BY Rupi Mangat
February 2016 In Westgate Conservancy bordering Samburu National Reserve Driving through Samburu National Reserve to get to the community-owned Westgate Conservancy, the first animal to bolt across the road in the mid-afternoon heat – is a Grevy’s zebra. But we cannot at this point shoot it – that is shoot it with a camera and […]
BY Rupi Mangat
October 2016 I love coffee – the aroma, the taste and that verve that hits the spot. So when a day to celebrate coffee was announced l was already heady with excitement – and that a coffee farm in Kiambu had picked on this was perfect. In my mind’s eye, l had everything pictured with […]
BY Rupi Mangat
January 2016 A decision is made at Nanyuki Sportsman’s Arms Hotel to spend the night ‘somewhere’ in Laikipia. This band of land that’s a plateau, stretches from the snow-capped peaks of Mount Kenya to the rim of the Great Rift Valley overlooking Lake Bogoria. It’s by no means a small place. Armed with wanderlust, we take […]
BY Rupi Mangat
January 2016 On the foothills of the Nandi Hills in western Kenya, the plains of Chemelil support an industry that sweetens many a cuppa tea By Rupi Mangat In the first light of dawn, the rays of the rising sun touch the green leaves of the sugar cane fields that line the stretch of the […]
BY Rupi Mangat
An adrenaline-filled weekend at Savage Wilderness, Kenya “Now when the crocodile snaps the other end of your oar, don’t let go of it,” counsels Mark Savage, holding us in rapt attention. “If you let go of the oar, the crocodile will get you. Instead inch your way closer to the crocodile along the oar before […]
BY Rupi Mangat
In Volcanoes National Park, 31 August 2016 In the first light of dawn, the volcanoes of the Virunga Mountains line the skyline of Musanze, Rwanda’s second largest town in the north. The mountains share borders with Uganda and the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). It’s simply breath taking. We’ve driven 100 kilometers out of Kigali, […]
