African Safari

African Safari Safari lovers from the US can virtually tour major destinations in African Safari from Atlanta thanks to Illumination. It has made virtual travel to top African tourist spots a reality. Illumination uses visual experiences combined with techniques used in traditional motion picture production and virtual reality. They give users a delightful safari experience and, in this case, those who are in the west. In other words, it is a conduit immersing tourists on a virtual African safari to Kenya, South Africa, Botswana, and Tanzania. Safari To Africa The visual experience on an African Safari from Atlanta is the brainchild of brilliant minds in cinematic and interactive content. They pooled their wit and designed a platform offering a rare show of Africa’s gem; tourism. What’s surprising with this technology is that its virtual reality technique does not require glasses. In retrospect, most virtual reality undertakings require glasses to activate the sense into the “other world”. it is great to experience a virtual African safari. Technology Users get an opportunity to bask, experience, and appreciate Africa’s top safari destinations through technology. “This experience will transport visitors to Africa through cinematic content shot on location around South Africa, Botswana, Kenya, and Tanzania. Visitors will be immersed in the authentic sounds and scenes remotely,” Alan Greenberg, the CEO of Illumination Experiences told The Atlanta Voice. Greenberg further adds that Illuminarium Experiences is now a global brand set to change the tourism landscape. “We have created a global experiential brand that will produce unprecedented entertainment spectacles to transport consumers to many of the most coveted places and experiences on Earth, and beyond,” he remarks. Premiere ticket sale is ongoing to allow users to enjoy their first virtual safari experience in Africa. The technological marvel is the first of its kind in the world. And Illuminarium is tapping on the best scenes in Africa to create a bond for visitors looking at exploring the wild. Covid-19 Pandemic Global travel remains an unresolved issue since the Covid-19 pandemic broke in early 2020. Most African countries are yet to recover their tourism numbers since 2019. Things were slow for the better part of 2020, with many parks in Africa remaining closed. Cessation of movement and curfews in Kenya, for example, hurt the tourism industry. National parks, game reserves, and wildlife sanctuaries were closed to the public for months. The government reopened them towards the last quarter of 2020. And even so, there were no international tourists. This was the case in South African that is Africa’s most brutally hit by the pandemic. At Kruger National Park, lions grew fond of the unusual silence in the vast park. Several viral photos show pride of lions napping on the road. For Tanzania, the story was different but did not record high numbers of international tourists. The late Tanzanian President John Pombe Magufuli declared the country coronavirus-free in June 2020. There were no stringent protocols to travel to the East African country. As a result, it recorded a commendable number of international tourists when most African countries were on lockdown. Great Migration Towards the peak of the Great Migration in August last year, the luxurious Mahali Mzuri at the heart of Maasai Mara capitalized on technology. The Richard Branson-owned resort offered a real-time virtual safari on the Great Migration from the comfort of its luxurious tented suites. Mahali Mzuri serenely sits in the savannah of the vast Mara and is adopting new technology where it captures all the action in real-time. It then transmits it back to the lodge. This new feature initially projected a weekly video on the wildlife activities in the Mara before August 2020. It screened footage of wildlife activities from May when the facility closed due to the coronavirus pandemic. By embracing technology, Mahali Mazuri kept its customers on the hook. ```````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````` 7.A Journey Through Africa In Kenya’s Madaraka Express Train It may seem like another form of transport but Kenya’s Standard Gauge Railway (SGR) is more than this. The SGR train running from Nairobi to Mombasa is the real deal that has everyone talking every time they board it. The SGR train popularly known as the Madaraka Express is something worth writing about for wanderlusts. Formerly known as the “Lunatic Express” which ran on the old Kenya-Uganda railway line, the SGR train has a capacity of 1,260 passengers. The first three coaches house the First Class passengers while 15 others are the economy class. There is a luggage carrier that can carry up to 70 tonnes and a sleeper coach. The Madaraka Express runs through a newly-built ultra-modern railway line stretching 488 km. It replaced the pre-colonial railway line which was in oblivion and could not be rehabilitated. Also read: Get A Lifetime Memory At Finch Hattons Luxury Camp In Tsavo The journey is covered in just five hours as the train cruises at a speed of 120 km/h across the treacherous terrains of Kenya’s coast and southeastern part of the country where the SGR gallantly passed through. Speed is a key factor in such means of transport but traveling in the Madaraka Express feeds your memory with beautiful, yet unforgettable memories. The coastal area has more than the envied ocean life it is popular for. The rolling hills of Voi in Taita Taveta are stunningly amazing. Expansive tracts of land form large tracts of idle land with an overgrown savannah and shrubs dotting but make no mistake; these areas are breeding grounds for serpents whose existence is favored by the high temperatures and availability of prey to feed on. Before long, your game journey begins at Tsavo where the SGR snakes through like a giant in spite of dangerous carnivores calling this home for decades on end. The SGR journey through Tsavo National Park is the major highlight of the trip. Tsavo National Parks are the country’s biggest parks – Tsavo East National Park and Tsavo West National Park. Tsavo East and Tsavo West are separated by the Nairobi-Mombasa highway and railway line. Tsavo stretches 22,000 sq km, making it one of the world’s largest national parks and home to the wild animals you have heard of or you can think of. Needless to say, Tsavo is home to the Big Five. Fierce-looking Maasai lions, buffaloes, black rhino, African elephants and leopards dot every corner of the vast park. Breeding of the big five is high aided by the park’s temperate climate with cool, wet seasons followed by dry seasons. Kenya’s highest population of African elephants is at Tsavo West National Park which is also home to Maasai lions christened the “man-eaters”. Today, the park boasts of maneless lions traversing the expansive area protecting its territory and hunting down its prey. Tsavo’s climate supports the growth of vegetation which in turn supports the existence of wildlife. Its mountainous terrain surrounded by swamps, Lake Jipe and Mzima Springs has aided in an increased population of the big five and other animals such as hippos, Maasai giraffes, bush babies, lesser Kudu, and hyenas. Also read: Tsavo National Park, Home To Kenya’s Big Five The SGR gives you a free game ride of the Tsavo. On either side of the park, you can see elephants, impalas, zebra’s among others grazing. The terrain at the park and beyond is somewhat rocky but still supports the growth of vegetation and shrubs which elephants and giraffes feed on. Beyond Tsavo, scattered homes beneath the hills can be seen and herds of animals grazing in bushes. As you progress with the journey, you appreciate the works of mother nature as you hit the plateau after seeing more than a hundred hills half the journey. Plateaus are in the eastern part of Kenya which receive little or no rainfall throughout the year. Though times are changing and farming taking root due to the presence of dams and pans, the eastern part of Kenya remains largely arid in nature. At the clock of five hours, the Madaraka Express makes a final stop at the SGR terminus in Syokimau where the journey ends. As you alight at the terminus, the feeling of a journey through Africa sinks deeper!