TRUE STORY; Tourist comes within inches of inquisitive cheetah when it pokes its head through car sunroof in the Serengeti National Park,Tanzania

This is the heart-stopping moment a photographer came within inches of a young cheetah when it stuck its head through her sun roof.

Australian Bobby-Jo Clow, 31, was on safari in Tanzania when the juvenile started heading towards her Land Rover with his sibling.

She carried on taking pictures as the young male dangled its paws in front of her face and smelt her hair before its mother called it away into the wilds of the Serengeti National Park.

  The animal bares its teeth after hopping on top of the car in Tanzania's Serengeti National Park

She said: 'It was wildlife heaven. It was so overwhelming. I was actually crying through my viewfinder at times.

'I wasn't scared, I was in total awe of how majestic and glorious this young cheetah was.

 Selfie: Photographer Bobby-Jo Clow poses with the cheetah sitting comfortably on the roof

 Up close and personal: The big cat hops up onto the bonnet

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By Daily Mail Reporter
PUBLISHED: 13 March 2014