The Journal
Stories from the wild
Field notes, travel tips and conservation dispatches from our guides on the ground.
Featured · Wildlife
The Great Migration: A Month-by-Month Guide for 2025
When to see river crossings, where the herds calve, and how to time your Mara safari with the predator drama.
What to Pack for a Kenya Safari: The Ultimate Checklist
Earth tones, layers and the camera lens you'll wish you'd brought. Our complete guide to safari packing.
Elsa frank · March 4, 2025
Amboseli vs Maasai Mara: Which Park Should You Visit First?
Both are bucket-list , but they deliver completely different safaris. Here's how to choose.
James Otieno · February 22, 2025
Top 10 Birds to Spot in Kenya
From the lilac-breasted roller to the secretary bird , Kenya's most strikingly beautiful flyers.
Amara Njeri · February 14, 2025
Family Safari Tips: Kenya with Kids
Why a Kenyan safari may be the best classroom your children will ever step into.
Elsa frank · February 1, 2025
Diani Beach: Africa's Best Kept Secret
Twenty-five kilometres of powder-white sand and warm turquoise , the perfect safari finale.
Hassan Mohammed · January 22, 2025
The Samburu Special Five: Kenya's Rarest Animals
Reticulated giraffe, Grevy's zebra, gerenuk, beisa oryx and the Somali ostrich , only in the north.
David Kimani · January 10, 2025
Conservation Success: Kenya's Rhino Comeback
How decades of community-led conservancies have brought the black rhino back from the brink.
James Otieno · December 28, 2024