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Article: Out in the bush: think an African safari means roughing it? Hardly. Luxury camps in Botswana and Namibia can make game watching a truly lush experience.(EXECUTIVE TRAVEL)
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- March 1, 2005
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Five minutes after stepping foot on African soil, we fell in love with safari. My husband and I had just arrived at a luxury lodge, and a lanky giraffe was gnawing on a branch fewer than 10 feet from our room.
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We had flown 24 hours on three different airlines, braved a 30-minute stint in a single-engine propeller plane and trekked through the African bush in an open-air Jeep. We were exhausted, jet-lagged and disoriented. But we were delighted. A herd of elephants grazed by a river and a sweet, spicy smell hung in the air.
We had planned a two-week safari through two southern African nations--Botswana and Namibia--both new ...