DERECK & BEVERLY JOUBERT’S FILM ‘THE LAST LIONS’ WINS 4 SAFTA AWARDS (March 2013)
I watched Dereck and Beverly Joubert’s amazing film ‘The Last Lions’ at a trade showing last year and there wasn’t a dry eye in the house – certainly not mine! I write about African safari but didn’t know that lions are endangered in the wild. Their extraordinary film shot in Botswana showed otherwise. Best Director of...
Great Plains Ride Kenya Cover Story – Tatler Travel Guide 2013
Described as, “The most African Africa you could ever experience”, and I tend to agree! Tatler Travel Guide 2013 cover features the Great Plains Conservation’s Ride Kenya and while I didn’t do this particular horse ride, I did have one of the most thrilling rides of my life through the Masai Mara with the...
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Eco Safari Lodges in Africa
What qualifies a safari establishment to call itself eco-friendly? Can it just be one thing or should it be an ethos that runs to all aspects of the facility, including: recycling of waste conservation touching the earth lightly using local build materials sourcing local food enviro-friendly sewerage treatment ...
Governor’s Camp host BBC Film Crew
BBC’s Planet Earth Live film crew have set up at Governors Camp in the Masai Mara – one of the first and most loved safari lodges I visited in the mid 1990s. The BBC’s latest wildlife documentary Planet Earth Live will be broadcast live during the month of May 2012 and the team staying at...
Daphne Sheldrik the elephant lady of Kenya – new book
Daphne Sheldrick is one of those indomitable women who take it upon themselves to save a species. She was the first person to successfully hand-rear newborn elephants against all advice and has had a huge impact on conservation in Kenya and worldwide. She founded the David Sheldrick Wildlife Trust and the...
Goodbye to the Governor of Governor’s Camps, Kenya
ARIS LEONIDAS GRAMMATICAS 20/05/1938 – 15/10/2011 It is with heavy hearts that the Grammaticas family has to inform you of the passing away of our beloved Aris. After a long and extraordinary life Aris slipped away peacefully at home in Ololua, Karen, surrounded by the family he loved so much. Aris will be...
Tortoise Adopts Hippo
When this baby hippo losts its mother, it found the next best thing, a giant tortoise. Nicknamed Owen, weighing around 300 kg (650 pounds), this little hippo was swept down the Sabaki River to the Indian Ocean, then washed back ashore by tsunami waves that struck the Kenyan coast on December 26. Rescued by wildlife...