Cheetah!

Morning Honey

This was taken on the Maasai Mara in about 2004. I am in the other car you can see through the windscreen, but my photos were not so good.



The cheetah and her daughters live on the Mara and are so used to the safari cars that they climb on to them to use them as lookout points, and lie down on the shady side of them. I had seen them on Attenborough but my colleagues hadn't and were very surprised. This one also climbed up to the top, perched on the edge and poked her face down inside through the sunroof to see who was inside. They'll sit around the cars until the mother sees game, and then they are off, so fast that the jeeps can't keep up with them.

But while they are there, it's quite magical.

Love you
Marianne