The first time I packed for a client’s Kenya trip, she called me the night before, worried she’d forgotten something medical. She hadn’t. She just didn’t know what her camp would already have waiting for her, and what she needed to bring herself. That gap between “what’s in the vehicle” and “what’s in your bag” […]
Most first-time travelers pack for heat. Shorts, sandals, sunscreen. Then the 5:30am wake-up knock comes, and they step outside in the dark shivering. Kenya sits on the equator, so cold safari nights catch people off guard every single week. Here is the honest answer to how cold are safari nights in Kenya. It depends heavily […]
Every first-time guest asks us the same question at the airport pickup: dollars or shillings? The us dollars vs kenyan shillings safari question comes up on every trip we plan, and the honest answer is both, but not in the way most blogs explain it. The real question is not which currency to bring. It […]
A guest once stepped off the plane at Samburu airstrip in a navy blue shirt. By the time she reached camp, she had six bites on one forearm. Her husband, in a faded khaki shirt, had none. That is not luck. It is science, and it is one of the easiest things to get right […]
Every guest who calls us before their first Kenya trip asks some version of the same question. Doxycycline vs Malarone safari Kenya travelers face a real choice, and most people want a straight answer, not a wall of pharmacology. We are not doctors, and you still need to see one before you fly. But after […]
Every family we plan a Kenya trip for asks about malaria tablets side effects kids might get at some point. Which tablet should our child take, and what will it do to them? It is a fair question. Nobody wants a wonderful week in the Maasai Mara ruined by a stomach ache, a sunburn, or […]
A guest once messaged me two days before her flight to Nairobi. She had already packed a pair of camo cargo pants for her Maasai Mara trip. She’d searched “camouflage clothing banned kenya safari” the night before and found nothing but forum rumors. She asked one simple question: will I get arrested for this? The […]
I get this question a lot from mothers planning a breastfeeding baby Kenya safari trip. “Can I really nurse my baby through a two week Kenya safari?” Short answer: yes. I have watched dozens of mothers do exactly this. One fed her son on the back seat of a Land Cruiser while a herd of […]
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