CCB reaches a new audience at the Gaborone International Airshow

The Gaborone International Airshow, known to be one of the biggest shows in the Botswana Tourism Organization (BTO)’s calendar, seeks to demonstrate pride in the country and showcase its advancement in tourism, aviation and public events over the past years. On the 6th of August 2017, Cheetah Conservation Botswana was invited to exhibit at 2017 Gaborone International Air Show held at Sir Seretse Khama International Airport. But cheetahs can’t fly, you may be saying. Although this is technically true, we attended the event mostly to reach a broader audience from the southern regions of the country in order to share the message of coexistence further afield. Though, in an interesting side note – did you know that when cheetahs are running at full speed their feet are off the ground longer than they are touching the ground? It is incredible that they run so fast that they are almost flying.
A huge crowd turned out for the Airshow to witness the Scania Strongest Man Challenge and Truck Pulling, performances by Nigel Hopkins Aerobatics, Team Xtreme, Absolute Aviation as well as parachute drops and fly-pasts by the Botwana Defense Force. The event was well worth attending and gave CCB an opportunity to share our message of human-wildlife coexistence, distribute resource material as well as engage and build relationships with BTO and myriad other organisations. Thank you to the Botswana Tourism Organisation for inviting us to attend this exciting event.