danger will arrive

Jumped on as well Cape of Storms,

and curious to know what is coming next when already the first sighting was a cheetah

@cheetah2111 One day I am sure you will be able to do it. If you like living on the edge you don't even need a 4x4.

@Sheenaugh-Lee

The Mongoose are definitely a family of ours too. So much we can learn from them.

@barryels I think you are right about the landscape making them appear bigger. Later in the trip we were very happy to spot some of the biggest lions we have ever seen (or thought so at least )

@ anne-marie Thanks!!

@Pumbaa So glad you could join us!