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a Swahili word for journey that became the world's fanciest excuse to stare at animals.
means A trip or expedition, especially one taken to observe or hunt wild animals in their natural habitat, most often in Africa.
from Straight from Swahili 'safari,' meaning 'journey' or 'expedition' — itself borrowed from Arabic 'safar,' travel. The word followed the trade routes inland and was carried home by 19th-century European travelers, who attached it firmly to the African big-game expedition, where it has been staring at lions ever since.
- origin
- Swahili 'safari' simply means 'journey' or 'trip'
- the big five
- named for hardest to hunt, not biggest
- shooting shift
- cameras quietly replaced rifles last century
- browser too
- Apple's safari launched in 2003
serengeti national park — tanzania's 14,750 km² reserve hosting the annual wildebeest migration of 1.5 million animals
kruger national park — south africa's 19,485 km² park with the big five and over 500 species of birds
masai mara national reserve — kenya's 1,510 km² reserve where lions, elephants, and zebras roam across the rift valley