From the Mara to the Mighty Zambezi27 July 2021Travelling on their first flight out of Kenya, the four winning guides from the 2019 and 2020 editions of The Greatest Maasai Mara Photographer of the Year, set off on an unforgettable week-long adventureByMartin Keino
When Lengishu Came to Stay20 July 2021If you have read an Angama blog or two before, you may know “people first” is at the very heart of our lodge. Whether it be our guests, our staff, our neighbours, or our extended safari community, we love nothing more than opening our doors to all – this time, to our new friends from up northByCharlotte Ross Stewart
Celebrating Sisterhood at Segera1 June 2021Earlier this year, Angama’s two female guides headed up north to Segera Retreat in Laikipia to join the ROAR AFRICA Women’s Empowerment Retreat for a week of recognising the female pioneers in travel. This is Sophie’s story of her time up northBySophie Sadera
Serengeti from the Sky2 March 2021On a recent trip to the Serengeti, Adam captured some incredible photographs by helicopter. From a new perspective, he reflects on his new-found appreciation for this corner of the worldByAdam Bannister
Rwanda – Africa’s New Culinary Darling12 January 2021Trees Piersma, Kigali resident and food fundi, takes our readers on an unexpected journey from the capital’s street food, on to Lake Kivu and back to Rwanda’s Michelin-trained chef. Those gorillas best work hard at hanging on to being the main event.ByTrees Piersma
In the Company of Giants24 November 2020With views of Mount Kilimanjaro and an abundance of elephants, Adam recounts a recent photography expedition to AmboseliByAdam Bannister
An African Literary Safari10 November 2020Some of us may have been spending more time at home than planned over the past few months, but vicarious travel is possible and so enjoyable, as Laura Goldsworthy discovers while paging through some of her favourite African classicsByLaura Goldsworthy
Laikipia: Pure Elegance20 October 2020Nicky recently stayed at what surely must be amongst the most elegant safari homes on the continent. All four of these extraordinary sole-use residences are scattered across the great Laikipia Plateau that stretches westwards from the foothills of Mt KenyaByNicky Fitzgerald
The Great Migration – All Mine6 October 2020Simon decided that ‘enough was quite enough’ and booked a flight to Kenya in September. His suitcase was surprised and elated to hit the road again. Simon had to see for himself exactly what a safari around Kenya entailed when much of the world is still either in lockdown or travellers are too anxious to leave home. After reading this perhaps it’s time to blow the dust off your suitcase and come back to Africa – we miss youBySimon Beck
Two Weeks, Four Photographers And A Million Wildebeest29 September 2020As soon as local travel opened up, a team of four accomplished Kenyan photographers and filmmakers flew to Angama Mara to capture the drama of the Great Migration in near total solitude. This is their account of how they spent their days from sun up to sun downByClement Kiragu
Rewilding Kenya’s Gentle Giants8 September 2020Once they have outgrown the Sheldrick Trust’s Nairobi Nursery, the orphaned elephants begin the next exciting chapter of their lives. Adam visited Tsavo and learnt how these rescued elephant gradually learn how to be wildByAdam Bannister
Is it a Phlog? A Vlog? Definitely Not A Bog25 August 2020As Nicky set out to research the origin of the word ‘blog’ – a dumpy, inelegant, displeasing to the ear word – she stumbled across a whole universe of blogolicious words (that one she made up)ByNicky Fitzgerald
Off The Beaten Path In Eritrea4 August 2020After a stay at Angama Mara, Bunny Farnell-Watson revisited the land of her birth, Eritrea. Amidst the ruins, she discovered adventure, warmth and beauty in abundanceByBunny Farnell-Watson
The Swiss Watch of the Kenyan Skies28 July 2020Pilots David Seton and Kathy Moore take to the sky in a game-changing jet-style turbine-powered aircraft, straight off the Swiss factory floor and coming to a bush airstrip near youBySue van Winsen
In Search of the Shoebill14 July 2020What is it – a bird? A dinosaur? Tyler and Shannon headed to Uganda on a quest to find out more about one of Africa’s most enigmatic inhabitants, the shoebillByTyler Davis
