Best Wishes for 2021 from Safari Sense Dear friends and partners, 2020 is coming to an end, a year marked by unprecedented hardships, challenges and sacrifices. This year has been like no other in our lifetime. From adapting our regular holiday packages to cancelling and rescheduling events and reorganizing our tours, the Coronavirus pandemic has… Continue reading Happy New Year 2021
One of the most critical skills to learn in wildlife photography is the ability to handle the camera without thinking about it. The more time you spend wondering which control dial to adjust and in which direction, the greater the likelihood that your intended image has long since disappeared from the scene. This can be… Continue reading Wildlife Photography Tips: Tracking Techniques
Crouched low, ears flattened and tail swishing softly from side to side, the spotted cat looked up from the shadow of the termite hill, its golden eyes glinting in the evening sun. Thompson Gazelles a few meter ahead continue munching on the fresh grass, twitchy, yet oblivious of the imminent danger facing them. A slow,… Continue reading Why Amboseli Is a Good Idea This Month
If you’re dreaming of an exciting safari holiday this year, Safari Sense has the best offers to make your adventures come true. Now is the perfect chance to plan for the coming holidays and our safaris have got you covered! With our select packages, we’re careful to make sure your adventure takes you to the… Continue reading Planning for your holiday? We got you covered!
First time visitors to Kenya are usually amazed at the natural flow of life while on their safari at any one of our beautiful parks, their first game drive loaded with high expectations. The vastness of the African savanna and variety of wildlife leaves them breathless and most express wonder when they come up (and… Continue reading Need To Know: Practical Tips For a Safe Safari
The Nairobi National Park has always been reserved a page or two in our travel diaries here at Safari Sense. Over the years, we’ve had varied experiences in this unforgettable slice of paradise within Kenya’s capital city. Some days are lucky. Especially when the traffic is low on an early weekday morning game drive. Chances… Continue reading Travel Tips: Any Time Game Drive at Nairobi National Park
The snows of Kilimanjaro, white and crystalline, form a majestic backdrop to one of Kenya’s most spectacular displays of wildlife – lion, elephant, leopard, rhino, cheetah, buffalo and hosts of plains’ game, creating Kenya’s most sought after photographer’s paradise This is Maasai country, a proud nomadic people, who have lived in harmony with nature for… Continue reading Essential Destination: Amboseli
Watamu. The small dhow bounces on the waves during the early morning one-minute ride to the fishing boat, its sails full of wind; the sailor deftly adjusting the ropes. The twin-engine 25-foot craft we are headed to is designed for a crew of two and specially designed for 2 more passengers. As we climb aboard,… Continue reading Ahoy Matey! The Thrills of Big Game Fishing – Kenya
When? All year round Just 10 km from the Kenyan capital, adjacent to Nairobi Racecourse, Ngong Road Forest Sanctuary – the isolated remnant of a once vast upland forest elsewhere almost wholly supplanted by suburbia – still boasts a surprisingly rich avifauna. Activities Where to go… Look out for… Activities Discover birds in the wild while… Continue reading Birdnificent©: Ngong Forest
Mount Kenya, with its snow‑capped peaks 5,199 m. high, is Kenya’s highest mountain and certainly one of the most beautiful mountains anywhere. Its slopes are covered with rich deciduous and bamboo forests and open high altitude moorland just below the glaciers and snowfields. Wildlife resident within the forest includes elephant, buffalo and even lion, with… Continue reading Hiking Up Kirinyaga! [Jan – Feb]
