Review: SANParks South African Wild Card

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The decision to purchase the South African wild card park pass was an easy one. We were coming to Africa and we were told that within South Africa we could do our own game drives and safaris and not pay for an expensive tour or guide. With a little more research we realized that this [...]

Gorillas in the mist

Gorillas in the mist

So after being charged twice as Danny mentioned yesterday, which really was terrifying, we slid down the mountain a bit more and found ourselves in a huge clearing with about a dozen mountain gorillas. It was an amazing experience being surrounded by these huge creatures, but they couldn’t have been more passive. We spent an [...]

Ever been charged by a mountain gorilla?

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Transportation from the capital to the Bwindi Impenetrable Forest – $130 Permits to go gorilla tracking in Bwindi – $500 Seeing your wife’s face as a 400 pound angry silverback mountain gorilla charges your group and knocks down one of the guides……..priceless The walk hadn’t been too bad, at least not in comparison to everything [...]

Searching for Cheetah

Searching for Cheetah

Exiting Etosha we drove quickly through Namibia’s capital Windhoek before crossing the border directly into the Kahalari Desert, and the trans-frontier park shared by both South Africa and Botswana. This park is known for two things: being in the middle of nowhere and being home to a lot of cats. We knew we’d see lions, [...]