Kruger National Park 20151020 - Cats and Dogs

Our safari guide was so excited to spot African Wild Dogs that he stopped there for a while. Our ignorance showed when we asked ourself, "what is so special about wild dogs, we have dogs running wild back home!" We were explained that African Wild Dogs are an endangered species, and the population in Kruger is around ~400, so it is hard to spot these.




The safari guide was also our driver, and he communicates with fellow guides with walkie talkie during the tour to share if any rare animals were spotted.
In this case, we were told that there was a cheetah in the bushes, which I couldn't see.  I just took a few shots with my 150-600mm zoom lens in the direction that they were pointing at.  Can you spot the cheetah in this photo?



Here it is cropped from near center of the photo above!




We all saw the cheetah when it started moving, but it was too far that autofocus totally missed it, and I was not fast enough to switch to manual focus.



Here it is again cropped.




We received word that there were a group of lions, and our guide rushed us to the location.  There was a big traffic jam when we arrived, and by the time we got to a good photo spot, the adult lions have left these two cubs under the tree.