It was Christmas Day and we had decided to spend it at the Rhino River Camp and with the …
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Karen’s Quirky Container Cottage
Over the course of the prolonged cold and wet season, my wife and I decided to spend our weekends …
The White Rhino, Nyeri: A Blend of Old and New
When someone asked Lord Baden-Powell, the founder of the Scout movement, why he had chosen Nyeri as the place …
Suspended Over the Mara
As sundowners go, this one was pretty spectacular. We sat, dawas in hand, 300m above the Mara Triangle, on …
With the Birds on the Swara Plains
I thought it was going to be a big sacrifice. We were at the Swara Acacia Lodge, 45 kilometres …
Creature Comforts at The River Cottage
For the long Mashujaa Day weekend, my wife and I were on the hunt for a good value Airbnb …
Exploring the World’s Largest Collection of Living Plants
‘Wow!’ I said. ’Wow!’ We were at Kew Gardens, and this moment of wonder was when we walked through …
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Three Weeks, Three Countries and Two Questions
The other day, on my way back from Mogadishu, when the Immigration Officer at KIA’s Terminal 2 looked at …
Last Minute Mara: Luxury For Less
It’s that time of year again. Lanky, bearded herbivores in their hundreds of thousands are grunting, grazing, plunging and …
