Perhaps you heard the roar of a lion during the night. Or maybe the chatter of monkeys in the trees above your tent signaled that they were nearby, as your guide explains over coffee. You're sleepy, but pleased to be where you are as you climb onto your safari vehicle at dawn for your morning game drive.
Yes, it's expensive, but everything is just so lovely: champagne flukes around the camp fire at night, an engaging guide, maybe even one of those fun open air showers back at the tent. But stop and think. You're in the middle of the African bush! How did all this stuff get out here!? How do they make everything work!?
The people at the outstanding Cape Town-based magazine Africa Geographic have a fascinating article in their current issue that goes behind the scenes to show you what happens at the camp once you've set off on that morning game drive - and how much it costs to make it all work. They've been kind enough to let Common Sense and Whiskey share how much it costs, and the shopping list you'll need when you set up your own luxury game lodge. Watch for it here tomorrow.
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