This is the heart-stopping moment a tourist gets a close up of a cheetah on top of her safari jeep after the feline jumped on it.

The footage shows a woman filming the cheetah standing on top of the vehicle from just a few inches away.

After a while, the cheetah jumps off the jeep and runs away in the savannah.

The filmed writes: ‘’We were in the Masai Kopjkes corner of the park with our driver-guide Godfrey Shirima. We came upon two cheetahs, young brothers Godfrey told us.

‘’The three jeeps in our group were able to approach very close. This aroused the cheetahs' curiosity and the proceeded to get up and check us out.

‘’One young cheetah jumped and you can see for yourself what happened.’’

The clip was filmed in October 2017.

On safari in the Serengeti, we were in the Masai Kopjkes corner of the park with our driver-guide Godfrey Shirima. We came upon two cheetahs, young brothers Godfrey told us, who were sunning on a termite mound.

The three jeeps in our group were able to approach very close. This aroused the cheetahs' curiosity and the proceeded to get up and check us out. One young cheetah jumped and you can see for yourself what happened.

October 16 2017