East Africa Things to see and do Travel Articles

The Tana River Conservation Zone, Kenya

Kenya's largest river and important lifeline for m

The Rift Valley Circuit, Kenya

A host of national parks set in the fantastic scen

Mount Kenya National Park, Kenya

Kenya's second highest mountain and a spiritual pl

Mount Elgon National Park, Kenya

An extinct volcano straddling the border between K

Masai Mara, Kenya

Home to the spectacular Wildebeest Migration, one

Lake Turkana, Northern Kenya

Also known as the Jade Sea, this lake is in an ext

Amboseli National Park, Kenya

Amboseli is probably most famous for its photograp

Wonderful Watamu, Kenya

A beach village with national parks and archeologi

Mozambique, Southern Africa – August 1999

Mozambique is the land of the unlikely story with an important difference; here, the tall tales are typically true. Ponder, for example, whether John Jay of Macaneta is really Lord Lucan; or what a bounder called Blandford (self-styled ‘Cornish Ambassador’) is doing living in a pup-tent on Wimbi beach; and how about the ‘Sultan of [...]

Kenya – May 1999

I am always intrigued by the travel guides referrals to various lakes in the Rift Valley as being ‘the best’ lake to see flamingoes. There is no best spot because the flamingoes migrate up and down the Rift soda lakes continuously, depending on how the weather has affected the lakes over the previous few months. [...]