If you lived here, you’d have a home where the buffalo roam! Based on archeological evidence that they once lived here American Bison have been reintroduced into Payne’s Prairie along with long-horn cattle and horses descended from stock imported by Spanish settlers. There is a rich diversity of plant and animal life here in a fascinating environment. We explored the visitors center and climbed the observation tower at the Payne’s Prairie Preserve State Park. After all that excitement we treated ourselves to an amazing BBQ meal at Pearl Country Store in the Marathon station on US-441. If you are hungry anywhere near here, you owe it to yourself to stop at Pearl’s not just for the tasty smoked meats but for some incredible vegetable dishes!
Queen Mary 2’s arrival in the Port of Dakar, Senegal was heralded in the local press and greeted with ceremony. Our own excursion took us on a coach journey through the streets of the capital city to visit a Wolof village and the shore of Lake Retba, the salty lake famed for an intense pink color.
Today’s safari adventure transported us out into the Dorob National Park to have up close encounters with little creatures that are well adapted to the extreme heat and lack of water in the Namib Desert.
With a UNESCO World Heritage Site, two national parks, dozens of museums, and hundreds of tours offered in the Cape Town area there is more than plenty to do. For our two day visit we opted to concentrate on African wildlife visiting the Aquila Private Game Reserve and the Boulders Beach Penguin Colony for a wonderful chance to these fabulous animals in their own habitat.
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