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Waterlovers Diani Beach Review: Perfect in Combination with a Kenya Safari

Set directly on Diani Beach, around 35 kilometres south of Mombasa, Waterlovers is a perennial client favourite and a place where life slows to the rhythm of the tides. The…

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Following the Lives of the Mara’s Great Bulls

How knowing individual elephants is helping shape conservation in Kenya We filmed these two magnificent bulls during our visit to the Mara Elephant Project (MEP) in Kenya this February. At…

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Shinde Camp Review, Okavango Delta, Botswana

Waiting beside the Xakanaxa airstrip in Moremi, I was scanning the horizon for the familiar shape of a small Safari Air aircraft when the sound of rotor blades cut across…

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Black Rhinos Return to Zimbabwe’s Matusadona National Park

Three decades after black rhinos disappeared from Zimbabwe’s Matusadona National Park, the species is returning to the shores of Lake Kariba in one of southern Africa’s most encouraging wildlife restoration…

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Kaingo Camp to Undergo Major Refurbishment Ahead of 2027 Season

Shenton Safaris has announced that its flagship Kaingo Camp in Zambia’s South Luangwa National Park will undergo extensive renovations following the close of the 2026 safari season. Located on the…

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Sarara Camp: Northern Kenya’s Wild Soul

Our journey began in the lush green grasslands and cool morning air of the Mara. At sunrise we had been watching the River Pride lions pick their way silently through…

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Okuti Camp Review: Slow Safaris and Delta Waterways in Botswana’s Moremi Game Reserve

I arrived in Moremi in March when much of the reserve had disappeared beneath the summer rains. Roads were closed, self-drive visitors locked out, and access possible only by light…

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Reteti House Review: Conservation, Community and Kenya’s Wild North

Heading north from the dusty scrape of Samburu’s Kalama airstrip, the landscape shifts almost immediately, opening into something wilder, redder and far more expansive. We join the A2, which cuts…

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Reteti, Resilience, and Long’Uro: A Story of Survival and Innovation

In the remote Mathews Range of northern Kenya, within the Namunyak Wildlife Conservancy, Reteti Elephant Sanctuary is quietly redefining what conservation can look like. Reteti is the first community-owned and…

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Botswana Safari Seasons: When to Go and Why It Matters

I’ve just returned from Botswana, combining the Kalahari with the Okavango Delta. Travelling at the tail end of the green season, camps were quiet, landscapes lush, and skies wonderfully dramatic.…

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