South Africa 'virtual safaris' liven up lockdown with jackals and leopard cubs


  • World
  • Wednesday, 06 May 2020

FILE PHOTO: A leopard sits in the grass in the Maasai Mara National Reserve, Kenya, October 15, 2019. REUTERS/Baz Ratner/File Photo

JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - Most visitors wanting to see big game in Africa jet in from faraway places, so when the new coronavirus grounded flights and put the world into lockdown, the legendary African safari died.

But for South African company WildEarth -- which brings virtual safaris to your living room via a camera that their guides drive around in an open top vehicle -- it is boom time.

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