Memories of an Arabian Princess
Tag: travel
Elephants on the Runway
Searching for Stripes
February 2016
In Westgate Conservancy bordering Samburu National Reserve
Driving through Samburu National Reserve to get to the community-owned Westgate Conservancy, the first animal to bolt across the road in the mid-afternoon heat – is a Grevy’s zebra.
Lone Grevy’s zebra heading towards Mathews Range
Amazing landscape
Termite mound in Westgate Conservancy
The Ewaso Nyiro River – the only source f water in the Samburu wilderness as seen from Westgate Conservancy
But we cannot at this point shoot it – that is shoot it with a camera and not a gun (a gun would mean a fine of up to Ksh 20 million or time spent behind bars under the new Wildlife Act 2015).
Celebrating Coffee in Kiambu
October 2016
I love coffee – the aroma, the taste and that verve that hits the spot. So when a day to celebrate coffee was announced l was already heady with excitement – and that a coffee farm in Kiambu had picked on this was perfect. In my mind’s eye, l had everything pictured with coffee – great conversation exchanged over cups of coffees – ice coffee, hot coffees, house coffee, coffee cocktails, coffee-infused foods, coffee ware, coffee, coffee, coffee. I was so heady with excitement. With a couple of coffee-drinking friends, we headed into Kiambu the celebrated home of the best coffee in Kenya. Continue reading “Celebrating Coffee in Kiambu”
Wandering through Laikipia
January 2016
A decision is made at Nanyuki Sportsman’s Arms Hotel to spend the night ‘somewhere’ in Laikipia. This band of land that’s a plateau, stretches from the snow-capped peaks of Mount Kenya to the rim of the Great Rift Valley overlooking Lake Bogoria. It’s by no means a small place.
Armed with wanderlust, we take the route to Il Polei – the home of the amazing Maasai Cricket Warriors – an hour’s drive from Nanyuki with Mount Kenya’s snow-capped peaks in clear view, in a country of huge ranches and wildlife conservancies.
Moonlion Safaris 