DREAMSCAPES FALL 2017
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I
'm experiencing a new kind of safari,
one that matches game drive experi-
ences with scientific knowledge thanks
to the newly launched National Geographic
Journeys with G Adventures. Looking for-
ward to seven days of adventure, our focus
is to see the big five: lions, elephants, leop-
ards, rhinoceroses and Cape buffalo.
Leaving behind the bustling metropolis
of Johannesburg, busy streets and high rises
morph into rolling hills of cornfields and
the mountainous Blyde River Canyon. Our
G Adventures CEO Johan Noppe shares his
knowledge of South Africa, mixing in bits of
history, biology and memories of his own
adventures as we drive northeast along the
EDITORIAL AND PHOTOGRAPHY BY
WAHEEDA HARRIS
South Africa's
MAGIC KINGDOM
AS I WALK UNDER THE SHADE OF THE FEVER TREES TO WHERE MY GROUP IS
GATHERING FOR BREAKFAST, I AM NOT GREETED WITH A CHORUS OF GOOD
MORNING BUT WITH "DID YOU HEAR THE LIONS LAST NIGHT?" SADLY I DID
NOT, BUT THAT WOULD BE MY ONLY DISAPPOINTMENT IN MY EXPLORATION
OF THE WILD AREAS OF EASTERN SOUTH AFRICA.
