Your pictures of the Wild Africa Trek look absolutely amazing. It's definitely something I would like to try in the future.
Thanks for the compliment. We really enjoyed it but I would definitely recommend the earliest tour possible, especially in the warmer months. The animals are fed early and don't move around as much in the hot afternoons.
Just wondering? We went on this Trek the first month they started in 2011 and we never were really close to the animals we had to use binoculars in the jeep and at the Boma, do you have a really good camera or have they changed some things?
They had binoculars in the safari truck just in case but we didn't need them. I was using a 50mm lens (not a zoom). About half the pics shown were taken by the CM guides and they had a zoom lens and a better camera. Maybe we were just lucky but it worked out well for us.
I'm wondering the same thing as above. We are doing this for the first time in June. How many pictures does the CM take? Did you ask them to take specific pictures or do they just take what they want? Was there water in the bottles? I know it's going to be hot when we go and I just want to make sure we have plenty of water.
I kept 89 pics taken by the CM. I don't remember how many were available online but there were lots of pics of the other members of our group that I did not keep...a LOT of the children that were there. You could ask for specific pics but I don't believe anyone did. They were very good about getting candid and posed shots of all the group. Yes, there was water in the bottle and it kept it very cool. There were a couple of places to refill and then at the observation spot where we ate, they had water and juice.
Oh wow. That looks absolutely incredible. I want to do that so badly!!! I did the Backstage Safari tour a couple years ago and that was really cool too, but I think I'd like this even more.
Thanks for sharing!!!
You're very welcome! It was one of those things that you need to do at least once because it really is fun. We weren't rushed at all and had plenty of time to ask questions. The driver would slow down when photo-ops popped up too.
First, to your question, about two meets. We are at Disney September 19 - 26 and then go to Marco Island until October 5 so those dates don't work. But I definitely want to set something up next month.
We will definitely have to set something up even if it's just a hi-take a pic-bye meet!
You had me
You sound just like my husband as he would be doing/saying the same smartalleck things you did as you got your harness on. I'm sorry you won't meet him as I am sure you two would hit it off immediately.
I'm sure he wouldn't admit to being a smartalleck either. We prefer to say we take advantage of opportune times to practice the art of jocularity!
I thoroughly enjoyed this update. I've always wanted to do this tour but we have held off. Now that I've showed Mark the pictures of your harness and being tethered he is more comfortable with it. I think we will definitely do it in 2016 (we are skipping DW in 2015 as we are planning on going to DL in 2015); this gives Mark a little extra time to lose the weight he wants to lose and I think he'll be more comfortable too. Do you ride in different kinds of vehicles for the safari part than the normal safari ride vehicles?
You got awesome photos during your trek.
Thanks for sharing...I really enjoyed this update.
Thanks for the kind words. Tell Mark he needs to go on this tour! It is definitely worth it. The safari truck is smaller than the Kilimanjaro Safari trucks. Instead of bench seats they have seats around the perimeter of the bed that you sit in. Since the groups are purposely kept small, you have great vision all around to see everything.
