Tag Archive: cheetah

Eye Level!

To get great images during a game drive the position of the safari vehicle is very important. The Thanda guests on this drive enjoyed the eye level view of this male Cheetah. Taking the… Continue reading

Winter is coming …

What a sighting, one of  the Thanda Cheetah brothers caught in the evening light, which gets softer by the day. Winter is coming 🙂 Picture by Christian Sperka – Specialist Photography Guide and… Continue reading

Really full!

Thanda’s two Cheetah boys went for an afternoon walk after a big midday meal. Their stomachs were so full that they had to rest every few hundred meters 🙂 A great sighting to… Continue reading

A Rainbow over the Lebombo Mountains, a Road Block and two Freezing Cheetah!

As it happens during this time of the year strong winds frequently follow heavy rains. On our afternoon game drive we first encountered a beautiful rainbow over the Lebombo mountains, then we met… Continue reading

Cheetah at Rest!

Thanda’s female Cheetah and her two cubs were resting on an recently burned area. Cheetahs love open areas. From these they can scan for prey and see predators approaching before these get to… Continue reading

Mid-air turn!

We are constantly being captivated, and at times even baffled, by the extraordinary behaviour of the African wildlife we see every day at Thanda. We therefore felt it would be fun to share… Continue reading

No longer cubs? – Still cubs!

When we saw Thanda’s Cheetah female together with her daughter and her sons, they looked like three fully grown Cheetah! The two young ones lay majestically on top of a quarry wall while mum was… Continue reading

Check surroundings for safety!

I am not sure that many car owners get this kind of view on their “reverse camera” as they try to back up their car 🙂 If one works as a resident wildlife… Continue reading

Mother and Daughter!

This young Cheetah female stays very close to mum, whose tail provides comforting contact. A beautiful Thanda Cheetah sighting! Picture by Christian Sperka – Specialist Photography Guide and Resident Wildlife Photographer – Thanda… Continue reading

Welcome back!

We had not seen the Thanda Cheetah female and her cubs for quite a while. So it was exciting moment for the Thanda guests, the tracker and the guide when the Thanda Wildlife… Continue reading