Kenya

Lamu Island: Kenya’s Swahili Cultural Gem Lamu Island lies off Kenya’s northern coast, close enough to the Somali border that its history has always been shaped […]

Nairobi National Park: Wildlife on the City’s Doorstep Nairobi National Park sits close enough to Kenya’s capital that on a clear game drive it is entirely […]

Diani Beach Guide: Kenya’s Best Coastal Escape Diani Beach stretches for roughly seventeen kilometers along Kenya’s southern coast, a short drive south of Mombasa across the […]

The Great Rift Valley: Kenya’s Geological Wonder The Great Rift Valley cuts through Kenya from north to south like a scar left by the earth pulling […]

Lake Nakuru’s Flamingo Spectacle Explained For much of the late twentieth century, Lake Nakuru was shorthand for one of the natural world’s most extravagant sights: a […]

Kenya’s Standard Gauge Railway: Nairobi to Mombasa by Train The Madaraka Express, Kenya’s Standard Gauge Railway service linking Nairobi and Mombasa, has quietly become one of […]

Kenya’s Best Walking Safari Destinations Most Kenyan safaris happen from behind the wheel of a Land Cruiser, glass and metal keeping a respectful and legally mandated […]

Amboseli’s Elephant Research and Conservation Story Amboseli National Park is known first for its view: elephants moving across open grassland with the snow-streaked bulk of Mount […]

Malindi, Kenya: Beaches, History, and Marine Parks Malindi sits on Kenya’s central coast roughly two hours north of Mombasa by road, and it carries a layered […]

Kenya’s Samburu Culture and Traditional Life The Samburu people, whose ancestral homeland spans the semi-arid rangeland of north-central Kenya around Samburu National Reserve, are often introduced […]

A Guide to Kenya’s Private Conservancies Kenya’s private conservancy movement has, over the past three decades, quietly become one of the country’s most consequential developments in […]

Kenya’s Top Hot Air Balloon Safari Routes Watching the sun rise over the Maasai Mara from a hot air balloon, wildebeest herds reduced to slow-moving dark […]