AdamEfimoff
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- Aug 29, 2015
want to try test kitchen in Cape Town!
Cousin Orville, your photos are amazing. Thank you for sharing your journey with us. South Africa is magical and it is difficult for me to express my experience in words.
For those thinking about this trip and wanting to see leopards, consider heading to Sabi Sands after the ABD (but you can also easily plan a trip to S. Africa on your own -- it's easy to do) -- they are rich with leopards and sightings are plentiful and exciting (we saw them mating, with cubs {we even witnessed a cub climbing a tree to meet her mama to feast on an impala}, kill in a tree with circling hyenas, etc.). It is a game-rich ecosystem (we didn't see any cheetahs here though).
Zambia and Zimbabwe are both easily accessible from Sabi Sands.
Looking forward to the next installment.
Funny you mention J'burg. When I was asking her about the trip, she said that was the one city they were told NOT to go out in alone at all. She's a world traveler--literally been all over--and that's the only time she's been told that.
Spectacular. Simply spectacular. I'd say that was a pretty successful drive!
I'll have to remember that about going during their winter. You know I'm not a morning person, either, and the early mornings are one of my concerns about this trip.
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Yes, when my husband and I were there, they banged on our doors between 4:30 and 5:00 every morning. We never missed a drive, but we groaned a lot.
Your pictures are breathtaking. Do you edit them? If so, what program do you use?
Also could you remind me what kind of camera you use? I'm thinking about getting the Sony mirrorless Alpha A7 II for our next trip but am waiting for a really good sale.
You have just sold me on going in winter. I will never hear the end of it from my family if we get woken up at 4:30 on vacation.
The night sky photo is just amazing. (I say that about all the photos, but it's true).