Kgalagadi – Cheetah brothers

It was bitterly cold when we left Nossob through the Northern gate, just before dawn on our 8th day in the park. We made our way towards Lijersdraai at a leisurely pace, stopping to identify several birds while the other cars from Nossob passed us by and left us behind.

Fortunately, we are never worried about being left behind in the bush (or the desert, in this case!)

Just after Kwang waterhole, our eyes caught a movement on the right side of the road – a cheetah!

Cheetah

And then, to our amazement, a second cheetah appeared, playfully “attacking” the first one, starting a wrestling match!

After a while, one brother got up and strolled across the road, leaving the other one lying (and rolling around) by itself on the sand.

Finally, the second cheetah also got up, crossed the road, and disappeared into the bushes on the Southern side of the road. The entire sequence had taken about 30 minutes. What a sighting! And we would have missed it completely, had we tried to keep up with the other cars, or even if we had passed by that spot a minute earlier!

Cheetah
Cheetah

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