Imagine yourself out on the plains of Southern Kenya watching the antelope grazing and the elephants sunbathing around the watering hole. You’re in a state of perfect harmony as you capture that perfect shot. However, as soon as you turn on your camera, you get the red, flashing warning sign of doom. Your camera is […]
How A Safari Can Enhance Your Spirituality For many travelers, a safari in Kenya is as close as it gets to paradise. While staying in a stunning boutique ecolodge at the foot of the serene Chyulu Hills, encountering graceful animals such as giraffes, lions and leopards, and connecting with the Maasai people, we can gain […]
Predictably, the 2017 New York marathon saw two Kenyan runners place first and second, followed by two Ethiopians. All of them are experienced long distance athletes who are well known members of the elite world-class long distance runners circle, competing and winning in the Olympics and marathons around the world. But the best story […]
Why buying carbon credits will help save elephants, rhinos and lions Carbon: a vital element. Without it there is no life. Eighteen percent of the human body is comprised of carbon. So, why is there controversy over carbon emissions? What is wrong with having more and more carbon in the atmosphere? Our atmosphere has changed […]
I am happily reporting the death of a beautiful male lion, Lorpolosie, of about 12 years of age. I am not drunk and did not chew any miraa. His death brings sadness, as we have known him well; both us and Campi ya Kanzi guests have been delighted by his majestic presence near the lodge […]
Well, in this post I have very little “information” to communicate. I simply would like to tell you a brief story, and let you evade for few minutes, from your working reality. Come in Paradise with me, for just a moment… The other day was truly a day in Paradise. I woke up early, a […]
I have been living at the foothills of Kilimanjaro for the more than two decades now… This morning, while looking at the beautiful peaks of Mawenzi and Uhuru, I thought that a lot of guests, who come visiting here, never have the chance to have in depth information about the highest mountain of Africa. So […]
It’s a normal morning. Starlings are chatting outside. I am unusually late getting out of bed. Just some minutes past 7:00. And then I hear him. It is a sound that you feel inside, more than hearing. It reverberates in you. Is it an ancestral memory of my African hunter gatherer genes? Not sure. But […]
A couple of months ago we were profoundly inspired by a lovely family who came on a special safari with us. Special because they are on a sabbatical with their two young children. Yes, a sabbatical year, invested in traveling the World, as an opportunity to better educate their kids. Truly inspiring. The young boy […]
I have been thinking about this topic for weeks… My daughter asked me the question the other day, puzzling me. I thought she knew better and I was appalled by my silly assumption and ignorance of her knowledge and perceptions. So here are my thoughts… I think I am decently qualified to talk about this […]