Tag: Spirit of Kenya

• Magnificent Maasai Mara

  

  Jambo (hello) from Kenya! Whenever I travel to another country, I learn these basic words in the local language: hello, goodbye, please, thank you, and you’re welcome. English is widely spoken in Kenya as it was a British colony from 1901 to the early 1960’s with Kenya finally gaining its independence in 1963. However, Swahili…

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  May 4, 2023

  Adventure, Africa, Big Game, Kenya, Movie Locations, Nairobi, Nature, Out of Africa, Safari, Tent Camps, Tourism, Travel, Wildlife

  Adventure, Africa, Big Cats, Big Game, Cheetahs, Eland Antelopes, Giraffes, Ilkeliani Camp, Kenya, Lion Cubs, Lions, Maasai Mara, Maasai People, Movie Locations, Nairobi, Out of Africa, Rothschilds Giraffes, Safari, Spirit of Kenya, Tented Camps, Warthogs, Wildlife

• Into the Great Rift Valley

  

  The Great Rift Valley is a series of contiguous geographic rifts and faults, approximately 4,300 miles (7,000 kilometers) in total length, which runs from Lebanon in Asia to Mozambique in Southeast Africa. Formed over 35 million years ago, the faults contain numerous volcanoes and lakes. The Eastern Rift runs from Ethiopia through Kenya and into…

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  April 8, 2023

  Africa, Big Game, Kenya, Movie Locations, Nature, Out of Africa, Safari, Tourism, Travel, Wildlife

  Africa, Big Game, Birds, Birdwatching, Fish Eagle, Great Heron, Great Rift Valley, Great Rift Valley Lodge, Hippo, Hyena, Impala, Kenya, Kenyan Eagle, Lake Naivasha, Movie Locations, Nature, Out of Africa, Pelican, Safari, Spirit of Kenya, Vervet Monkey, Waterbuck, Wildlife, Zebra

• Amazing Amboseli

  

  Amboseli National Park is located in southern Kenya, close to the border of Tanzania, and encompasses an area of 151 square miles (392 square kilometers.) It was declared a national park in 1974 and offers stunning views of Mount Kilimanjaro to the southeast. Its diverse landscape of woodland, bush, savannah, marshlands, and lakes make it…

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  March 27, 2023

  Africa, Big Game, Kenya, Nature, Safari, Tent Camps, Tourism, Travel, Wildlife

  Africa, African Spoonbill, Amboseli National Park, Big Game, Cattle Egret, Crowned Crane, Elephant, Flamingos, Gazelle, Great Egret, Hippo, Hyena, Kenya, Lion, Marabou Stork, Marshland, Mount Kilimanjaro, Nature, Safari, Spirit of Kenya, Spotted Hyena, Thompson’s Gazelle, Wildebeest, Wildlife

• Into Africa (Our Safari in Kenya)

  

  Going on a safari in Kenya has been on our bucket list for many years and we began planning one for early 2019. Unfortunately timing and finances didn’t work out, so we decided to postpone until 2020. Then the pandemic closed the world to travel. Fast-forward three years and we finally made our dream trip…

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  March 11, 2023

  Africa, Big Game, Kenya, Movie Locations, Nature, Out of Africa, Safari, Tent Camps, Tourism, Travel, Wildlife

  Africa, Amboseli National Park, Big Game, Elephants, Giraffes, Hyenas, Impalas, Kenya, Kibo Safari Camp, Lions, Mount Kilimanjaro, Nairobi, Ostrich, Safari, Spirit of Kenya, Zebras