After many days of stops in 8 countries i have time for an update. On the first day In capetown the Safari we had planned was cancelled due to the ship being late. The taxi driver offered to take us to a vineyard which I was not interested so he suggested going to a cheetah sanctuary and rehab. It was raining and cold when we left from the cruise terminal. After a 30min drive we got to the sanctuary and the weather had cleared. we had to wait 20min for the next booking after lunch. When we arrived the first cheetah we saw was having a sleep and didn’t care about the group of people. because he was bottle fed by one of the staff he knew it was lunchtime when his “mum” arrived.

Not knowing what to expect the staff moved a table into the closest enclosure to us and then put a harness on one of the 8 cheetahs. Then everyone in the group had to disinfect hands and shoes so that the cheetahs were safe from disease because they have low immunity. We were first in the enclosure were the cheetah was sitting on the table being fed. because he was distracted by food he didn’t react to me driving past. after getting as close as possible Nicole pulled my arm out so i could touch and stroke him . After a few strokes he started purring just like a domestic cat but much louder. it was amazing to get so close and hear the purr of the fastest cat on earth.

This was one of the best days so far and it was because of a cancelled safari which we had the next day instead.

The link for the cheetah sanctuary is https://cheetah.co.za/ they made a big effort to include me so i highly recommend going there