Category: Wildlife

“Sometimes the best things in life are unexpected” – Faith Sullivan Its that time of year here in Kenya! The Easter holidays were around the corner. Along with a couple of friends I decided to head to Tsavo East NP for the Easter holidays and what a trip it was! We left Mombasa at 4…

“The greatness of a nation can be judged by the way its animals are treated” – Mahatma Ghandi Its that time of the year where you begin to slow down. With the arrival of December, it was time to start planning my holiday to visit my homeland, Sri Lanka for Christmas of 2018. But before…

“The skill of the leopard is beautiful but not its heart” – African Proverb It was just over a year since I fell in love with the African savanna. In every safari trip I always look out for the big cats. By now I have seen the lion and the cheetah couple of times but…

“A lioness is not submissive. She merely let you be the king as long as it pleases her!” – Author Unknown Its that time of the month for another trip to Tsavo. Its a dawn of a new month. Its the beginning of November (2018). One thing I really look forward in my trips to…

“The gladdest moment in human life is a departure into unknown lands.” – Sir Richard Burton Its been more than one and a half years since I updated my blog on my safari journey’s. Wonder what happened?? As the famous excuse goes, “I didn’t have time. I was busy!” or was it that I simply…

June 1st was a public holiday in Kenya. Madaraka day which celebrates the day Kenya attained self rule from the UK. So what happens when a holiday falls on a Friday? You guessed it right! Tsavo it is! This trip was rather interesting. Kamran’s family along with family friends of Kamran and of course myself.…

I m a person who never believes in superstitions. But since I began to visit Tsavo, there was one superstition I just could not avoid to believe in. First timers luck! This superstition was passed down to me by my friend Kamran and so far with all my visits to Tsavo, it has never gone…

Being to Tsavo East many times, this time Kamran and myself decided to explore a part of Tsavo which we have not been before. Tsavo East alone is a huge park which is over 13,700 square kilometers. The Athi river flows through the park and we have never been to the other side of the…

It was music to my years when I heard our company had decided to hold the annual sales conference at Mara Serena, in the Masai Mara. This would be my second trip to the Mara and I was exited. Best part of the trip was that I flew directly from Mombasa making stops at Diani…