Why Out There Overland Travel?
Going on an African safari is about discovery. The discovery of each of the iconic ‘Big 5’ animals roaming freely in the vast African bushveld. The discovery of new and interesting destinations and local food, culture and customs.
Africa lives by its own sense of time. And this will lead you to another discovery and that is the value of time, and how it is spent with your family.
Spending time in the bush, uninterrupted and in a ‘chilled’ environment was a masterstroke for my family and I.
Like any good blend of wine or whisky, it is about getting the balance and timing just right. Work time versus together time. It shouldn’t necessarily be quantitative, but rather, qualitative. In the meaning of life, surely this is a top priority?
Memories are built on the foundations of stories. Stories arise from experiences, which are way more powerful when shared. The power is created when doing something out of the ordinary, something ‘out there’.
What better way to conceive stories than around a crackling campfire while sitting in your comfortable camping chair, in the open bushveld, solving all the world’s problems, or talking about the huge elephant mock-charging you and how you reacted to this. You will laugh years later, as you recall and embellish and entertain with these stories.
This is the glue that binds the family, more powerfully than you can imagine. I can say this with absolute conviction having spent nearly 40 years of my life working at large corporates solving my clients’ business issues, there’s hardly a challenge I haven’t had to face. But the most important one to get right was the balance between work and family time.
The measure of this is answered when I ask this question;
Why do my sons and their friends and girlfriends want to spend holidays with my wife and I, when surely, there are other attractions seemingly more appealing to them in their 20’s?
Somehow, we got this right. We have endless stories to share and celebrate and for sure, there will be many more to be made.
So, think of this; overland travel is your blank sheet of paper or your canvas. Bring your pens and paints and we’ll help you create your family’s everlasting masterpieces, every turn of the wheel along the way, never to be forgotten.
Africa awaits you in all its abundance and glory. Let the stories begin.