Post by Owen on Apr 18, 2024 10:59:27 GMT
1 ~~~ A family adventure through Botswana's wilderness in search of fearsome residents
Andrew McCarthy takes his nine-year-old camping in the Okavango Delta
“There.” the whisper is urgent.
The Land Cruiser stops.
“What?” asks Rowan, looking up from his manga comic.
“Lion,” says our guide Will Jones, his tone still hushed, pointing into the yellow grass ahead.
“Where?” Rowan shouts. “Shhh,” says everyone in the vehicle, in unison.
A large male emerges from the waist-high grass with languid purpose and crosses our path on the sandy track we’ve been bouncing over – he’s no more than 30 feet in front of us.
A large open wound is visible on his right flank.
We’re silent as he passes.
When the cat slinks back into the grass my nine-year-old turns to me, a wide grin on his face.
“Bragging rights,” he says.
www.cntraveller.com/article/a-family-adventure-through-botswanas-wilderness?
10 April 2024
Andrew McCarthy takes his nine-year-old camping in the Okavango Delta
“There.” the whisper is urgent.
The Land Cruiser stops.
“What?” asks Rowan, looking up from his manga comic.
“Lion,” says our guide Will Jones, his tone still hushed, pointing into the yellow grass ahead.
“Where?” Rowan shouts. “Shhh,” says everyone in the vehicle, in unison.
A large male emerges from the waist-high grass with languid purpose and crosses our path on the sandy track we’ve been bouncing over – he’s no more than 30 feet in front of us.
A large open wound is visible on his right flank.
We’re silent as he passes.
When the cat slinks back into the grass my nine-year-old turns to me, a wide grin on his face.
“Bragging rights,” he says.
www.cntraveller.com/article/a-family-adventure-through-botswanas-wilderness?
10 April 2024