Virus lockdown boosts South African virtual safari tours

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Guides take viewers along for a virtual game drive, finding wildlife and sharing facts about animals encountered along the way.

A pride of lions flops lazily across a track at a South African game reserve, enjoying newfound tranquility since last month’s closure of all national parks to support an anti-coronavirus lockdown.

“Since the lockdown occurred we have seen an amazing explosion in our audience,” said Graham Wallington, head of a live safari broadcaster called WildEarth. WildEarth operates from two vehicles in two private game reserves bordering the internationally famous Kruger National Park. “You want to know how much water an elephant drinks in a day?” asked ranger Trishala Naidoo, as she drove along a bumpy bush track.

 

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