This is a ‘ guest’ blog by good friend, safari connoisseur, and conservationist Ken Coe… What’s a hirola? Even amongst seasoned guides and safaristas, the name does not ring many bells. Pity, because hirola is an attractive, mid-sized antelope on the verge of extinction, occupying a fragile, sometimes politically unstable landscape in eastern Kenya close…
Archives for April 2015
A Maswa Walk
Recently I was contacted by a friend and long time safari companion. He was asking where we could do a good long walk in proper big game country; somewhere that we could see buffalo regularly. A real traditional safari like in days gone by. I wrote a few emails to various colleagues and friends in…
Safari Reading…Books on Africa
A few months ago, we published our safari reading list and said that it is a work in progress. Well, here it is again with a few added by a friend. There are so many wonderful books on Africa and it is always such a wonderful part of safari campfire conversation. Yet we never write…