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Opened this past May, Cheetah Plains is the newest addition to the Sabi Sabi Game Reserve that borders Kruger National Park. Remarkably, it takes the safari to a whole new level of sophistication with a set up that comprises three unconventionally modern, even vaguely brutalist, exclusi…
We were given one rule. One simple rule. One code of conduct for avoiding a catastrophe during our excursions in the bush: never stand up in the Land Cruiser. So here we are, in the wild, surrounded by a pride of lions. Two of them to our left, the dominant male and a lioness, have [&he…
As an evening storm rolls in over the savannah and flashes of temperamental lightning compete for attention with the freight train-like roar of heavy rain, I’m safe and dry under a thick canopy of canvas. It’s the rainy season here in Kenya, when sunsets battle towering cumulus clouds f…
Remember Jochen Zeitz? He’s the former CEO of Puma who now uses his millions to change opinions on climate change. He’s also a guy who fell in love with Africa and bought Segera, a Kenyan wildlife park that’s three times larger than Manhattan. Well, now he’s gone and collaborated with t…
When Jochen Zeitz first came to Africa for a two-week safari in 1989, he fell in love with the sights, sounds, smells, and soil. Indeed, his reaction was much like that of the characters played by Robert Redford and Meryl Streep in the 1985 Oscar-winning classic. “What inspired me thirt…
Slowly, the convoy came to a halt. Headlights flickered off. My first thought was that this was a rotten place to replace another flat tyre. It was dark, we’d been driving all day and there was still a long way to go before we made camp. Then I saw them. Looming out of the gloom, [&hell…