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I love stories from different African countries, there are so many of them. One of my all-time favourites is the story about why hippos yawn. Thousands of years ago Hippos were land dwelling animals but the hot African sun meant they were subject to sunburn on their delicate pink...

There are not many people who have not heard of the Masai Mara Game Reserve for its incredible game viewing, abundance of wildlife, large lion populations and the Great Wildebeest Migration, after all it was just voted again as Africa’s premium game park. However not many know,...

I was thinking about some of these points only this morning while listening to the local radio in Kenya as they were talking about the new release of Do they know it’s Christmas.

I was recently asked by 4WD Touring Australia to write a short article about how I left Australia and ending up living and running a tourism business in Kenya. While I was trying to put fingers to the keyboard I spent more time reminiscing over the past then I did writing about...

With the Ebola virus dominating the global press I thought I would share this article from the Washington Post about the geography of Africa.  It is far too easy to refer to Africa as if it is a country, I even find myself doing this sometimes and I live in Kenya!...

Include a Solar power workshop to your next safari or expedition to learn about solar power and install a system in a poor rural home in Kenya is a fabulous community service project for teens, student groups, families and tourists.

For those of you who are too busy to join us for a 26 day guided self drive from Nairobi to Livingstone then watch the video!  This video was a gift from 2 fantastic clients Tom and Bel from Sydney, Australia.  We could not believe how quickly they put this together after their...

This photo was sent to me from some clients from Victoria, Australia from their recent guided self drive Kenya safari with us.  As they say a picture says a thousand words – so instead of talking about the photo I will leave you to enjoy it in peace! For your next adventure...

No I have not made a spelling mistake – Livingstonia is not the town of Livingstone where Victoria Falls are located in Zambia but a little town hidden in the highlands of Malawi overlooking Lake Malawi. This is just one the little gems off the beaten track we travel to on our...

It has been a while since I have posted on this blog.  I could use the excuse that I have been far to busy, too stressed, not enough hours in the day etc.  Which they are all true.  So what have I been doing that has kept me away from the blog? Once we got over the Christmas rush...