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This week’s guest post is from my  friend Wendy, a Kenyan currently based in Vientiane, Laos.  She takes us on a tour to Hangzhou China, you can read her previous …

Tsavo is made up of two separate parks, Tsavo East National Park and Tsavo West National Park. At nearly 22,000km2, it is the largest national park in Kenya and one …

Fort Jesus is located at Mombasa on the Kenyan coast. It is one of the three outstanding early Portuguese forts built around the coast of Africa in the 16th century …

As promised in my previous post about Amboseli  here is one dedicated to the elephants of Amboseli National Park. Amboseli is home to about 1200 (2011 figure, down from 1,600 in …

As promised here is part two of my review of The Sands at Chale. If you missed part one you can check it out here.   When in Chale you …

This giveaway has been a long time coming and I am glad that it is finally happening. I will be giving away four A3 sized (29.7cm x 42cm or 11.69 …

I had never heard of Chale up until last year,  but once I heard about it I could not wait to visit. Chale is a small island (about 1km from …

I have always desired to visit the Amboseli National Park and earlier this year my dream came true. I could easily have camped out in the wild without a care but …

I’ve written about Kapsimotwa gardens before a secluded site located in the picturesque Nandi Hills, a highland area of lush green rolling hills at the edge of the Great Rift Valley. …

Old Town is a  suburb of Mombasa (Kenya’s 2nd largest city),situated on the south-east side of Mombasa Island. The Old Town covers an area of 72 hectares (180 acres), and …

As promised, here is my review of the restaurant at Sands at Nomad. If you missed my review of the hotel you can check it out here. The restaurant is …

I have been looking forward to Nairobi restaurant week since the first edition was launched last year. I went to 3 restaurants last year, and I’m hoping to do more …

(This week is a guest post from my friend Jess. She gives an account of her visit to the Taita Hills Wildlife Sanctuary). Taita Hills Wildlife Sanctuary is a privately owned sanctuary,  located …

Late last year I traveled to Mombasa for a friend’s wedding and decided to stay on after the wedding to explore the coast. One of the places I got to …

New Year greetings to all, I’m back from the Christmas break and looking forward to another great year of travel and blogging. Let’s get the ball rolling … Eliye Springs, also …

It has been a good year for the blog. Not only did the blog win the 2014 Bloggers Association of Kenya Award for best travel blog but I also got …

Some months ago I stumbled across a chameleon in a nearby thicket, and after taking several snapshots using my camera phone, I thought of  a plan to photograph the little …

Kerio View was without a doubt the best hotel we spent our night in during the unexpected Kenya journey. Though I did not get to spend a lot of time …

Machakos People’s Park was opened in February this year. I had heard a lot about it  and been planning to visit to see what the fuss was all about. Some …