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Safari is the most special form of travel we encountered.  It brings you to the edge:  remote location, special field equipment, expert guidance, real personal risk, high daily cost.  In return you are guaranteed a once-in-a-lifetime experience.  You escape from civilization and travel back to see nature the way it was centuries ago, before mankind […]

Imagine an ivy-clad turn-of-the –century colonial manor house surrounded by acres of unspoiled land.  Inside, you can take tea in the drawing room by the fire or settle in for a lovely breakfast beside the windows overlooking the grounds.  Next, imagine a 17’ tall giraffe strolls up and sticks his head inside the breakfast room, […]

One of the coolest parts of safari is learning how to track animals.  Our first few safaris we just sat back and watched the guide search, sometimes for hours.  After a while though, we realized we were missing a lot of action and we started asking tons of questions.  For those who like puzzles, tracking […]

The last stop on our safari journey was Sarara, a gorgeous lodge tucked away in the heart of the Matthews Range north of Mount Kenya.  We had six full nights here, plenty of time to view the abundant wildlife and to learn about the Samburu people to whom these lands belong.  The camp is the […]

There are only 20,000 of the Samburu people living in Northern Kenya.  They are distant cousins of the Maasai and they are nomadic herders.  Since they live in a remote area their culture has remained mostly untouched.  They believe that cameras capture their soul so photography is strictly forbidden unless they work at the lodge […]

Most people think you can’t fish in the middle of the desert in Kenya. You can, of course. Just not for fish. The first type of fishing we were introduced to was fishing for scorpions. To do this you took a long stick, preferably alive as they eat alive things, and chew on one end. […]

In Kenya people have really pretty teeth. That’s because there’s a common tree that grows in the bush called the tooth brush tree. It has long white branches that when broken off create a tooth brush. You peel away the bark and it reveals a green tube. Then chew one end and it will become […]

E.O. Wilson would love this corner of Africa.  In our first few days in northern Kenya we have seen creatures great and small, including three distinct and fascinating species of ants. The first was the safari ant.  We had just arrived at Lewa and our guide Simon was coaxing the Land Rover across a shallow […]

Wildlife While at the incredibly hospitable and very enjoyable Lewa Camp we had the luck to see several uncommon and even rare sightings. On the ride from the airport to the camp we saw both WHITE and BLACK rhinocerous and even a baby rhino nursing.  It was incredible. We even saw the black rhino push […]

 On our horse safari we saw a baby giraffe. He was young, so young that there was still an umbilical cord attached to his stomach. He ran away as soon as we got a few yards away but his mom stayed put until a few feet away. Let me back up. Horse safaris were popular […]

Piggy was in Kenya when she saw this special zebra that is rarer than the black rhino.  There are about 2000 left alive.  It is very big and has lots and lots of stripes.  Can you figure out what kind of zebra it is and whether she is in North Kenya or South Kenya? Email your […]