Angama By The Sea

17 Mar 2020 - Azei Lago If you can’t take Angama Mara to the coast, why not bring the coast to Angama Mara? That’s exactly what Azei Lago and his fellow ‘coastals’ did for our inaugural Coastal Night, a celebration of the diversity of culture found in the Angama Mara family

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Run With A Kenyan

10 Mar 2020 - John Hafner In November 2019, the GRITMEDIA team put their athletic prowess to the test with  famed Maasai long-distance runners

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Practice Makes Perfect

3 Mar 2020 - Douggy Onsongo As one of the first participants in Angama Mara’s safari guide photography programme, Douggie learns the importance of always being ready to capture the perfect shot

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On the Wild Side

18 Feb 2020 - Nicky Fitzgerald Never a dull moment at Angama Mara and here we go again but this time something completely different. Well, not so different: same guiding excellence, same unparalleled game viewing, same warm Kenyan hospitality, same maverick approach to design, same delicious food, same sublime comfort but this time truly in the middle of nowhere. We are delighted to introduce you to our new baby, Angama Safari Camp.

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The Chicken Run

11 Feb 2020 - Sue van Winsen If you’re up early enough, there’s a very special event that takes place in the Shamba each morning. It may even be worth missing an early morning departure for your safari.

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Here We Are Where We Ought To Be

4 Feb 2020 - Sandy Wolf Inspired by Karen Blixen much quoted saying from Out of Africa we are delighted to share the exciting news of our next development: the Angama Mara Map Room. We brainstormed ‘What next to delight our guests?’ and building a handsome room to showcase maps of every sort made perfect sense. Our guests come from all corners of the world and when they arrive in the Mara, often their first stop on their first ever African safari is with us and how better to welcome and orientate them than in a room filled with maps. Architects Sandy and Dan flew from Seattle to the Mara to design our Map Room and this is Sandy’s story.

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Beautiful Kitchen Chaos

14 Jan 2020 - Elias Nanka From evading wild animals on his morning commute, to serving up sizzling steaks grilled to perfect at Bush BBQ, this is a day in the life of Elias, also known as Chef Chimichurri or Nanka – take your pick

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Let the Games Begin

16 Dec 2019 - Shannon Davis Think twice before unleashing 85 Kenyans in any form of competition…

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From Seed to Plate

3 Dec 2019 - Ian Dommisse Our garden design fundi, Ian Dommisse, recounts the story of earth-to-mouth that happens each day thanks to Angama Mara’s lovely Shamba

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From Pied Crow* to Suspended in Mid Air**

15 Oct 2019 - Guest Author We delight in sharing the history of Angama Mara and this week’s story, written by our dear friend Sarah, offers our readers not only a peek into times gone by but is also a story with a romantic ending

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