Tag: Tented Camp
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Camping at the Rocky Mountain
Both mornings we woke to the calls of francolins. I used to have them as the ringtone on my mobile phone – until a friend pointed out that it sounded like someone having fun on an old spring mattress. At any time of day when at our tent – one of those luxury-style tents, with…
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Lake Nakuru’s New Luxury Clifftop Camp
The sun peaks over the Aberdares, and light spills through the gauze at the front of our tent. A lone pelican drifts in the orange glow of the lake, and a hyena whoops by the shoreline below us. Not your typical wake-up call. We emerge from the tent, still bleary-eyed, and walk across the lawn…
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A Night at the Kiboko Luxury Camp
Having spent the last few weekends roughing it somewhat in Amboseli and the Mau Eburu Forest, my girlfriend and I decided to treat ourselves. We left the tent at home and headed to Naivasha for a night at the Kiboko Luxury Camp. This is the relatively new development on the grounds of the Lake Naivasha…
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Nights in the Elephants’ Bedroom
‘We’ll struggle to see lions in Samburu.’ I offered this little nugget of wisdom to family friends we were hosting from the UK, based on my experience from previous trips to the reserve. Inevitably, we spotted lions on every game drive over the course of our three-day visit. For our guests, though, the choice of…
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Mutara: Laikipia’s New Conservancy
I’m very fond of the Ol Pejeta Conservancy. It’s always high up on my list of recommended destinations for newcomers to Kenya. It’s not too far from Nairobi, offers excellent views of Mount Kenya, and has one of the country’s highest densities of wildlife outside of the Maasai Mara. A couple of years ago, 20,000…
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A taste of the bush in the city
One of the great things of going to a university in London that specialises in the study of Africa and Asia was the opportunity to meet people living and working in countries outside of Europe. It’s always useful to have contacts in interesting and travel-worthy places, especially in your 20s when you’re fresh out of…
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Exploring Crater Lake
“If you want to see the old buffalo close up, you will have to stop talking” warned Elijah Tanui, our guide. Our small group of eight took a well-deserved break from workshop sessions in the canvas meeting room at Crater Lake Permanent Tented Camp and Sanctuary. Elijah walked us round the rim of the lake…
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