Caught your attention with the title, didn’t I? Well it’s true – to a certain extent.  On my first experience to a game reserve in South Africa I was nearly attacked by a lion. Today’s tale was originally posted (on my old blog) on July 9th, 2007 after my first stay at a game reserve. Here’s what happened…

Our game reserve was located in Limpopo, which was about 3 hours from our hotel. It was in rural South Africa. Game reserves are a growing form of tourism for the country. In our case, the reserve was a former tobacco farm. As the price of tobacco dropped, the farmers were challenged with earning a profit. Instead, the land was converted into a game reserve.