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Kalahari night safaris now include star-trackers

Guides mount laser pointers on trucks so guests spot both black-maned lions and the Southern Cross without leaving their seats.

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Vehicles idle with lights off so the desert sky remains pitch black. Infrared spotters pick up wildlife, then guides dim the tech and swing green lasers overhead to outline Orion.

Blankets and hot rooibos keep riders warm while astronomers explain how San stories mapped mythic animals onto the same constellations.

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