Cheetah!
posted by Paul
We visited the Cheetah Outreach Project at Spier wine estate today. The facility is a cheetah conservation project that serves mostly as a conservation education facility and fund-raising initiative.So, on your next trip to Cape Town be sure to visit the Cheetahs at Spier. If you bring a little extra money along you'll have an opportunity to visit the cheetahs inside their enclosure, and even stroke them - if you're brave enough!
Being able to reach a speed of 120km/h makes the Cheetah the fastest land animal around. They are reportedly able to accelerate from 0 to 110km/h in only 3 seconds... which is more than twice as fast as my 6-cylinder BMW!
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Looks like it just finished a delicious meal!
Our list of places to visit next time we're over in SA and especially Cape Town way is growing longer and longer...
In Tanzania I was lucky enough to see a cheetah chase down a Thompsons Gazelle and let me assure you that the acceleration has to be seen in real life to be properly understood.
Anyway, here is an entry for the cheetah sanctuary with cost, directions, map and other details
@al - That must have been awesome to behold. Thanks for the link to dostuffct.com - it looks really nive. Is it your site?
@Paul - Yeah it's a site I started recently to learn about awesome things to do in Cape Town. In fact, I just finished a major theme and usability overhall - let me know what you think.
The cheetah experience from my first comment was amazing - I highly recommend Tanzania if you get the chance
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