Safari Etosha National Park / Cheetah Park

Packed up early and on the road. We took the scenic way out of the park for one more game drive as we left. Saw some incredible stuff as expected. Another long day in the truck and arrrived midafternoon at the Cheetah Park for camping. The Cheetah Park is a safe haven for Cheetahs. Its also a working farm and a campground, Once we got our campsite set up, we relaxed until the 4pm tour of the cheetahs. The owner picks up all the campers from their campsites in a big truck with a trailer attached to the back and brings us to the farmhouse. There were three cheetahs that have been bottle feed and hand raised by humans and are very tame. There were still lots of rules and regulations. Safety is key to everything. But we hung out with the cheetahs and let them interact with us and took tons of photos. Then we watched them eat. There was no live killing, they were provided meat in dog bowls. After we were done interacting with the tame cheetahs, we went for the feeding of the wild cheetahs. The wild cheetahs are still feed and I expect this is due to the inability to afford a sustainable herd. Animals are expensive and you need quite a few to be able to have them breed as fast as they are getting eaten.










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