While many couples celebrating their 40th anniversary might choose a cruise or a beach vacation, South African couple Marius and Michelle Nortje prefer an adventure in the wild.
Their love story, which has lasted for four decades, was about to take an unforgettable twist deep within Kruger National Park.
What began as a typical drive transformed into a moment that the couple — and soon the entire internet — would always remember.
“We visit at least once a year, but sometimes we go as many as four times,” Marius shared in an interview with The Citizen.
However, during their anniversary trip last December, something remarkable appeared from the bushes: three giraffes. One of them was something Marius, an experienced wildlife photographer, had never encountered before.
“We couldn’t spot [the lions] on the tar road, so we took a turn onto a gravel road. That’s when we first noticed one, then two giraffes coming out from the bushes. When the third giraffe appeared, we saw some unusual growths all over her body,” he remembered.
