![]() “Back in the day, you really got to know the landscape and understand the animals,” Walker said. Walker says when he first started in the business 20 years ago, he used to conduct 45-day safaris. Pyramids of Life is offered by Alex Walker’s Serian tour company. ![]() We even learned about creatures I’d never heard of - like the hyrax, a small rodent-like animal that we were told is actually related to elephants. Zebras used their tails to swish insects off their pals. Topi antelopes stood guard on mounds of dirt to warn others of impending danger. In the quiet of the night, the sound of the big cat’s teeth crushing the wild pig’s bones sent shivers down my spine. We also saw a warthog torn to pieces by a lion. Then, as the mother began sauntering off to join thousands of other wildebeests in a migrating herd, we were stunned to see the newborn running too. We witnessed a wildebeest giving birth, and saw her newborn calf stumble to gain its footing, falling and rising several times in those first few moments of life. But on this trip, instead, you immerse yourself for hours watching incredible scenes unfold.Īs we wound our way through the plains each day under the heat of a penetrating sun, we saw lions mating, impalas galloping by, hungry hippos and giraffes on the hunt for water. On a typical safari, you’re rushed off from place to place to make sure you bag photos of all the Big 5 game - lion, elephant, buffalo, leopard and rhino. It’s about learning to become attuned to the sights and sounds of nature so you’re able to predict and identify what may be moving about in the plains. The three-week expedition, called Pyramids of Life, moves from Kenya’s Mara North Conservancy, which borders the country’s famous Masa Mara region, to Tanzania’s northern and southern Serengeti.īut unlike other safaris I’ve been on, this one is not just about drive-by photo opportunities. And tourists can come along for the Land Cruiser rides. The guides, members of Kenya’s Maasai tribe, spend three weeks on a training mission traversing East Africa’s Maasai Mara region under the tutelage of senior guiding experts. That’s what it’s like on safaris that let tourists learn alongside locals who are training to be guides. It’s a master class in the untamed world, a behind-the-scenes education with experts who are the talking Google gods of wildlife.
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