Visit the De Wildt Cheetah and Wildlife Centre.
This facility has gained international recognition for bringing the cheetah back from the brink of extinction through its captive breeding programmes. This success has been unparalle-led anywhere else in the world!
Over the years, nearly 600 cheetah cubs have been born at De Wildt - a dramatic contrast to the days when the cheetah population of South Africa was estimated at a mere 700.
Although they initially bred only cheetah, activities soon widened to include other endangered animal species such as wild dog, brown hyaena, serval, suni antelope, blue and red duiker, bontebok, riverine rabbit and vultures - including the rare Egyptian vulture. Many of these have been successfully bred for later reintroduction into the wild, thus helping to repopulate areas where such species have disappeared or are no longer abundant.
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