Mike and Lisa headed to the airport after Tuesday morning’s drive. We met our driver Daniel at 4p for that evening’s drive. Half in jest (I think), Leena asked Daniel if they saw a cheetah on the way to the airport.
Daniel’s eyes got wide. “Yes! Did they text you?” (No, they had not.) He recounted that as they left for the airport he got a call about a cheetah sighting. It was more or less on the way to the airport. He drove “very fast” to get them to the cheetah but still have time to make the flight.
So that was happy news, but could we also see the cheetah? We headed out for the same area. We searched a hillside where they’d been seen perhaps as late as 1p. We went on a large loop around the area for at least 45 minutes, but with no luck. We returned to the same hillside and worked our way up the hill through some small brush. And then, bingo! We found a mother and two young ones.
