Run cheetah run… Yes, its another day in the African bush and the race for survival is on. Right in front is the endangered cheetah, a beautiful cat built for speed. The Cheetah can reach a top speed of about 110 to 120 km a hour, which it uses to chase down medium sized antelope.

There numbers has declined drastically and the cheetah is considered endangered. The reason for this is because of loss of habitat and farmers persecuting them, as they are believed to take live stock to supplement their diet.

But luckily as more land is being set aside fore conservation and people’s attitude towards wild animals are changing, we see that the cheetah (the worlds fastest land mammal) is making a come back in the race for survival and there numbers is on the increase in protected areas…

In the 3 years that I have done Welgevonden big 5 game drives at Kololo it has always been hard to find cheetahs and really special when I found them, but I can say with a smile on my face that in the last year the amount of cheetah sightings that we have had has increased dramatically and that 2 of the females has cubs that has survived through the most dangerous time in there live the first 6 months.

So here is to the future of the cheetah, the spirit of safaris and amazing sightings.