Angama Shamba Archives

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.

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

From Hive To Table – The Great Honey Harvest

18 Jun 2019 - Alison Mitchell With tales of sleepy bees and buckets of honey, Alison Mitchell decided to join the Shamba keepers on a nocturnal harvesting mission

Becoming One with The Mara

23 Apr 2019 - Tyler Davis Well, it’s official – after four years, nature has finally reclaimed the land

A Farmer at Heart

19 Mar 2019 - William Naliki Olais Lemeyian Sowing and growing, seeding and weeding – it’s all in a day’s work for Shamba Keeper, Naliki

Eating Earth

12 Mar 2019 - Ian Dommisse While soil and worm tea may not be on the menu at Angama, both play a vital role in creating a thriving Shamba and lovely garden-to-kitchen produce

Rotating Chooks
– not Roasting Chooks

30 Oct 2018 - Ian Dommisse Who would have thought that three years in we'd be designing and implementing chicken coops in our very own Shamba? Never a dull moment at Angama Mara...