Travel Blogs from Otjitotongwe, Namibia, Namibia

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Playing with the moggies, Otjitotongwe, Cheetah Farm, Namibia travel blog

Playing with the moggies

A travel blog entry by jonclark2000

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A May Day national holiday in Namibia today, just like most places in the world. We did a sunrise game drive that was very nice, although we failed to spot rhinos and the only elephants we saw were 2, briefly the previous day. The level of enthusiasm ...

Cheetah Park, Otjitotongwe, Namibia travel blog

Cheetah Park

A travel blog entry by angela_louise

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From Etosha we headed to this place with the unpronounceable name to look at the cheetahs. It's a park where they rescue cheetahs that have been shot or injured. We met some of the tame ones, which were just like big cats, purring and rolling onto their ...

Cheetah Park, Otjitotongwe, Namibia travel blog

Cheetah Park

A travel blog entry by pugsly2002

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May 9th: Today we broke camp from Spitzkoppe and headed for Cheetah park. We arrived shortly after lunch and had the early afternoon time to enjoy the pool after pitching camp.  At 1530 we met the guy who runs the camp and was taken to the house to ...

Walking with Cheetahs, Otjitotongwe, Namibia travel blog

Walking with Cheetahs

A travel blog entry by vannhansen

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Hello!! We left Etosha N.P. early on Wednesday (9/13) and headed towards our next destination of Cheetah Park. We arrived in the town of Outja for lunch and to do a bit of cook group shopping for the next few days. In the early afternoon we arrived ...

Day 10 - More Cheetahs and Himba Tribe, Near Otjitotongwe Camp, Namibia travel blog

Day 10 - More Cheetahs and Himba Tribe

A travel blog entry by aporter

With the coming of another brilliant sunrise, our troop would begin one of the longest and most fullfilling days of our journey. It all began with a brief stop at the farm's main lodge where the local family lived with two tame cheetahs, a couple of ...

Day 9 - Cheetah Farm, Otjitotongwe, Namibia travel blog

Day 9 - Cheetah Farm

A travel blog entry by aporter

Having growled and roared our best animal impressions at the previous night's campfire, it was only appropriate that this day would lead to our first encounter with African wildlife. Or, umm... sort of. But first, like all mornings, we had to load ...

Cheetah Park and Buddy the Giraffe, Otjitotongwe, Namibia travel blog

Cheetah Park and Buddy the Giraffe

A travel blog entry by texasnomads

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So as we munched on our Easter chocolates left for us by the illustrious (and elusive) Easter Jackal from Etosha NP, my excitement grew kilometer by kilometer as we approached our next excursion for the day- the Cheetah Park.  In a place I can't ...

A Cheetah's smile, Otjitotongwe, Namibia, Namibia travel blog

A Cheetah's smile

A travel blog entry by shaunandkaren

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... , or see on fed meat. If so, well you haven't seen anything until you have seen a cheetah's smile. In the north west of Namibia, there is a family who live on a farm. And on that farm, they have raised three beautiful cheetah's that they rescued as cubs, ...

Umm, can someone stop that Giraffe eating my book?,  Otjitotongwe, Namibia travel blog

Umm, can someone stop that Giraffe eating my book?

A travel blog entry by annieandmark

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... close and personal! The family who own Cheetah Park started the park as a result of Namibian government policy towards cheetahs. In Namibia cheetahs are seen as a pest and farmers are encouraged by the government to shoot any that are found on their land ...

Cheetah Park, Otjitotongwe, Namibia travel blog

Cheetah Park

A travel blog entry by elainevickers

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... that have been caught on Namibian farmers' land. This is the only way to keep them alive; it is illegal to release cheetahs back into the wild in Namibia. Three cheetahs live at the farm house. They are completely tame and purr when you stroke ...

Cheetah Park, Otjitotongwe, Namibia travel blog

Cheetah Park

A travel blog entry by scapell

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cheetahs, Otjitotongwe, Namibia travel blog

cheetahs

A travel blog entry by danieinafrika

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Had mijn speciale cheetahmoment al in nŽaankuse gehad , dus ik heb nu meer van een afstand fotoŽs genomen. Geweldige dieren blijven het. Vond het alleen te druk met 24 anderen. Ik vind echt dat dit in kleine groepjes moet gebeuren. Dat is niet alleen ...

It's animal time!, Otjitotongwe, Namibia travel blog

It's animal time!

A travel blog entry by papayaprincess

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... back into the water.  Sucks to be a seal! We took a long drive and inevitably arrived at our destination: the Otjitotongwe Cheetah Park.  We camped here for the night, with no electricity, but the real attraction was the wildlife!  Around ...

Otjitotongwe Cheetah Park, Otjitotongwe Cheetah Park, Namibia travel blog

Otjitotongwe Cheetah Park

A travel blog entry by mpoelzl

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We spent one night here. The park is basically a sanctuary for cheetahs that would otherwise be killed by farmers trying to protect their livestock. A large fenced area houses about 15 Cheetahs who are wild except that there are no other animals in ...

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