I think I might have been about 8 years old when I watched SHAKA ZULU, the Great Zulu Warrior King on TV. It was a series that was on for about 3 months, every Sunday night. The whole country of Panama was glued to the TV on Sunday nights. Not once I ever thought I was going to visit the land of the Zulus' myself.
Not only the interaction with the animals was amazing, but also the people at the place. Our guide, Truman, and tracker, Wyneth, were both local zulu men and made our experience superb. We had two game drives a day. One at 6 AM, for which we would have to get up at 5:30 AM every day at the reserve, and other at 3 PM. Animals sights are best at sunrise or sunset. Both game drives had either coffee break, or cocktail break.
The purpose of a game drive, is to see the "Big 5". The lion, elephant, leopard, buffalo and rhinoceros were the five animal most difficult to hunt on foot, back in the late 19th Century when the Safari culture started in Africa. Safari means "long journey" in Swahili language. Now a days, there is still hunting, but most reserves are all about preserving the wildlife instead.
Some people take many years before they can see the Big 5, but we were lucky to see them all, plus cheetahs, zebras, hyenas, giraffe and many more. The only picture I couldn't get was the one of the leopard. A very cautious animal, it is rare to see it. No picture of it, but the most amazing memory of its sight will always be in our minds.
See for yourself, what I was able to witness in person, simply A M A Z I N G!!!
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