Tag: Chyulu Hills

• The sights of Tsavo West

  

  Last month I wrote a feature on the excellent Kilaguni Serena Safari Lodge. I’ve been back to Tsavo West since, and I wanted to focus this piece on the park’s incredible geology. The view to the north-west in the ‘developed area’ – a 1,000 square kilometre section of the park that receives the most visitors…

  Jan Fox

  31/07/2022

  Travel

  Chyulu Hills, Geology, kenya, Kilaguni Serena Safari Lodge, Safari, Serena Hotels, Shetani Lava Flow, Tsavo West National Park

• Ol Donyo Lodge: In the Green Hills of Kenya

  

  After weeks of struggling with deadlines in Nairobi, I was relishing what was left of the first morning of our escape to ol Donyo Lodge in the Chyulu Hills – Ernest Hemingway’s Green Hills of Africa. Our bedroom was open to one of the most therapeutic landscapes in the country: stage left, Mount Kilimanjaro; stage…

  John Fox

  25/03/2018

  Travel

  Big Life Foundation, Chyulu Hills, Elephants, kenya, Mbirikani Group Ranch, Mount Kilimanjaro, Ol Donyo Lodge, Safari, Safarilink

• The Chyulus: Hemingway’s Green Hills of Africa

  

  I had heard so much about the enigmatic Chyulu Hills, but only from a few people ‘in the know’. The Chyulus are among the world’s youngest volcanic hills; some of the range is still considered active. The Shetani lava flow is so recent that stories of the eruption are still passed down by descendants of…

  Andreas Fox

  19/04/2015

  Travel

  Big Life Foundation, Campi ya Kanzi, Chyulu Hills, Great Plains Conservation, Maasai Wilderness Conservation Trust, Mzima Springs, Ol Donyo Lodge