The Slow Safari

In today’s world that constantly tells you to go faster, do more, and tick off every box on your list, it is getting easier and easier to lose sight of nature's true value. The true magic of the African wilderness is found in the profound luxury of stillness. The most meaningful experiences are about how deeply you feel, hear, smell and connect with yourself, and the wilderness within and around you.

Take your time on a Slow Safari experience, where having the time is essential for the true impact of being in nature to unfold.

Lerato Adventures – Close up of an African Elephant

The Art of Listening

Imagine this: You're out on an early morning game drive. The air is cool, carrying the scent of dew and dust. You drive out of camp, still half asleep, and find the most surreal spot to stop. To turn off the vehicle. To go silent and use only your ears and your eyes. Listen. Watch. Breath. Feel.

The distant call of a hyena going home for the day. The quiet rustle of dry grass and the leaves as the wind blows softly. The heat of the sun's rays on your face as the sun starts to rise higher. These are the whispers of the wild, a symphony that unfolds when you take the time to listen, watch and allow yourself to simply be present without a word.

These subtle notes take time to appear. The Slow Safari encourages you to pause and discover the wilderness happening all around you.

Engage All Your Senses

A slow, impact-driven safari transforms you into a participant of wilderness’s grand narrative.

Smell the air in the Bush after a rainstorm; it is filled with the rich, earthy scent of petrichor. In the dry season, it is filled with the scent of smoky leaves and sun-baked soil. Rub the leaves of a wild sage bush and have a whiff. Close your eyes and breathe it in, ask yourself if it is sweet or pungent.

Feel with the tips of your fingers the spot where elephants have used a tree as a scratching post. Feel the bark where they have not. Grab a handful of soft sand and let it blow away as you test the direction of the wind. Feel the heat of the sun on your skin. Feel the wilderness around you.

Look at the movements of a herd of impala. Look at the coordination of the herd as they move in a synchronous flow. Watch the sun rise and fall during its first and last seconds of light. Watch the rays create shadows in the morning dust. Watch the trees unify in shadow as darkness creeps in.

Listen to the crunching of leaves under your feet or in your hand. Listen to the impala slowly sweeping across an area. Listen to the sounds of the birds. Listen to when their songs stop. Listen to what they are now saying. They will find you, a predator in their world. They will find you a predator.

The True Impact of Time

When you slow down, you create space for deeper connections, for nature to make her presence known, felt and heard.

Give yourself the gift of time and let the wilderness reveal its deepest secrets to you.

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Space is limited. Time is infinite.

Lerato Adventures – Hippos in the water