If there is one park to go to in Africa, this is the one.  Absent is the intense commercialization of the Serengeti, instead replaced with respectful and knowledgeable guides (some of the best trained in Africa), stunning landscapes, and much fewer people.  The park hosts a wide variety of animals – leopards and some substantial prides of lions along with many unique birds and an incredible hippo population. Similar to the Serengeti, we were able to camp right inside the park.  However, unlike the Serengeti where we simply heard some animals distant, the campsites are regularly visited by hippos and elephants and anybody who is curious can just watch from...

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