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Inaugurated
in
1972,
Africam
Safari
is
well
worth
the
visit
to
the
Mexican
state
of
Puebla,
a
three-hour
drive
from
Mexico
City.
Today
this
safari
park
is
home
to
more
than
2,500
animals,
employs
more
than
300
people
and
is
considered
the
biggest
zoo
in
Latin
America.
Be
ready
to
spend
close
to
three
hours
visiting
Africam
and
taking
wonderful
pictures
of
the
King
of
the
Jungle,
elephants,
giraffes,
orangutans,
buffalos,
aardvarks,
ostriches,
flamingos,
australian
parakeets,
turtles,
snakes,
camels,
hippopotami,
lemurs,
llamas,
deer,
elks,
lynxes,
panthers,
and
many
more.
There
are
lots
of
souvenirs
you
can
buy
for
family
and
friends.
And
if
you
collect
t-shirts
of
the
places
you
visit,
my
favorite
is
the
fluorescent
t-shirt
with
the
legend
“Night
Tours”.
If
you
wonder
where
the
name
Africam
comes
from,
I´ll
answer
your
question,
it
is
the
combination
of
two
words-
Africa
and
the
first
three
letters
of
the
founder's
last
name
“Camacho”,
and
believe
me,
the
story
behind
Carlos
Camacho
Espiritú
is
quite
as
fascinating
as
that
of
Africam.
Here
are
5
fascinating
facts
of
Carlos
Camacho
Espiritú
legend:
HUMBLE
BEGINNINGS
TO
SERIAL
ENTREPRENEUR-
He
was
born
into
a
humble
family
with
14
siblings
in
Puebla,
Mexico.
His
father
had
a
very
modest
job
repairing
shoes
and
Carlos
never
finished
grade
school.
But
this
never
stopped
him
and
decades
later,
he
would
become
an
extremely
successful
entrepreneur
owning
radio
stations,
a
helicopter
and
a
tech
company,
pharmacies
in
the
U.S.A.
and
Mexico
and,
of
course,
Africam.
ILLEGAL
ALIEN
TO
U.S.
FORCES
AIRCRAFT
CAPTAIN-
At
16-years
old,
he
migrated
to
L.A.
as
an
illegal
alien
pursuing
the
American
Dream.
He
was
deported
back
to
Mexico
and
a
few
years
later
returned
to
the
U.S.,
completed
his
military
service,
earned
the
rank
of
Captain,
becoming
an
American
citizen
and
eventually
marrying
a
native
Californian,
Louise
Wardle,
with
whom
he
had
six
daughters
and
two
sons.
RADIO
ANNOUNCER
TO
LABORATORY
FOUNDER-
In
L.A.,
he
leased
the
2
to
6
a.m.
slot
of
a
radio
station
directed
to
listeners
of
Mexican
origin.
He
capitalized
on
this
platform
to
create
“Laboratorios
Mayo”
specializing
in
selling
medicaments
to
latin
americans.
This
entrepreneurship
would
make
him
wealthy
and
provide
the
resources
to
launch
his
other
businesses.
SURVIVE!
(Sobrevivientes
de
los
Andes)-
He
produced
9
films,
among
them
the
1976
thriller,
Survive!-
“the
story
of
a
Uruguayan
rugby
team
that
crashes
in
the
Andes
Mountains
and
has
to
survive
the
extremely
cold
temperatures
and
rough
climate.
As
some
of
the
people
die,
the
survivors
are
forced
to
make
a
terrible
decision
between
starvation
and
cannibalism”
(Wikipedia).
FATAL
TIGER
ATTACK-
On
the
28th
of
october
of
1976,
Captain
Carlos
Camacho
died
as
a
result
of
injuries
sustained
by
the
attack
of
a
tiger,
while
protecting
a
family
which
foolishly
got
out
of
the
car
in
Africam.