Why Safari Guests Cry (And Why No One Warns You About It)
Thousands of people visit the Maasai Mara and Serengeti every year. Many of them cry. Not from sadness. From something harder to name. Here's what actually happens out there, and why it matters. You Didn't Expect to Cry. Most People Don't. You're sitting in an open vehicle. The engine is off. Raymond, your guide, has cut the ignition because he spotted something moving through the thicket at the edge of the Loliondo Game Controlled Area. You're not scared. You're not sad. And then your eyes go wet, and you don't quite know what to do with that. This happens more than you'd think. It happens to people who describe themselves as unsentimental. It happens to solo travellers, to couples who have been together for thirty years, to grown children on safari with their parents for the first time. It happens at dawn on the Serengeti plains. It happens when a baby elephant crosses the road in front of the vehicle at Amboseli. It happens when the sun dr...