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Stupid Pet Trips

Traveling Without Junk in the Trunk

April 4, 2006 at 4:11 PM | 0 Comments

We like animals, and we also like running pictures of animals, as you, gentle reader, may have noticed. So we started an animal feature, which, for lack of editorial imagination we called Animal Planet. We also considered calling it Commander Snuggles Cuddly Fuzzy Happy Time Hour. Then our sister at HotelChatter said we might get sued, so it's now called Stupid Pet Trips.




Where's my Elephant? Thus asked Bart, and frankly, we have the same question. They're big, smart, and never forget--just like Sir Ian McKellen in the Lord of the Rings--and they are easiest to spot in Kenya.

The best place, or rather the most popular, to see elephants--and the rest of the "big five" of Kenyan wildlife, which includes rhinos and lions--is on the Masai Mara reserve. While luxury safaris are in abundance in Kenya these days, almost as much as zebra and wildebeest, some feel that the best way to see the countryside is on the back of a truck. These so-called Guerba tours are considerably cheaper, though--close to half the price. However, amenities are not close at hand, nor are they going to be anytime soon.

If the sole reason for your trip is to see a enormous pachyderm, not get a spa treatment on yet another continent, then the Guerba tours are a safe bet. Otherwise, might we suggest the San Diego Zoo?

[Image via Michael Poliza/Flickr]

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