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Cheetah Conservation Fund (CCF).

The world's leading cheetah research and education centre near Otjiwarongo, offering feeding talks, guided drives and conservation tours.

NamibiaBest time to visit
Year-round

About this destination

Founded in 1990 by Dr. Laurie Marker near Otjiwarongo, the Cheetah Conservation Fund is the world's leading research and education centre dedicated to saving the cheetah, the most endangered of Africa's big cats. The centre runs a visitor programme including feeding talks, a museum on cheetah biology, and guided drives to see resident cheetahs — many rescued from human-wildlife conflict and unable to return to the wild.

CCF's work with local farmers, including its Livestock Guarding Dog programme, has become a global model for predator-friendly agriculture, making a visit here as much about conservation science as wildlife viewing.

Coordinates

-20.48387, 17.03154

Best time to visit

Year-round

Location

N°01 · Highlights

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✦Cheetah feeding talks

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✦Guided game drives

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✦Conservation museum

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✦Livestock guarding dog programme

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✦Behind-the-scenes tours

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✦Gift shop supporting research

N°03 · Where to Stay

lodge

Cheetah View Lodge

Five stone-built suites on the Cheetah Conservation Fund's own reserve near Otjiwarongo, roughly 44km east of town and adjacent to CCF's Research and Conservation Centre, with unobstructed views across the savannah to the Waterberg Plateau. Breakfast and dinner are included, as is a reduction on CCF's cheetah activities, from cheetah drives to cheetah runs. Revenue generated by the lodge directly supports CCF's conservation and research work.

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guesthouse

Babson Guesthouse

CCF's more upscale guesthouse on the same Otjiwarongo reserve as Cheetah View Lodge, typically booked exclusively for one group at a time. The historic house sleeps up to six and is furnished with antique wood wardrobes, African carvings and animal prints, with a private veranda for sundowners and cheetah sightings close by. A stay includes full board, a private guide and chef, airstrip transfers and laundry, and guests can take a private safari through CCF's own 'Little Serengeti' plains.

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