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KENYAS NTO<br />
Tracking Down the Big Five in Style<br />
By Susan McKee<br />
As I scanned the vastness of<br />
the East African horizon,<br />
memories of summer camp<br />
flooded into my mind.<br />
“Going on a squeegee<br />
hunt!” I could hear my counselor chanting,<br />
her hands beating a slow marching<br />
cadence on her thighs. “Gonna catch a<br />
big one. I’m not afraid.”<br />
The children’s song, complete with<br />
hand gestures and sound effects, no<br />
doubt was inspired right where I stood –<br />
on a safari in Kenya. If we’d been on foot<br />
instead of cosseted in a Land Rover, perhaps<br />
we, too, would have been “going<br />
on a hunt,” rustling through waist-high<br />
grass and climbing the occasional acacia<br />
tree for a better view.<br />
Like the colonial trophy-seeking hunters<br />
of the 19th century, we were stalking the<br />
“Big Five,” searching the savannah for<br />
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elephant, rhinoceros, leopard, lion and<br />
buffalo. But, instead of guns, we intended<br />
only capture by camera.<br />
During my week, we must have seen<br />
several hundred elephants, thousands<br />
of buffalo, a dozen rhinos and a halfdozen<br />
lions, but we never caught sight<br />
of a leopard. Instead, we followed<br />
herds of wildebeest and gazelles, compared<br />
the stripes on two different<br />
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species of zebra, and used a spotlight<br />
to see the small mammals that came<br />
out after dark. All the while, we hoped<br />
the vultures circling overhead weren’t<br />
waiting for us!<br />
Close Encounters with Wildlife<br />
There are two ways to head out to<br />
see wildlife in Kenya. The usual way is<br />
to book passage with a company specializing<br />
in exploring the vast government<br />
game preserves, where wildlife<br />
roams unfettered, attracting tourists by<br />
the busload. Of course, that’s the problem<br />
– one van driver spots a lion, and<br />
suddenly 15 more vehicles will converge<br />
on the spot.<br />
The second way is to spend time in<br />
one or more of the privately-owned<br />
game preserves. Access is controlled,<br />
and there are no government-imposed<br />
rules about driving off the marked<br />
roads or looking for game after dark.<br />
12 JUNE 2008 WWW.<strong>JAXFAX</strong>.COM<br />
KENYA NTO
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