Vast savannas peppered with immense herds of wildlife, snow-capped equatorial mountains, traditional peoples who bring soul and color to the earth – welcome to Kenya.
We made another break from our busy schedule and took a half-day morning visit to Nairobi National Park. We could drive our vehicle there but did not know where to drive inside the park to catch the animals, so we booked a trip with Kenya Bush Expeditions (47 USD / person). Everyone would...
We had a lot of meetings in Nairobi and were pretty busy, but we made time to visit Kibera Slum. It is the poorest suburb in Nairobi and one of the largest slums in Africa. More than a million people live there in extreme conditions and make less than $1 daily. Diseases caused by poor...
Flights from Mombasa are twice the price compared to flights from Nairobi. So, we had two choices: a night bus or a night train to Nairobi. As usual, we made a wrong decision and chose a train. The first disaster is that there is no ticketing office in the city, and you have to drive to...
After the horrible 3 months in Mombasa, it was time to leave for our break. Since we did not plan to make a break in Kenya, finding a safe and reliable parking place for our newly repaired truck was pretty adventurous. We made a deal with government officials in one province to park in...
Then, our trip continued to Kenya’s southernmost fishing village, just 24km east of the border with Tanzania. Most of the fish consumed in Diani is caught here in Vanga. The village has played a significant role in both local and global history. In WWI, the border between British...
We still had some time, so we drove south to Shimoni. There, we found a complex of caves (🎟️400 KES) where slaves were supposedly kept before being loaded onto boats and shipped to the main auction in Zanzibar. A local guide (200 KES) took us around the dank caverns to illustrate this...
It was hard to imagine that a range of wildlife also calls Diani Beach its home. Opened in 2016, Bora Bora Wildlife Camp is the largest wildlife sanctuary in all of Diani and offers a unique taste of safari less than 500m from the Indian Ocean. It is home to everything from peacocks to...
Again, we had bad news in Mombasa: Our cargo was still with customs and would not be cleared in the coming days. So we decided to go to the famous Diani Beach. With a flawless, long stretch of white sand beach hugged by lush forest and kissed by surfable waves, it’s no wonder Diani...
Lamu is a town, port, and island in the Indian Ocean off the East African coast, 240 km northeast of Mombasa. A former Persian, then Zanzibari, colony, Lamu Island rivaled Mombasa until the late 19th century as an entrepôt for gold, spices, and enslaved people. The town of Lamu, the...
We were supposed to stop at Camp Gedeng on the Sabaki River to spot majestic rhinos, but we did not find the correct road there, and nobody answered our call, so we are unsure if the place still exists. After that, we continued our trip to the more intriguing sight inland from the north...