ANIMAL INSTINCT

Leading safari operators share how close encounters with wildlife can be a transformative experience that brings us closer to ourselves

By Coco Marett

Much like the overview effect—an intense emotional sensation felt by astronauts when they see Earth from space for the first time—there’s something about experiencing a safari that seems to create a shift in the way people view and think about our planet and life itself. “There’s a theory on this that I’ll borrow,” says Peter Allison, an Australian author who has documented his time as one of Africa’s top safari guides in cheekily titled books such as Whatever You Do, Don’t Run: True Tales of a Botswana Safari Guide and Don’t Look Behind You: A Safari Guide’s Encounters with Ravenous Lions, Stampeding Elephants, and Lovesick Rhinos. “As humans evolved in Africa, some part of us feels at home once we are surrounded by the sounds and smells our ancestors lived with…

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Tatler Hong Kong (Digital) - 1 Issue, August 2024

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