Episode 13 — Nikita
The Story of: A Night Safari in Goa and 11 Lions Planning a Kill in the Maasai Mara.
wildlife, wonder, presence, and the rhythm of the wild
“The jungle is dynamic. It keeps changing. When you are there, you just live in the moment.”
Key Moments
- ✦A monsoon night safari in Goa, where glow-worms, scorpions, owls, and flying frogs turn the dark into a living world
- ✦An Atlas moth with only two weeks left to live
- ✦Eleven lions spreading out in silence as they plan a kill in the Maasai Mara
- ✦Two very different experiences that lead back to the same lesson: stay present
About This Episode
This is the second episode of The Experience Of — a shorter, sharper format built around one real experience at a time.
Nikita takes us into two wild places: a monsoon night safari in Goa, where the jungle comes alive after dark, and the Maasai Mara, where eleven lions silently plan a hunt. No beaches, no parties, no spectacle for its own sake — just the strange, patient rhythm of being fully present in the wild.
What We Talk About
- The Western Ghats of Goa in the monsoon
- Glow-worms, scorpions, owls, flying frogs, and an Atlas moth
- Watching eleven lions plan a kill without a single roar
- Why the jungle keeps changing, and why being there means living in the moment
Notes
Two experiences. One feeling: the world is bigger, wilder, and more alive when we pay attention.