Since we returned from a South African safari at Sabi Sands in Kruger National Park friends have asked questions such as, “What did you see?”, “What was it like?”and “Will you go back?” Here are the answers:
In Sabi Sands we saw elephants, hippos, warthogs, lions, leopards, giraffes, rhino, impala, zebra, crocodiles, water buffalo and other bouncing jeeps filled with dazed travellers. I briefly fantasized about writing a movie script following all the members of one jeep in which they feed the vegan to the lions.
What it was like was like visiting another planet. From a life in Canada I know bears and deer and little black city squirrels as creatures. African animals are aliens. Now that I’m back home I imagine giraffes walking among Ontario spruce or oak or past the telephone poles of downtown Toronto and it blows my mind.
Will I go back? No. South Africa is extraordinary but it takes 24 hours of flights and layovers to visit. The weather was sunny and plus 40 degree Celsius. It’s the most expensive trip we’ve ever taken, by far. Most important, I have no desire to try to replicate something unique and perfect. Enough is as good as a feast.