Capturing the Moment

     Best Place to find Cheetah in the Wild Cheetah cub walking close by Africa Photos Cheetahs are the rarest of all the big cats in Africa. According the the Cheetah Outreach in South Africa, there are an estimated 7,100 cheetahs left in the wild. Even more disturbing is that this beautiful cat is now restricted to a meager 9% of its historic range. So as you can imagine tracking one down while on a safari in Africa can be one of the major highlights of the trip. Mother and cubs on the hunt Cheetah carcass in a tree   These beautiful cats are built for speed. They are capable of reaching speeds of 100km (68mph), over short distances. Because of this it is often referred to as the greyhound of cats. It uses this speed and acceleration to hunt in the open grasslands and woodlands for small gazelles. However some times cheetahs will work together to take down bigger game like a wildebeest. Cheetah brothers with a fresh kill Wildebe...

Safari search mode 'We see it!'   After a whirlwind first day in Africa we woke up to fresh coffee being hand delivered to our tents along with our wake up call. It was the perfect pick-me-up as we headed out to the safari vehicles, wondering what was in store for us today. Leopard on the move    High on our list of animals to find were predators, namely the big cats. Our drivers, James and Peter, had heard talk of a leopard hanging out in one area so we focused our attention on that for our morning game drive. We found a safari traffic jam, which is where a lot of cars all gather up at some big sighting, but we couldn't see the leopard they said was in the area. We moved all around and waited for a good long time to no avail. It goes to show how elusive these cats can be. Even when you know they are right in the area they can still be impossible to see. We figured it had hunkered down for a nap or had slipped away unnoticed. It is only day two so I wasn't...