Safaris on a Shoestring
Arthur Frommer's Budget Travel, September, 1998 by David Appell
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Trekking for nearly two hours through the grasslands and scrub forests of Botswana's Okavango Delta, our group of eight has spotted some monkeys cavorting in a tree, the odd antelope, and what we thought might be a wart hog. Lots of tracks, though - lion, elephant, zebra, cheetah, hippo - not to mention myriad sizes and shapes of dung (hyena, leopard, elephant again). Oh, and a water buffalo skull, stripped impressively clean by something I'd rather not meet.
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But where's the big game? Or have we flown halfway around the world just to stare at animal droppings? Then our young Tswana guide Shuma leads us to a vantage point atop a termite mound in an open flatland. We stand silently, scanning with binoculars. Suddenly, a movement catches my eye. I point, and everyone turns: "What, where?" Within moments, our answer comes as a herd of giraffes appears from ...
