In Maa, the Maasai language, Serengeti means “endless plains”… The Serengeti is one of Africa’s largest national parks – it stretches across the North-Western corner of Tanzania, all the way to the Kenyan border (the Serengeti and Kenya’s Maasai Mara are joined and are actually part of the […]
The circle of life sure can be a little gory… Disney’s “The Lion King” romanticised the concept of “the circle of life”. As we discovered today, however, the truth is far gorier than any cartoon would dare show you! Our lesson in life and death, savannah-style, came not […]
Sunrise over Mt Kilimanjaro Sunrise this morning was just spectacular, and the all-day game drive we went on afterwards even better. We spent more than 8 hours driving through the Amboseli National Park in “safari mode”, “hunting” animals with the binoculars and “shooting” them with our camera. Elephants, […]
Farewell Lake Nakuru, hello Amboseli National Park! We left Lake Nakuru National Park early this morning and drove all the way across Kenya, through Nairobi, to Amboseli National Park. Famous for its populations of elephants, Amboseli is the second most visited national park in Kenya (aftr Maasai Mara) […]
Animals of Maasai Mara We spent our day driving through Maasai Mara animal spotting today. It was awesome fun, scouring the plains for signs of animal life (great and small) and capturing their best poses with our cameras. We were out and about for over 10 hours, from […]
Wandering Soles 