Comments on: Is it only about “the Big 5″? http://www.ecoafrica-travel.com/2008/02/17/is-it-only-about-the-big-5/#utm_source=feed&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=feed Safaris through Africa Sun, 31 Jan 2010 14:01:07 +0200 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 hourly 1 By: Rae Ann http://www.ecoafrica-travel.com/2008/02/17/is-it-only-about-the-big-5/comment-page-1/#comment-11704 Rae Ann Tue, 15 Apr 2008 03:09:19 +0000 http://www.ecoafrica-travel.com/2008/02/17/is-it-only-about-the-big-5/#comment-11704 Well, first, thank you for clearing up just what is meant by THE BIG 5. I'd been looking at various tour sites to begin research on a trip I plan to take in a few years and they all mentioned the Big 5 but never elaborated. My first thought was the big cats - but that's because I love them, big or small. Amazing predators with amazingly different social structures from one species to the next. For me, I could care about the rhino or buffalo and would prefer not to meet an angry hippo in a river. But when I go, I'd like to see the cats - lion, leopard, cheetah and any smaller cats roaming the savannah (those closer in size to domesticated cats and still wild interest me because I don't know enough about them), mountain gorillas, antelope, zebra, elephants, giraffes and even those cackling, tenacious hyenas. Maybe from afar you can show me crocs and hippos, wildebeest and buffalo. I'd also like to know more about the birds of Africa. My aunt and uncle have been big bird watchers since I was small so I'm curious what feathered friends survive the wilds of Africa. Well, first, thank you for clearing up just what is meant by THE BIG 5. I’d been looking at various tour sites to begin research on a trip I plan to take in a few years and they all mentioned the Big 5 but never elaborated. My first thought was the big cats – but that’s because I love them, big or small. Amazing predators with amazingly different social structures from one species to the next.

For me, I could care about the rhino or buffalo and would prefer not to meet an angry hippo in a river. But when I go, I’d like to see the cats – lion, leopard, cheetah and any smaller cats roaming the savannah (those closer in size to domesticated cats and still wild interest me because I don’t know enough about them), mountain gorillas, antelope, zebra, elephants, giraffes and even those cackling, tenacious hyenas.

Maybe from afar you can show me crocs and hippos, wildebeest and buffalo. I’d also like to know more about the birds of Africa. My aunt and uncle have been big bird watchers since I was small so I’m curious what feathered friends survive the wilds of Africa.

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