Tag: Big 5

Elephant Safari!

β€œI hope you have an experience that alters the course of your life because, after Africa, nothing has ever been the same” – Suzanne Evans 🌍🐘🐘🐘🐘🐘🐘🐘🐘🐘🐘🐘🐘 On the morning of my very first game drive, we watched the sunrise as we sipped on our coffee with Amarula (an amazing African liquor that tastes as good…

Fun Facts About Africa’s Big Five

The term β€œBig Five” originally referred to the difficulty in hunting the lion, leopard, rhino, elephant and African buffalo. These five large African mammal species were known to be the most dangerous and it was considered a feat by trophy hunters to bring them home. Today, however, the expression takes on a much gentler form,…

The African Meaning behind ‘The Lion King’ Character’s Names

Besides offering breathtaking views of African landscapes, Disney’s The Lion King also used names for the characters, which most have a Swahili meaning, a language of eastern and southeastern Africa. The opening of the song is sung in Zulu, which is a language of South Africa. Some of the story’s elements also pull from Masai…