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April 2009 - Beyond the Traditional African Safari

Apr 17 2009
By Dennis Coello

When you book a safari, you expect to see exotic animals in the wild. What you’re not prepared for is the rush that comes when you actually spot them, singly, in herds or clustered en masse as in Edward Hicks’ painting Peaceable Kingdom or in the works of Henri Rousseau.

You’re also not prepared for elemental pleasures: hot tea with rusks (cross between cookies and granola bars) before leaving your tent for breakfast, the lull of the evening campfire, the embrace of more stars dangling overhead than you’ve ever seen in your life, the landscape that extends beyond the horizon like an ocean.

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