You may or may not have noticed, but LufthansaFlyer.com was fairly dormant for most of the last 10 days. It wasn’t for a lack of content or news regarding LH……
What created this vacuum in the blogosphere was the fact that my wife and I spent an unbelievable week on Safari in Africa. With polygraph attach, I can say that it was by far THE……BEST……VACATION…..that I’ve ever been on. What we saw, who we met and what we observed was unlike anything else that either one of us has ever experienced.
I do know that my cameras came back with 10 full memory cards and approximately 6500 photos and 4 hours of video. The prospects of sorting through all of it feels akin to putting a firehose in my mouth and turning the valve.
I’m having trouble where to start my series of trip reports due to the aforementioned statements.
The week on Safari in Africa was framed with 3 long haul flights by Lufthansa and 1 by United. I changed our outbound flight from the USA to UA since LH pilots had announced a long haul strike for the day were flying to FRA. I did not want to jeopardize our trip so was proactive but in hindsight we would have been fine on the LH flights since most long haul flights operated as usual.
As I sort through content and photos, I’ll use this post as an introduction and future installments will go in more details on our experiences. I’ll go into much greater details on the fantastic lodge, our hosts and the wonderful creatures that we saw from sun up to sun down (and later) each day!
So for now, enjoy a small appetizer of what my cameras captured……..
A Lioness guards her pride while they rest after a successful hunt…..
One of the first things we saw, a Leopard guarding his kill from a pack of Hyenas….
A monkey takes a moment…..
Taking a breather before continuing his dinner.
Of all the ‘Big 5’, the buffalo is perhaps the most dangerous.
A rare sighting as Rhinos tend not to lay down.
Kings of the jungle caught having a ‘moment’…..
One of my favorite moments as the Zebras almost appear to pose….Why does the one on the right remind me of Jerry Lewis……
A cheetah ponders her options prior to stalking her prey……
An adolescent Elephant uses our plunge pool as an open bar…….
It wasn’t all ‘claws and paws’, the scenery and sunsets were spectacular.
Right, Africa is a continent and a vast and varied one at that. If someone wrote best week in North America and provided fairly nondescript pictures its utility for readers would be zip.
If you actually read the post you would see that this was a very high level intro post to our week on Safari and more details are forthcoming. Also, I wouldn’t need to see ALL of Africa for it to be the best vacation that we’ve been on. Its all relative to one’s experiences. Also, point out to me where I said that it that we saw Africa…..I stated that it was a Safari vacation, not an Africa vacation. A minor difference, but lets not let facts get in the way. 😉
Ok, the equivalent would be “Best week camping in North America.” It provides little to no informational value for the reader trying to decide if it is worth tuning in to your series. Rather than getting defensive, please note that I was not the only reader who suggested that your description lacked precision/begged the question. But, yes, lets create straw-men. Tuning out.
I’m not getting defensive, but you did not comprehend what I was saying. I clearly stated that this was an intro post and more details of our experiences were coming. I apologize that you did not understand my intent with this post.
Wow… Incredible photos, you are obviously a talented photographer, congratulations! Begs the very obvious question… Where were you? Kruger?
Did you stay at Dulini? We were there two weeks ago and have very similar photos. I
Yes, Dulini
Thanks!
We were in the Sabi Sands region which is directly West of Kruger – What’s nice about this region is that it is fenceless so animals have the ability to roam between these and other game reserves in the area.