Category: Travel

A Brackenhurst Lunch in the Tea Country

They call it Kenya’s Eco Conferences Centre. Having heard so many good things about this place in the bracing …

‘See the entrance to that building over there? That’s where I spent my first night on the streets. I …

We followed a dusty two-track in the forested salient of the Aberdares. Thick patches of striking purple Vernonia shrubs …

Gavin’s name might well ring a bell for those of you who have been reading this column for many …

I zipped open my tent and was greeted by a most peculiar scene. Beyond the rickety bamboo fence that …

You may be familiar with the popular game show Total Wipeout, which is often aired on DSTV. The premise …

The shrill cry of a buff-crested bustard jolts me out of a deep sleep. It rises to a crescendo, …

I am a yoga practitioner and a yoga teacher, so an announcement about a training in the Arava desert …

Along the Oloonjua Ridge, in the south of Nairobi National Park, is a small rusty sign in the shape …