Show Notes
This week, on location from Kruger National Park, Jomi chats with Safari Guide Trainer, Mike Anderson. Mike has guided at various five star lodges in South Africa’s lowveld and now spends his time sharing his profound bush knowledge and passion with the next generation of students training to become safari guides. Jomi and Mike discuss an incredible sighting of wild dogs they had this week, what it's like guiding at a lodge, Mike’s absolutely legendary tracker Fanie, and why doing a safari guide course in the COVID era is the perfect way to reconnect with yourself and nature.
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