Even the most seasoned safari veteran who has “seen it all” still holds onto a wildlife bucket list of those mysterious species or specific once-in-a-lifetime sightings that have managed to evade their safari experiences to-date.
I personally have yet to witness an aardvark, mountain gorilla and honey badger (to name a few), and despite following the footsteps of the Great Migration, twice, I still haven’t witnessed one of those world-famous, nail-biting river crossings.
Perhaps the ultimate holy grail of many a wildlife bucket list is the ever-elusive, globally threatened and widely misunderstood pangolin. Hunted for the very scales that are meant to protect it from harm, the loveable pangolin faces an uncertain future.