Blog - Kenya

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Tackling my fears on my first safari

When you’ve always been a beach holiday type of traveller, and you are faced with something completely outside of your comfort zone, you know it is going to be a love it or hate it experience.

The Maasai Olympics

If you’re looking for something unique and exciting for your escape to Africa, how about being one of the very few guests at the 2018 Maasai Olympics in southern Kenya.

A cut above the rest

BUSH CAMP | MARA CAMP | KICHECHE VALLEY | KICHECHE LAIKIPIA 100% pure silver Every one of our safari guides holds a Silver level certification from the Kenya Professional Safari Guides Association, quite an achievement when just 5% of the guides in Kenya can boast this accolade.

Rekero – A view to be reckoned with

This was our last full day in the Masai Mara After 12 nights of staying in some incredible places in the national reserve and the various private conservancies, we’d become used to being spoilt in terms of our rooms, the food, and the views.

Nairobi Tented Camp: Africa in a cityscape

I arrived at Nairobi airport at 9 pm, tired and frazzled.

Hyenas and cultures near Naboisho Camp, Masai Mara, Kenya

Naboisho Camp: Hungry hyenas & long walks

“This is the best camp in the Masai Mara You’ll love it. ” That wasn't the welcome by one of the camp managers, Richard and Della, but the enthusiastic greeting of an American man heading for lunch with his family.

Saruni Mara Lodge

Pampering in the wild “…And they'd even made us a heart-shaped fire to sit by as the sun went down!” said the excitable young woman to her fellow dinner companions.

Little Governors Camp … and the not-so-sleepy cheetahs

There are four Governors camps in the Masai Mara We stayed at Little Governors, the only one on the west side of the Mara River, in the Mara Triangle.

A guest tent at Ngare Serian, Masai Mara, Kenya

Ngare Serian : A bridge too far?

I am sitting on the huge verandah of our vast and gorgeous tent, watching hippos and listening to the Mara River burble happily past the dark rocks and rush underneath the narrow rope swing bridge that we just crossed on foot to get into Ngare Serian camp.