yarettlopez
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I want to share a bit of my experience, and I apologize in advance as English is not my native language, but I hope everyone enjoys a bit of my story.
This story begins like many others with many months of planning and research and after much thought I booked my lion hunt with Johan Potgieter of Savanna Hunting Safaris and so we began this great adventure.
Finally, the day arrived and it was time to get on the plane and start the long trip. We left the city of Guadalajara (Mexico) to Los Angeles to fly to Johannesburg via Istanbul. Being my first safari and being a trip through so many cities and airports, I decided not to take the rifle and use the one that Johan offered me.
I never thought that my first safari would be like this with a lion, but seeing that the lion hunt in South Africa is about to end and since hunting the big 5 is one of my biggest dreams, I decided to take my savings and with my wife's permission we we embark on a great adventure
Day 1
After almost 3 days of travel, my wife and I finally arrived in Johannesburg at 10 am and after going through immigration and customs we headed to the exit where Johan was already waiting for us with a sign with my name on it, even though i didn't know him in person, we greeted each other like old friends since we had been talking constantly for months, where I asked him thousands of questions and he always kindly answered me.
We loaded everything in the truck and headed to the ranch where we would hunt the lion which is approximately 6 hours from the airport on the way to the Kalahari, along the way he told us some stories and told us what we could expect and some security measures, finally after After many hours of travel we arrived at the camp, and finally when I got out of the truck and stepped on the sandy soil of the Kalahari I knew that my hunt had finally begun, after a delicious dinner we got ready to rest and prepare for the hunt tomorrow.
This story begins like many others with many months of planning and research and after much thought I booked my lion hunt with Johan Potgieter of Savanna Hunting Safaris and so we began this great adventure.
Finally, the day arrived and it was time to get on the plane and start the long trip. We left the city of Guadalajara (Mexico) to Los Angeles to fly to Johannesburg via Istanbul. Being my first safari and being a trip through so many cities and airports, I decided not to take the rifle and use the one that Johan offered me.
I never thought that my first safari would be like this with a lion, but seeing that the lion hunt in South Africa is about to end and since hunting the big 5 is one of my biggest dreams, I decided to take my savings and with my wife's permission we we embark on a great adventure
Day 1
After almost 3 days of travel, my wife and I finally arrived in Johannesburg at 10 am and after going through immigration and customs we headed to the exit where Johan was already waiting for us with a sign with my name on it, even though i didn't know him in person, we greeted each other like old friends since we had been talking constantly for months, where I asked him thousands of questions and he always kindly answered me.
We loaded everything in the truck and headed to the ranch where we would hunt the lion which is approximately 6 hours from the airport on the way to the Kalahari, along the way he told us some stories and told us what we could expect and some security measures, finally after After many hours of travel we arrived at the camp, and finally when I got out of the truck and stepped on the sandy soil of the Kalahari I knew that my hunt had finally begun, after a delicious dinner we got ready to rest and prepare for the hunt tomorrow.
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