Journeys Through Africa

Amboseli’s amazing wildlife and spaces

Published Satmag 19 July 2023 Image: Endangered-Grey-Crowned-Cranes-in-Amboseli-National-Park-wetland.-Copyright-Rupi-Mangat- Elegant necks stretch to the leaves of the acacia, patterned to reveal that they are the Maasai giraffes on the plains of Amboseli. On reaching closer, we see the foals – mini versions of their mums – and we realize that we’ve come across a nursery of giraffe […]

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Journeys Through Africa

Amboseli’s elephants and the avocados

Published: Nation Satmag 25 Feb 2023 Above: Elephant in the Amboseli swamp. Credit RupiMangat Flying into Amboseli, Kilimanjaro is hidden in the clouds and refuses to show itself the entire day. My heart sinks hopping that the world’s tallest stand-alone mountain will show itself…and it does the following days pasted against the bluest of skies […]

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Journeys Through Africa

Flaming Amboseli Bursting with Flamingos

Published Satmag Nation newspaper 29 May 2021 Above: Flamingos in Amboseli. Image by Denis Bouillon It’s a new dawn with climate change and Amboseli’s got a fresh look with flamingos everywhere under the gaze of Kilimanjaro’s snow-capped peak. The ubiquitous dust pans and spiralling dust devils are absent. Instead it’s lush and green with water […]

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