Djuma does it again!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
 

For all of those who remember, it was the Djuma team that was instrumental in Africam's early days. At that time there was a live safari vehicle at Mala Mala. Sadly that ended a number of years ago but today I received an email that Djuma is reinstituting it's live safari drives with a special camera vehicle with morning and afternoon on the web. The e-mail address is www.entertainmentafrica.com
This is really great news and I hope everyone enjoys it as much as I will.
Thanks Jurie and the rest of the Djuma team.
Regards,
Eric

Live games drives, including an audio commentary, are twice daily at 07h30 and 16h00 CAT.

When they are not out on the vehicle, there is live coverage of two local waterholes in the north of the Sabi Sand.

Thanks for the info, Eric......i'm sure this will be a good game drive fix for all of us inbetween safaris.

Rgds,
Hari

Thank you and I've saved the address. But I will not look at any of these live sites until I am no longer working because if I start on these I'll never get anything done. I'll spend all my time on a virtual safari meaning I won't earn any money for the real one. But thank you anyway and for those who possess more willpower than I, it is a probably a delight.

Bump - to push the Morocco thread down.

Here we go gang...The game drive is off! Cool! The next best thing to being there.

http://www.entertainmentafrica.com/w...th/pop_up.html

I was poking around the Djuma web site and came on a nice map of private camps in that area around Kruger. Link is - http://www.djuma.com/map_1.php?thePGID=6
regards - tom

Lynn, it's even worse than you think. The guide is kinda cute.

I was thinking the same thing Hills but didn't want to torture Lynn. >:) Kind of makes your day a little cheerier I hope! :D

and the accent...sigh....

Damn you Djuma, I have to get up in five hours to go to the airport (and not to Africa :'( ).

Beware of the "Khaki Fever" I was just reading about in my Fodors African Safari book tonight ((L))

lol, believe me, there's no chance of that happening. If I could resist the hot Chileans in Patagonia, I can resist anything.

But I read about that too, it cracked me up. It's in Nolting's book, right?

Duh, you said Fodors.

page 149, I had never heard of this before, what a crack up!

I'm not looking. I'm not looking!

I can wear khaki >:-)

Lynn, I apologize for "piling on" like this, but that is surely one of the coolest things I have ever seen!

Chris

Ok, I'm weak. I peeked. But there was not too much going on and I did not spy any of our fine khaki-clad rangers. So after one minute and 47 seconds I closed out.

I'll be flipping to page 149 before the day ends.

He's back..........Lynn...LOOK!

Waterbuck, baboons and Zebra so far on this mornings game drive.

(ROTFLMAO Matt!)

Matt, can you speak with the accent?

Yes Matt, the accent is a key component. Thanks for the alert Carla.

If Leonardo DiCaprio can do it in "Blood Diamond," then I am sure Matt can too!

Let me ask a question about the game drives: are there any actual guests from the lodge on those drives, or is it just the driver and the webcam? I don't see/hear anyone else and wondered why a lodge would pay for one of its employees to go around and show wildlife solely for a webcast.

Chris

Chris-
It's just the crew I believe.

Hit this link and then scroll down. It will give you a couple of bios on the folks in the jeep.


http://wildearth-media.blogspot.com/

It would also be nice to have this on cable/satellite TV. Another "reality" show. Could easily replace any one of 200 worthless channels.
regards - tom
ps - in fact, I'd trade it for ALL of the 200 worthless channels

Tom, it is eventually going to be on TV according to an email I got from Jurie at Djuma...just wait this is only the beginning!
Regards,
Eric

Actually, to think about it......the Big Cat Diary began when in 1996? that possibly was the first reality show before all these garbage television shows were made.......

What annoys me more is absolute garbage reality tv like American Idol etc etc., televised around the world including here in India....

Hari

Well, I don't consider American Idol a reality show. Just a musical(?) program.

Now how about "Orange County Choppers", or "Deadliest Catch", or "Dirtiest Jobs" or "Meerkat Manor". Those are pretty good reality shows. Have you seen any of those Hari?

regards - tom

Only Meerkat manor from your list, Tom.....i may have seen commercials for one or two of the other ones. Didnt catch my attention.....

The djuma show may be good when they deceide to air it....fodorites may recognize some sabi sands leopards that have home ranges covering across lodge zones.......

Hari

oh, and Tom......American Idol had the worst ever contestant Sanjaya Malaikar. He was of Indian descent and apparently created quite a bit of media hype all over the world.....

Ok guys, can we please get back to more important details like...who our ranger will be for today's game drive!!!

Will it be Pieter or Nick??? [-o<

Oh..and btw Hills...Matt DOES have THE accent!

I predict today's game drive will be conducted by Sanjaya!

You're gonna get it Chris! :p

Let's just remember that American Idol was started by the Brits.

I think Matt has to provide a sample of his accent.

...and a picture in his khakis.

Oh no! I can't get in tonight...anyone else having trouble? I need my "game drive fix" for the night...sos. :'(

>:O Hey everyone..WAKE UP! Let's get this game drive going or I am going back to sleep...UP AND ADAM!

I meant...UP and AT 'EM (silly me!)

sorry ladies, but put any of us men here in khakis, in a rangerover, on a game drive and we'd look better than Pieter, and NOT need an accent. ;)