BY Rupi Mangat
Above: Teddy Mitchener with Sharon his wife as a model for a mask. Copyright Sharon and Teddy Mitchener Published: The East African Nation magazine February 2020 I was at the Nairobi Gallery that houses part of the late Joseph Murumbi’s (Kenya’s first foreign affairs minister) amazing art collection from all over Africa. On that day […]
BY Rupi Mangat
It’s here again! Stretch it into a weekend celebration dedicated to love Above: Kitich Forest Camp Mathews Range- Dinner under the stars with a herd of elephants. Published: 8 February 2020 Nation Saturday magazine Stretch Friday 14 into a Valentine weekend and l’ve got some great places to safari to that are unique. So get […]
BY Rupi Mangat
Part 1 of 3 Above: The Usambara peak from Kilimanjaro Highway Motel, Tanzania. Copyright Rupi Mangat Published Saturday Magazine Nation media 1 Feb 2019 Over a thousand kilometres south of Nairobi, the road less travelled is to southern Tanzania to explore Africa’s first and largest wildlife protected area. It is what used to be Selous […]
BY Rupi Mangat
By Rupi Mangat Published: Daily Nation Kenya 27 January 2019 Above: Maasai giraffe browsing in Maanzoni In Ancient Egypt’s royal tomb of the famous pharaoh, Tutankhamun are images of giraffes nibbling leaves while he sits in state some 3000 years ago. Giraffes and elephants including the rare okapi lived in the midst of the Egyptians […]
BY Rupi Mangat
Published: The East African Nation 3 May 2010 It was curiosity that led me to Mcmillan Memorial library, an iconic building of the 1930s in the midst of Nairobi’s central business district. The curiosity was fuelled by a visit to Mcmillan’s castle in Thika which lay in disrepair and devoid of any belongings or artifact […]
BY Rupi Mangat
Above: Standing on the quacking bog, it’s as deep as the pole. Copyright Rupi Mangat Published: Saturday Nation magazine 18 January 2020 The wind is a constant in Kikuyu town on the outskirts of Nairobi. Standing on the periphery of the urban jungle that came about in the early 1900s because of the Uganda railway, […]
BY Rupi Mangat
Above: Barefoot Beach Camp dining by the beach at Ungwana Bay near Malindi Copyright Rupi Mangat Published: Saturday Magazine, Nation media 11 January 2020 The sand dunes stretch along the ocean and l’m barefoot on the beach. It’s the ethos of being at the Barefoot Beach Camp, an unpretentious little camp tucked away in a […]
BY Rupi Mangat
Above: The rare African Wild Dog in the newly created Nyerere National Park carved out of Selous Game Reserve, southern Tanzania. Copyright Rupi Mangat Published: The East African 11 – 17 January 2019 On the banks of the great Rufiji, the earth-brown river flows past little isles and sand banks on her way to the […]
BY Rupi Mangat
Above: Lion defending his prey from Silver-backed jackals and Ruppell’s vultures listed Critically endangered on IUCN Red List in Soysambu . By Rupi Mangat Published: Saturday magazine 4 January 2019 A vulture circling high in the midday sky gives the first clue that there has to be something interesting on the ground. Following its wing-beat […]
BY Rupi Mangat
A new study shows increasing danger that roads pose to wildlife Above: Serval hit on Mombasa Highway near Kapiti Estate 24th November 2019. Cortesy Mary Wykstra Action for Cheetahs Kenya Published: Business Daily, Nation media 7 January 2020 For five months Peter Kibobi woke every morning to span a section of the Mombasa-Nairobi highway to […]
