Safari.The word conjures up many preconceived notions. Lions, elephants, giraffes, zebras, wildebeast, water buffalo, grass, sun, wide and empty savanna, and adventure.
I'd like to offer some alternative perspectives on safari.
Perspective 1: Antelope really aren't that interesting. Even when they have funny nicknames like "the stupid ones."
Perspective 2: 4 km on game trails is harsh on the car. Why hasn't National Geographic ever done a show on "The Roads of Africa"? It could be quite entertaining.
Perspective 3: Warthogs. Are. Ugly.'Nuff said.
Perspective 4: The animals are not caged. This is no Disney "Animal Kingdom" safari. There is no hospital a couple miles away, no electric zappers for those animals with an attitude, no fence or moat or high-up platform to keep them from you (or you from them). And nothing at all to keep animals from blocking the road while they goof off.
Above is our guide, carrying a gun. And at one point during our morning safari, he laughed at a big bull elephant: "Ooh, yes, I've had to shoot at that one before. He wouldn't get off the road."
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