Cheetah on the move

Lions and cheetahs

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October 2nd 2023
We were both soundly asleep this morning when our 5.00am wake up call roused us. We dressed and stumbled to the lodge for our first cup of coffee in the hope it would revive us, then set off to look for hippos. Mercifully yesterday’s strong winds had subsided and it was at least a little bit warmer. As we drove along Graeme suddenly got a call on the radio to say the four cheetahs had been sp ... read more

Africa » South Africa » KwaZulu-Natal

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After the British seized the Cape of Good Hope area in 1806, many of the Dutch settlers (the Boers) trekked north to found their own republics. The discovery of diamonds (1867) and gold (1886) spurred wealth and immigration and intensified the subjug... ... read more