Namibia - Africat Foundation

After a long day's drive we arrived at the Africat Foundation we were upgraded to stay at the Okonjima Bush Camp. This was a wonderful surprise and the accommodation and meals were outstanding.

Bill spent a lot of time feeding the birds.

Hornbill

The first afternoon we went out to track a collared leopard in the private reserve. We could not find the first leopard but we did locate the second cat. This leopard had spotted a waterbuck and was considering it for dinner. There was also a Kudo watching the leopard and bellowing which created an interesting situation. The leopard did not manage to get a meal this time.

Leopard

Damara Dik-Dik

Sundowner

Our next day we went to visit the Africat Foundation buildings and to see the cheetahs. The cheetahs are fenced into an area so that the leopards are kept separate from the cheetahs. 

The Africat Foundation was established for Cheetah that was orphaned or hurt and needed to be cared for. The foundation's goal was to allow the cheetahs to be reintegrated into the wild. The cheetahs can not be reintroduced into the wild as they have discovered that the cheetahs do not survive as they are not able to teach them to hunt.

Kudu watching us in our room.

The last night celebrated our tour with a wonderful meal of Eland steak and a great bottle of wine from South Africa. In the morning we were on our way again to our last stop in Windhoek where we would say goodbye to our guide Charl Schoombee.