The first time a guest on one of our trips saw a lone buffalo bull standing in the grass near Amboseli, she asked why our guide slowed the vehicle down more for him than she had for a pride of lions a day earlier. Fair question. Lions get top billing on every safari poster, but […]
Short answer: yes, it is safe, and thousands of guests sleep through it every week in the Maasai Mara without incident. But “safe” is not the same as “risk-free,” and safari tent safety predators night questions deserve a real answer, not a brochure line. I’ve put guests into both fenced lodges and open-sided canvas tents […]
If this is your first trip to Kenya, you have probably already found three different prices for the same seven-day Masai Mara safari. That gap is not always a scam, but sometimes it is. Knowing the common tourist scams Kenya safari travelers face can save you thousands of dollars and a ruined trip. Kenya’s safari […]
Our guide Joseph once cut short a sighting of a huge Amboseli tusker mid-photograph, just as the light turned gold. He didn’t explain until we were half a kilometer away. The bull’s temporal glands were streaming, his back legs were dark with urine, and he was swaying his head in a way Joseph called “not […]
The first time it happens, your stomach drops before your brain catches up. A bull elephant swings toward your vehicle, ears snap open like sails, and dust flies up around his feet. Every photographer freezes at that moment, camera or no camera. Most of the time, he stops well short of the car. But not […]
If you have spent any time on Tripadvisor forums before booking a Kenya trip, you have probably read at least one post asking about snakes in the toilet. It is one of the most common private worries first-time travelers bring to us, right after “will I see the Big Five” and “is the water safe […]
Your kids will ask this question before you even reach the airstrip. Why don’t the lions just attack the car? It is a fair question, and the answer lies in the dangerous animals safari safety rules that guide every game drive. The short version: a safari vehicle is not invisible, but it reads as one […]
The first time a guest asked me what happens if she broke her ankle in the Mara, I told her the honest answer. A plane would come for her, usually within a couple of hours, and it would cost her about the same as a nice dinner in Nairobi. That surprised her. Most people picture […]
The first time our clients from Denver stood at the edge of their tent deck in Mara North Conservancy, watching a hyena trot past thirty meters away, the question came fast. “Wait, why isn’t there a fence?” Why safari camps have no fences is the question almost every first-time safari family asks us. And it’s […]
If you’re a man planning to travel alone, you’ve probably searched “solo male safari Kenya safety” and found a pile of articles written for women traveling solo, or generic checklists that treat every traveler the same. Neither answers the real question. Is it safe for you, specifically, and is it worth doing alone? Short answer: […]
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