Masai Mara Travel Guide
Learning Swahili from the Locals
Learning Swahili from the locals in the Masai Mara was part of the Kenya experience. Every person we met made an effort to teach us a word or two. Imagine how much better we'd all [...]
Local Knowledge: Caroline and Tira from the Masai Mara
In our latest interview in our Local Knowledge series, we get insider advice from locals Caroline and Tira, a guest relations manager and guide from the Sarova Mara Camp in the Masai Mara in Kenya. [...]
Masai Mara Take-Homes: Bargaining for Beads at a Mara Village
My husband called me ‘the Queen of Shopping’ when we lived in the Middle East and I wrote on subjects like ‘Bargaining 101’. But no amount of years spent drinking tea with carpet sellers from Morocco to [...]
A Cultural Visit to a Maasai Village in the Masai Mara
If these guys get any closer to my camera they’re going to be smack up against my lens, I think as I desperately try to keep the image in focus. We're on a cultural visit [...]
10 Safari Photography Tips for ‘the Great White Hunter’
So how do you make sure when you're on safari that you get the shot instead of missing an opportunity? As a follow-up from my last post, Ten Seconds with a Leopard at the Masai [...]
Ten Seconds with a Leopard at the Masai Mara
Our safari guide, Edward, is his usual cheery self when we meet at 6.15am for an early morning game drive. As Edward has already shown us the Big Five — the lion, leopard, elephant, buffalo, and [...]
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