West African Safari

In a recent week of training in a nearby country, we were able to visit the only giraffe herd left in West Africa. We hopped in the utility vehicles and headed out of town. Once we stopped at the edge of the area where the herd lives, we picked up our “guide” who was going to lead us to them. He climbed on top of the roof of our SUV and proceeded to lead us out into the bush by tapping his stick on the windshield in the direction we were to turn. Our supervisor joked that she might need a translator… she doesn’t speak “Stick”. But we found them and our view was awesome since before long we joined our guide on top of the SUV and rode around in the bush, chasing our giraffe herd, and hanging on to the luggage rack as we bounced along. It was great fun, and we even got to walk up pretty close to them too. They’re very tall… so, some pics of our little trek into the bush.