LOS ANGELES — As a chaser to the Thanksgiving feast and football, consider heading out on an African safari.
There’s strictly armchair travel involved for Nat Geo Wild’s live telecasts from Sabi Sands, a private game reserve in South Africa’s Kruger National Park likely to dazzle even from afar.
The no-sweat safaris, which begin Friday night, will offer “a real-time experience transporting viewers to a place they all want to go but may not have the opportunity,” said Geoff Daniels, head of Nat Geo Wild.
The excursions will air 9 to 10 p.m. Saturday and Sunday, with two-hour daytime specials at 7 a.m. daily from Saturday to Friday, Dec. 4.
“It’s 100 percent live,” Daniels said. “We’ve got two safari vehicles going into the bush with microwave transmitters and cameras placed on the back of the jeeps.”
The camera deployment will allow viewers to see everything they would if physically in the reserve, and in “full-blown HD” to boot, Daniels said.
