A total safari newbie, I wasn't sure what to expect when I packed my duffel bag to head to the bush in Zambia. So, I tried to have few expectations. Everyone kept asking me what animals I wanted to see, as if it were a menu. I'll take one of everything, please? I was just looking forward to seeing animals that I'd only seen before in a zoo or circus in their natural element. And, of course, to be in Africa.On the first truck ride from the airport to camp, I realized why the Abercrombie & Kent tour schedule listed the two-hour ride as a "transfer/game drive." We had just left the town of Mfuwe and were entering South Luangwa National Park on the way to our camp within the park, Sanctuary Puku Ridge. Just after the sun faded beyond the horizon, our truck rounded a bend and came upon a giraffe in the middle of the road. Our patient guide allowed all of us safari first-timers to have a proper burst of excitement before proceeding forward into the darkening bush. By the time we arrived at our camp, we had spotted even more game....two hippos scampering off in the darkness and the shadowy bulk of a few elephants. Not that I was counting, but I'd already crossed two animals off my Big 5 list. I was already being spoiled by Zambia!
Read more about Krista's first safari after the jump.
Post originale: http://blogs.nationalgeographic.com/blogs/intelligenttravel/2010/11/out-of-office-into-africa.html
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