The game drive we went on was beyond amazing! We went to Aquila
Game Reserve and we arrived Friday afternoon then left Saturday morning. Right after we arrived we had lunch (buffet
style) and there was tons of food. After lunch we went to our rooms, they were
gorgeous. Then we had about 2 hours until the game drive so we invited Carrie
over and chatted for a while. Finally it was time to begin the safari ride
everyone was so excited. It was late afternoon and the sun was going down so
they gave us blankets and heating pads to prepare for the cold night ahead of
us. We began and the first animal we saw was a zebra, one of my favorite
animals. It was so unreal how close we were to it.
We all took tons of
pictures, but I tried to keep in mind what Ben had told us the day before,
which was try to actually observe the animals in their natural habitat because
a camera can’t capture the beauty of that and looking back at photos wont
always show you or give you the same feeling. After the zebra we ran into some
elephants, they were beautiful! One of them actually came very close to the
truck, so our driver/tour guide had to quickly drive away. He told us that they
tend to be territorial. Then we continued on with our drive and we saw all
sorts of animals such as springbok, water buffalos, ostriches, giraffe, hippos,
rhinos, wildebeests and finally lions!
My absolute favorite animal, they were
stunning to observe. I learned that lions typically live to the age of 14 but there
was actually a lion there that was 16 years old. He looked frail because his mane
was barely there, but once he got up and growled at another lion while protecting
the lioness that graciously lay on top of a shack I could quickly see how ferocious
he was. It was amazing how all these
animals could be living on the same territory and get along. They are all so
different from each other yet they seem to rotect one another and interact. It
was intriguing to see how they don’t attack each other over food, land or
anything else because there’s so much violence in the world today that I just
wonder how its possible for animals to live civilly while humans are always
fighting instead of protecting each other.
One thing that Marita mentioned that
stuck with me was that humans are the only living creatures that take more than
they need. Plants and animals survive with just what they need, they never take
more than they need at that given moment. I think if we did the same there
wouldn’t be so much violence, hatred, or discrimination in the world.
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