I Want to Go to Africa But I Don’t Know How
I hear this exact sentence almost every week on WhatsApp. People have saved hundreds of Pinterest pins and Instagram posts, but they have not booked a single flight, because the amount of conflicting advice online is genuinely paralyzing. So here is the plan I actually walk guests through, broken into real steps with real numbers, […]
Safari Outfits for Women: What Actually Works in the Bush
Safari outfits for women get overcomplicated fast once you start scrolling Pinterest, with model-style linen shirts, wide leather belts, and felt hats that look wonderful in photos and terribly on an actual game drive. After years of watching what guests actually wear and actually use, I have a much simpler answer than the mood boards […]
Best Safari Hat: Where to Buy and Price Guide
A safari hat is not something to buy last minute at the airport, and I say this because I have watched guests regret it on day one, red-faced and squinting by 9am because the cap they packed does nothing for their neck or ears. The African sun sits high and direct for most of the […]
Is Africa Hot All Year Round? The Real Answer From Someone Who Lives It
Is Africa hot all year round? No, and this is one of the biggest misunderstandings I deal with when guests are packing for their first trip. I have had guests from the US arrive in shorts and t-shirts for a July morning game drive in Kenya, only to be shivering by 6am and asking to […]
African Safari Animals: Complete List of 50+ Species
African safari animals are the whole reason people fly across the world to sit in a dusty vehicle before sunrise, and after guiding hundreds of trips across Kenya and Tanzania, I still feel the same pull every time a guide radios in a sighting. So when guests ask me what animals are in the safari, […]
Best Safari Luggage: What I Tell Every Guest Before They Pack
Choosing the best safari luggage matters more than most people expect, and packing for a safari the wrong way is the most common mistake I see guests make. Most safari lodges sit in remote places, and the only way in is a small bush plane with a luggage hold about the size of a car […]
Safari Facts I Tell Every First-Time US Guest
I have planned safaris for hundreds of American travelers by now, and I get the same questions almost every time. Not the questions you find on a packing list website. The real ones. The ones people ask me over a phone call at 9pm their time because they are lying awake worried about something nobody […]
Kenya Safari Beach Holiday: Cost, Visa & Itinerary Guide 2026
I remember standing on the sand at Chale Island on the last morning of that trip, coffee in hand, watching the tide pull back from the reef, and thinking about how completely different this moment felt from four days earlier, standing in an open-top Land Cruiser in the Masai Mara watching a lioness walk within […]
8 Day Kenya Safari Tour: Cost, Visa & Itinerary Guide 2026
I still remember standing at the edge of Amboseli on my own eight-day trip, watching an elephant matriarch lead her family across the dust with Kilimanjaro rising behind her like something out of a painting, and thinking, this is exactly why eight days, not five, not three, is the length I recommend to almost every […]
Stone Town, Zanzibar: The Complete Guide to Tanzania’s UNESCO Old Town
Where Is Stone Town Located? Stone Town sits within Zanzibar City, on the western coast of Zanzibar Island, itself part of Tanzania, roughly 25 to 35 kilometers off the Tanzanian mainland in the Indian Ocean. If you’re wondering exactly where Stone Town is located relative to the rest of the island, it’s the older, historic […]