Tag: Camping

A Night on the Sacred Mountain

‘Maape!’. ‘Let’s go!’. Our Samburu guide, Lemaiyan, urged us to continue our climb after a long water break. The …

For those that have followed this column for years, you will no doubt have picked up on the Fox …

‘You guys missed all the action!’, one of the rangers said, as we returned to camp from a long …

In many ways, Ol Pejeta is the ideal destination for a weekend safari out of Nairobi. The drive is …

It has been 20 years since the Lewa Wildlife Conservancy hosted its first Safaricom Marathon. The inaugural event was …

All around us the plains are black and smouldering. The absence of long grass reveals a scattering of bones, …

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

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

A friend of mine recently suggested that I take a few days off work to join him on a …