Sheltering below the plunging walls of the Great Rift Valley lies the quintessentially serene Lake Manyara Tented Camp, tucked in an evergreen forest on bird-rich Lake Manyara. Lake Manyara National Park is where Ernest Hemingway camped on the hunting safari that inspired his book, Green Hills of Africa.
TULI CHEETAHS!
Today on our morning drive around the Kwandwe area I spotted something laying down with little bit of the head visible and using binocular my eyes twinkled between leopard rosettes or cheetah spots! I thought it would be a leopard as we had not seen cheetah for four years. As we approched my eyes started to recognise cheetah spots even before I actually saw its face. Well she faintly turned her face towards us, Ohhh what an absolutely delight this was?
I took a few deep breaths and happily whispered that it was a cheetah? Wow! I was over excited! Yes 'TULIA' means 'Silent Place'! My guests continued to say Tuli Cheetahs! Meanwhile as we looked around we saw another two cheetahs not far away from the first one we saw. It's obviously a miracle to Lake Manyara as the cheetahs were not seen for a long time! It was a "wow moment!"
What do you think has changed around this area that have brought three cheetah's in? Has the lion population declined and the cheetah's are less threatened? Happy for you and your guests for this sighting.
By: Dana, Date: 16 June 2011
Sorry Dana - I was off for a few days. I think it's drought that brings them back. We have a narrow corridor between our National Park and Tarangire National Park which different animals use to explore both Parks. They may stay or not.
By: tuli cheetah in L. Manyara, Date: 24 June 2011
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