Intro

Welcome to Reflections of an Africa tourist series!  Vicky and I thought “Reflections on Africa” sounds a bit pompous after a one month jaunt across a small part of a vast continent.  And we are definitely cognizant of the distortion of our lens as tourists. We started in Cape Town, South Africa (stunning) and then took the Rovos Rail (uppity) from Pretoria to Victoria Falls (waterfall heaven) with some safari days on the Chobe River (teeming). This was our first experience traveling with Road Scholar – a nonprofit travel group that incorporates a stronger educational component.  Very impressed.  Then we spent some time in the Maasai Mara chasing the Great Migration and Ol Pajeta  Conservatory north of Nairobi to see last two Northern White Rhino on Earth (both female and infertile…but there’s hope!).  Amazing part of our world!  I hope you enjoy the series over the coming weeks.

If you only visit two continents in your lifetime, visit Africa twice! – Paul Theroux

This is the first post of our “Notes From An African Tourist” series.  Click here to see the complete series.