Africa, Part 3: Joburg | Aug 2011

Photos from various places around Johannesburg, including Soweto, the Cradle of Humanity and Pretoria. Plus - more animals at the end! Part 3 of a three-week trip to South Africa and Mozambique. See the other parts! Africa, Part 1: Safari Africa, Part 2: Pemba

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<em>Ann van Dyk Cheetah Centre</em>
In between the African wild dog and cheetah pens there was some open space, and a handful of ostriches were occupying it. It was funny to watch, because the cheetahs would sort of stalk them from behind their fence and freak out the ostriches, which look ridiculous when then run. They must not have been truly scared though, because they still hung around. Our guide actually got out and chased them away so they wouldn't distract the cheetahs.

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Ostrich Ann van Dyk Cheetah Centre In between the African wild dog and cheetah pens there was some open space, and a handful of ostriches were occupying it. It was funny to watch, because the cheetahs would sort of stalk them from behind their fence and freak out the ostriches, which look ridiculous when then run. They must not have been truly scared though, because they still hung around. Our guide actually got out and chased them away so they wouldn't distract the cheetahs.

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Photographs by Jonathan Wilson

Africa, Part 3: Joburg | Aug 2011