What happens on a visit to a South African game reserve?
Elephant sighting on a game drive at Addo Elephant National Park
(photo by H Browne - CC-BY)   A game reserve combines nature
conservation with travel and adventure. Some game reserves also
incorporate animal tracking and hunting, but those are not the
kind of game reserves we’re discussing here. We’ll take as our
example the game parks run by SANParks, the South African
National Parks authority.  The game reserves are huge tracts of
land, some bigger than Austria. Many of them are completely
fenced, to keep animals in and poachers out. Within the reserves
are picnic areas at convenient intervals, and rest camps with
overnight accommodation.  The rest camps are fenced to keep the
humans in. The idea is that the game reserve is primarily for
the animals, and human tourists must be fenced in at night.
During the day you can go on game drives. This involves driving
your own car around the roads of the park, keeping a keen
lookout for interesting animal s