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 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 […]
The first time a guest sees the words “bucket shower” on a camp info sheet, the questions start. Will there be enough water? Is it actually warm? What happens if you run out halfway through, covered in soap? We get asked this more than almost anything else when guests are choosing a first camp, so […]
Our guide Joseph tells a story about a family at Samburu who left a bag of oranges zipped inside their tent for twenty minutes. When they came back, the zipper was open, the bag was gone, and a young baboon was eating breakfast on the veranda roof. Nobody was hurt. The kids thought it was […]
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 […]
Every camp website says “exclusive.” Most of them mean nothing by it. If you are planning a honeymoon and want real privacy, not just a nice view, you need numbers, not adjectives. Here is what actually makes a camp private: how many tents it has, whether it sits inside a conservancy with capped bed density, […]
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