In Search of Cheetah and Sable

In Search of Cheetah and Sable on way to Skukuza

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August 24th 2015
Geo: -30.5595, 22.9375Up and heading to Skukuza but first some cheetah hunting! We took the road to Orpen and turned off on the road toward the waterhole. The guy we talked to last night at dinner was out there as well. He had found the tracks where they were heading down the road and then they disappeared. We followed along with him back and forth for a while and then decided they were not ... read more

Africa » South Africa

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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