Travel Tips & Planning
There is a particular kind of quiet that settles over East Africa once the sun drops behind an escarpment or a volcano ridge, and it is […]
Pulling off a proposal is stressful enough at home. Doing it in the middle of a national park, with a guide, a driver, wind direction, wildlife […]
A shared infinity pool overlooking a valley is a wonderful thing, but it is not the same as stepping out of bed at sunrise and lowering […]
A game drive built entirely around an adult’s pace, adult questions, and adult attention spans rarely holds a child’s interest for long, no matter how spectacular […]
Long before East Africa became known for safari vehicles and bush planes, the region moved on rails. The old Uganda Railway, built by the British at […]
Most people picture a safari when they think of East Africa, but the same stretch of coastline that gave the region its centuries-old trading ports also […]
At the very top of East Africa’s safari market sits a small tier of camps charging two thousand dollars a night and considerably more, figures that […]
An anniversary trip carries a different emotional weight than a honeymoon or a first-time safari, and the best East African camps have started designing packages that […]
Saying vows with a view of the Serengeti’s endless grassland, or on a Zanzibar beach with the tide going out behind the altar, has become a […]
The window for a proper babymoon is narrower than most other kinds of travel, both medically and logistically, which makes destination choice matter more here than […]
There is a meaningful difference between a fly-in safari, which typically means hopping between parks on scheduled light-aircraft routes, and a genuine private jet safari, which […]
Most of East Africa’s luxury reputation rests on its safari lodges, but the coastline running from Kenya’s south coast down through Zanzibar holds a genuinely strong […]