Day six of filming for the South African episode for RHYTHMS & ROOTS, took us to an incredible wildlife preserve just outside of Johannesburg, in the Cradle of Humankind
A truly amazing place, where all the animals roam free. It has everything, black panthers (there’s only 24 in the WHOLE COUNTRY), lions, leopards, wildebeest, jackals, cheetahs, giraffes, elephants, rhinos, hippos, warthogs (JUST like Pumba from the Lion King…OMG!!) It’s exactly what you imagine South Africa would be like. But better!
There’s an abundance of too cute for words, baby animals. The breeding program is wildly successful and there’s also a full time anti-poaching stuff that patrol the 1600 ha property, making sure all the little bubbas are always safe. Very cool.
Even cooler?
Getting to see these gorgeous babies up close
Feed them
AND hold them
Amazing, no?
Sure beats any zoo I’ve ever been to
There’s special ‘safe’ areas for humans to go to, where the fun stuff happens with the animals
To say was excited, would probably be the understatement of the year
I was actually skipping!
And possibly not paying attention to the signs
And holy shit
That’ll learn me.
PS – no Jennys animals were harmed too badly in the filming of this episode
Awesomesauce…that looks amazing. What an opportunity 😀
I can’t wait to go back, my kids would LOVE it!
Im glad your ok! They sure did alot of damage to your clothes though lovey!
Yeah, but the tomato sauce stains came out fine 😉
I knew it was tomato sauce cause I didn’t see any bite or scratch marks 😉 But glad you had a great time! Can’t wait to see you next year sometime! xx
I figured you staged that but it was very cute. Glad I was right…tomato stains can be rough sometimes!
the magic of TV! (and stain remover!)