Tag: Samburu

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 …

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

We woke to the roar of a lion. Well, my wife did. When I eventually opened my eyes, she …

A couple of weeks ago I covered a recent trip to the Shaba National Reserve, and a night at …

Tales of riverside campsites, crystal-clear springs and waterfalls had recently elevated Shaba to the top of my list of …

‘We’ll struggle to see lions in Samburu.’ I offered this little nugget of wisdom to family friends we were …

Every year our family drives down the 500km stretch from Nairobi to Mombasa. Although staying at the coast is …