Destinations

The Hidden Treasure of Mathare | Binyavanga Wainaina | Kenya, Nairobi, Nairobi

There is a truth in what you see in Kenya that is uncompromising - there is no soft focus here. The Serengeti migration has nothing on Eastlands at rush hour.

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Saving the Rhino | Mark Eveleigh | Kenya, Nairobi, Nairobi

Shida is what you might call a ‘problem child.’ He is a fifteen month-old black rhino calf - and a quarter-ton of blustering adolescent bravado. Even his name means ‘Problem’ in Swahili

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Overlanding Uncovered: Africa | Mark Eveleigh | Kenya, Nairobi, Nairobi

Apart from a bout of malaria, a box-jellyfish attack, a baboon raid, a lost passport, and one girl getting mauled by a lion, the trip went off with surprisingly few mishaps

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Kenya's Laikipia Plateau | Brian Jackman | Kenya, Mt Kenya & Aberdares, Laikipia

Although divided into a mosaic of farms and cattle ranches established by turn-of-the-century English settlers, Laikipia is still essentially a wilderness, a wildlife refuge the size of Wales, supporting huge numbers of game

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Walking with the Maasai | Rebecca Ford | Kenya, Masai Mara, Masai Mara

The lion roars again, then turns tail and lollops into the bush. I do a cartoon character gulp and note with interest the sound of my heart pounding wildly in my ears

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Land of the Big Sky | Martin O'Brien | Kenya, Lake Naivasha, Great Rift Valley

The game-filled plains of the Longonot Ranch and the eponymous National Park that borders it are vast reaches of open savannah, studded with small stony hills called kopjes and ridged with ancient lava flows

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The Omo River/ Lake Turkana Boat Expeditions | Will Jones | Kenya, Northern Kenya, Lake Turkana

Probably one of the most unusual safaris in Africa, Jade Sea Journeys operate a combination of boat and land expeditions into one of the wildest corners of the continent

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A Whole View of Africa from the Loo | Isabella Tree | Kenya, Coastal Kenya, Tana Delta

As mad as it may seem to build an entire resort atop a 100ft sand dune, that lunacy fits right in with the lunacy of its surroundings

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Outrageous Weekends in Africa | Joe Cawley | Kenya, Samburi National Park, Samburu

We mount our ‘bush Cadillacs’ for the journey to a fly camp by the river. My camel immediately lets out a deep-throated curse at realising it’s been chosen to haul an out of shape travel writer

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