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Coming Home To MOUNT CAMDEBOO

not more than five metres from our vehicle lay a female cheetah, totally nonplussed by the excited humans staring at her. Cameras were quickly dug out of bags, joyous whispers were shared and thumbs ups and thank yous were offered to the guide. We had just arrived at the spectacular Mount Camdeboo Private Game Reserve and were enjoying our second introduction to what would be an out-of-this world safari in the Great Karoo.

Earlier that day and an introduction to the area

Our first introduction to the area was no less spectacular, and it too took our breath away. That is because not an hour earlier, we were soaring over the Camdeboo landscape in a helicopter with Fly Karoo.

Taking off from the Graaff-Reinet golf course, the historical town dropping out below us, our jaws hung agape. The landscape stretched for miles in every direction, with undulating

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