You have already done the Mara. You have watched a wildebeest crossing, ticked off a leopard in a sausage tree, and eaten one too many buffet dinners at a big lodge. Now you want Laikipia, and somewhere in your planning you keep hitting the same question: Ol Pejeta vs Solio rhino sanctuary, which one wins? […]
Are big five sightings guaranteed in Kenya? Short answer: no. Nobody can promise you lion, leopard, buffalo, elephant, and rhino on one trip. Anyone who tells you otherwise is selling, not planning. But that answer hides something useful. The odds are not the same for all five animals, and they are not the same in […]
Three years ago, one of our guides stood at the gate of Amboseli National Park with a guest who had two crisp $100 bills and one from 2006. This is the classic old dollar bills rejected Kenya problem: even a small tear or an old print date can get a bill turned away. The ranger […]
When you start planning a Kenya safari, you’ll hit this wall fast. One camp is in a “national park.” Another is in a “national reserve.” A third calls itself a “conservancy.” They all show you lions. So why do the prices, rules, and even the daily schedule look so different? This national park vs game […]
Every year, teachers write to us with the same question. They want a Kenya safari school group educational trip that actually teaches something, without turning into a three-week expedition their budget cannot handle. We get it. A school safari sits in a strange middle ground between a family holiday and a full-blown expedition, and most […]
A few years ago, one of our guests booked her Kenya trip at 22 weeks pregnant. She emailed us three times before departure, worried about everything from malaria pills to the road into camp. She had a wonderful trip. Her son is now three and she still sends us photos of him in a tiny […]
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