Travel Destination #8: South African Desert
Count yourself lucky if you ever have the chance to go on the African Safari. There is something incredible about going back to nature. The thousand year old trees with the wind sifting beneath every hair on your body, travelling in a green camouflage jeep along the uneven road and just admiring the beauty of the land we live in.
Some may gawk at the idea of a back to nature holiday but the African Safari is not your usual off the beaten track trip. You get to see hippopotamus in their natural habitats and baby elephants fresh from his mother’s womb, giraffes, herds of zebras running across wild plains and lions proving to you why they’re named King of the Jungle.
As a kid, I visited the zoo quite regularly, loved the animals and watching them at feeding hour. But as a grown up, going to the zoo is like entirely new field trip on its own. I am seriously in awe of seeing real live animals, after being stuck day to day in four by four buildings; ironically there is a certain kind of freedom in watching these animals just do their thing.
But I would imagine the African Safari to be nothing like my local zoo. For one, the animals in the Safari are literally free and roam about as they like. We are almost capturing a candid snapshot of them and that is a beauty that no words can express. The safari is one of my dream adventure holidays and a summer travel plan that got unexpectedly cancelled recently. After months of daydreaming of the African plains, researching the best South African beaches… my days now feel hopeless as I squander my eyes back to the poster of the African Safari hanging on my wall.
If I were going to South Africa for my summer though, I would definitely buy myself some travel insurance. The health benefits is one thing, as I know a couple of days roaming the plains I will no longer be as fit as a cheetah due to my deficient travelling immune system. Cities in South Africa also don’t have the lowest crime rates so a protection over my belongings will save me putting the padlock on my purse.
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The African Safari at Sunset.

Source: journalweek.com