Chasing tail in Madagascar
Just as unique as any nature destination are the guides that inhabit them. In the Kruger National Park, for example, they are lithe and resolute and, when scanning the horizon, look very much like the big cats they’re trying to spot. The guides that roam KwaZulu-Natal’s wilds, on the other hand, are brawny and percipient. Their ears prick at the slightest rustle and they will say things like, ‘Ah. That must be old Moses, the big bull. Sounds like he’s just woken up,’ even though they cannot see him at all. Cape guides are a little different – they speak very slowly and take almost as long as the spring flowers to build up a head of steam. But in the rainforests of Madagascar the guides are something else entirely...