Six Words: Other, Experience, Predator, Calendar, Orientation, Outfit
We’d been marking off the days for weeks. Our outfits had been carefully selected and packed. Finally the calendar had told us that it was time to get to the airport and fly off to our safari adventure. This was going to be an experience like no other we’d ever had.
After 36 hours of travel time, and settled in to our rondavel, we were ready for our first game drive. It began with our driver giving us an orientation. We were told to stay seated and not to wave our arms beyond the sides of the vehicle – especially if we saw predators. He explained that the animals seemed to view the vehicles as another animal, with four feet on the ground, eyes in front, and that could move very fast. But arms flapping around could indicate an animal in distress and we could become fair game ourselves.