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(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 …

Mt Elgon National park is located 420 kms from Nairobi. Access is via tarmac road to Kitale, branch to murram road then to the Chorlim Gate. At At 4,321 m (14,177 ft) Mt. …

Located right in the heart of Nairobi City next to Nyayo House is The Nairobi Gallery. It is housed in the Old PC’s (provincial commissioner) office

This week is a continuation of my hike up Mount Kenya, marching onward towards the summit. In case you missed the first part you can read it here. We soon came to the …

We were off by 5 am and Ali our driver (who must have been a rally driver in a different life) managed to get us to the lake’s shore before …

The weather certainly did not approve of our 4am plans. By the time we woke up it ws raining heavily so for safety’s sake we decided to depart later.

This morning I had a welcome break from the super early mornings. Nevertheless I did not want to leave my bed. We spent the night in Ken Mosa in Eldoret

Day 6 started off slow and found us in Iten, the home of champions – over the last 30 years, the town has produced world-class long distance

Unlike yesterday, thankfully nothing went wrong today, so I have nothing to rant about. Day 5 started off early, 5 am in order to catch the sunrise.

Last night was a bit of a nightmare. We spent the whole day shooting so naturally we were exhausted. All I wanted was to take a hot shower and sleep.

During the briefing for Unexpected Kenya someone mentioned that it was going to be hard work and that we should expect to get very little sleep.

Day 2 didn’t start off too well, we all overslept including Seronei, our driver. It was one of those mornings where I heard my alarm

I have been chosen as part of the team involved in capturing images for Safaricom’s  2015 calendar whose theme is unexpected Kenya. Safaricom

A few weeks ago I wrote of about my hiking adventure in the Elephant hill  which I embarked in preparation for much tougher climbs such as Mt Kenya and Mt …