{"id":2043,"date":"2016-10-09T20:36:11","date_gmt":"2016-10-10T00:36:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/marksethlender.com\/?p=2043"},"modified":"2016-10-09T20:36:11","modified_gmt":"2016-10-10T00:36:11","slug":"africa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/marksethlender.com\/test_1\/2016\/10\/africa\/","title":{"rendered":"Africa"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"elephant-herd-at-sunrise-7087\"<\/a>In August, 2016 I returned to Africa. It was twice a homecoming. \u00a0Because Africa, with its stone tools predating the time when we were even Human,\\ is the origin of Us. And because it\u00a0is the origin of me;\u00a0<\/em>of what I have become; of the thing to which I have dedicated my life, Wild things, and the Wilderness without which they cannot exist.\u00a0The eyes I see with now are not the eyes of a quarter century ago.\u00a0I set out went looking for difference, <\/em>for what separates one from of life\u00a0from another. Instead, I have come to see animals as like us more than apart from us. More than this,\u00a0I know that without them we cease to exist. Literally perhaps (because the World without the Wild is unlikely to sustain us), but more important;y, because\u00a0without Wildlife the part of us that is Human will die, of loneliness and shame. I fear for the Natural World.<\/p>\n

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There is something you can do for the wildlife and the people of Africa. Follow in my tracks.<\/em> See these things for yourself. Go with small groups, go with local guides. If wildlife and wilderness are to survive at all, it will be because local people see their economic survival tied to these things.<\/p>\n

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I was hosted in the Maasai Mara by Don Young of Donald Young Safaris and by Nick Wood of Sekenani Camp. \u00a0I can recommend both without hesitation. \u00a0Between them, they support many families\u00a0and provide\u00a0the income that provides an education for the children of those families. \u00a0They make wildlife valuable and in our world today, without defined monetary value nothing survives.<\/p>\n

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You can visit\u00a0the Mara with Don or Nick\u00a0with complete moral clarity. Their tours in the Maasai Mara range from about $300\u00a0a day all inclusive, to about $950 all inclusive. \u00a0Save up. \u00a0Go soon. It’s worth every dime.<\/p>\n

\u00a0– Mark Seth Lender <\/em>\u00a0[MSL at<\/strong> MarkSethLender dot<\/strong> Com]<\/p>\n

Sekenani Camp<\/strong>:<\/p>\n

https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sekenanicamp\/<\/a><\/p>\n

Donal Young Safaris:<\/strong><\/p>\n

http:\/\/www.donaldyoungsafaris.com<\/a>\u00a0 [US office, Colorado Tel 303-4398462]<\/p>\n

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