It’s not very often these days that you get to explore some total wilderness outside of a National Park so we got pretty excited when we heard that Darakuta, a large cattle ranch in the Rift Valley had become a conservation area. Not quite sure what to expect we headed down for the weekend to get a feel for…
Into the Wild We were so excited when we were given permission by National Parks to establish our Pembezoni Luxury camp inside the Wilderness Zone of the Serengeti National Park. Totally wild ground, untouched for more than half a century. We had explored the area by car and on foot during Easter and identified a great spot a little…
Such a treat Arusha National Park is! With it so close to town I had almost forgotten what a gem it is. We have Kim – a friend from the film industry in the USA – staying and haven’t been to our Itikoni Camp for a while so thought we would go and spend the weekend up there. Saturday…
Still pretty blown away from our amazing encounters with the gorillas in Virunga National Park we had one more adventure planned during our trip to the DRC. We arranged to climb the eleven thousand foot Mount Nyiragongo; a VERY active volcano near Lake Kivu. I don’t use ‘very active’ lightly – we live near the Rift Valley and are…
Landing in Kigali the capital of Rwanda the first thing that strikes you is the amazing road network and that it’s built up and down over a series of steep hills – the whole town is being overhauled and rebuilt. Everywhere you look new shiny buildings are shooting up and our guide proudly points out another area of shanty…
The Western Breach route on Kilimanjaro is the most stunning, most direct and least scree covered ascent route on the mountain. It is the only ascent that takes you directly onto the crater floor, next to what little still remains of the beautiful glacial ice, and positions you for the shortest and easiest possible ascent to the inner crater…
