Cheetah mom and cub on the hunt.

Early morning we enter from the Crocodile bridge gate. It’s a chilly morning and the mist is in the air, the river is literally steaming with the swirls of mist rising off the water and I said to myself Kruger rocks. Get through the gate and something prompted a left turn on to the river road. We usually go straight but today switched it up. Impala left and right with the warthogs grubbing for roots around them, a few elephants a little further in just swaying their massive bodies as they grazed. Classic Africa! Eyes peeled for cats we continue along past the open areas through the wooded section. This is leopard country and it is after all leopard ‘o’ clock. Mr. Spots moves around in the morning after a nightly prowl looking for a place to rest up before the sun gets high and its too warm. All at once a lithe body makes it’s way across the road about 100m ahead, followed by another one.

We suppress the shout ‘CHEETAH’ and scoot along a little quicker. Sure enough there they are, mother and cub. She was obviously hunting and climbed up on a fallen log to get a good look around. The little guy also did the same right after. There were some impala in the back in thicker bush and she moved off trying to get a little closer. The little fellow followed along behind her and we turned a corner to find them again which we did. The impala got spooked however and they took off. So you win some and you lose some everyday. We had some good photos and an exciting time and moved on ourselves as well. What a great start to a day in the bush!