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namibia

AfriCat Foundation (Part Seven)

By Carolyn Chon

October 20^th, 2019

My last night at Etosha was at Namutoni Resort, it was also my last and final night of enjoying the Milky Way. From there, it took me about three hours to get to my second last stop of the trip, Okonjima.

okonjima

The turn off from the main road up to the reception area for my accommodation was about another 15-20km drive in if I remember correctly. It was an easy and pleasant drive in, I also saw many more warthogs running around.

This place was suggested to me by my trip planner, Memory and I'm so glad I went! Okonjima is a nature reserve situated just about two hours from Windhoek. It is also where the AfriCat Foundation is, what is AfriCat? I think the name explains it, otherwise you could click here.

I arrived around lunch time and quickly signed up for whatever game drive I could do as I was there for one night only (I do recommend doing two nights though). Managed to squeeze in a sundowner drive and a morning visit to them Cheetahs!

where the wild things are

In a nature reserve, that's where. Or in national parks.

Because, you know...

Humans.

sundowner

Kavamba was our guide for the evening. I start off with sharing photos of the actual sundown and what I'd like to think of as a decent silhouette of Kavamba.

We tracked for the leopards during this drive, and when I say track I mean the guides have like a proper tracking device to track the collared leopards. We spent a good maybe half hour or 45mins following the beeps of the device, but finally got radioed in from another guide who finally spotted the leopard.

creeping on elektra

Meet Elektra. She's a mother of I'm not too sure how many in totality, but we managed to see two of her cubs this time round.

mama elektra

and her electrolyte. Heh.

spotting the cheetahs

The morning light is absolute ace!

leopard vs. cheetah

Cheetah wins cause it's a cheater. (absolutely had to insert a lame pun)

But in reality, the Leopard wins. Bigger, better, faster almost like that Daft Punk track, which is why the cheetahs are in a separate enclosure. I also finally learned how to tell the difference between the two, I remember the guide telling us a few things but for me it's looking at the head to body ratio. The cheetah's is smaller in comparison to the leopard. Imagine two men, one with a thick neck and the other, a slender dude. That's how I put it into perspective anyways, works for me. Ha.