The Angama Way Archives

Above: Three million one hundred fifty-six thousand six hundred minutes and still smiling

Seasons of Love 15 June 2021 As we celebrate Angama’s birthday, Nicky wonders – how do you begin to measure the love that has been poured into our lodge over the past six years? By Nicky Fitzgerald

Shannon sits proud inside the new guest area at Angama Safari Camp

Redefining Growth 30 March 2021 As Shannon’s time at Angama draws to a close, she reflects on her time and her personal journey – finding meaning in resolve, and fulfilment in effort By Shannon Davis

Chef Collins, second from right, heads up Angama's team of Chefs

The Angama Way 15 September 2020 Chef Collins Randiga is an integral member of the Angama Mara team and has been since its inception in 2015. It is through living according to the company's core values, he believes, that we achieve what is known as The Angama Way By Collins Randiga

People First. Always. 21 July 2020 Looking back on a 40-year career, Nicky is certain that the heart of the industry is powered by people: guests, staff, communities, and other stakeholders By Nicky Fitzgerald

Rift Valley Revelry 12 May 2020 Our second cultural night was held mid-March 2020 to celebrate our brothers and sisters from the Rift Valley region of Kenya By Azei Lago

The beautiful Angama women in traditional dress for our Coastal Cultural night

Angama By The Sea 17 March 2020 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 By Azei Lago

From Pied Crow to ‘Suspended in Mid Air’ 15 October 2019 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 By Guest Author

Alice in Maasailand 6 August 2019 With an enthusiasm and passion for wildlife that is as admirable as it is contagious, Angama Mara guide Alice Mantaine has been breaking traditional boundaries throughout her life, paving the way for future female guides in the Mara By Alice Mantaine

Steve’s Last Drive 26 February 2019 Last month, Douggy Onsongo kept a promise and took the guiding team on a path less travelled By Douggy Onsongo

Building a Future 1 January 2019 From digging foundations and laying bricks to becoming skilled hospitality professionals at Angama Mara, Tyler Davis honours those twenty three members of our family who began their journey at the lodge from ground zero By Tyler Davis

Kwaheri Steve 28 November 2017 Despite the pouring rain – considered a blessing on important days in Maasailand – family, friends, staff, community members, young and old, gathered from far and wide to say farewell to Steve By Nicky Fitzgerald

Angama of 1000 Days 15 August 2017 On 12 August 2014 the first peg was hammered into the ground and Steve Fitzgerald reminisces what it took to build Angama Mara in just over 10 months By Steve Fitzgerald

When Our Staff Came to Stay 7 June 2016 As a Camp Manager, I have seen our guests taken aback at their first view from the guest area, and speechless when they reach the crest of the Out of Africa kopje … but it has always been abstract to me. Until it happened to me. By Azei Lago

Then & Now: A Year of Miracles 12 April 2016 Who would have thought just twelve months ago, in April 2015, our lovely lodge would make such an extraordinary recovery from Construction Catastrophe to this? These ‘then’ pictures were snapped during a site visit between 6 – 10 April 2015. The fact we were just 10 weeks to opening hadn’t really dawned on us... By Nicky Fitzgerald

The Leaning Giraffe 14 October 2015 The brand name needed to be reflected in the logo: to tell the story of a lodge being ‘suspended in mid-air’; to underpin the historical importance and the world’s curiosity with Africa; the spirit of the place, its people, flora and fauna.... Chris Gough Palmer shares his story about the creation of the Angama brand By Chris Gough Palmer

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