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African lion couple and safari jeep in Kenya

East African Safari vs Southern African Safari

Want to experience an African safari? There are many choices when it comes to location, and none will disappoint. Having travelled to both East Africa and Southern Africa, I have enjoyed safaris in both regions of this amazing continent. I have been asked which region I enjoyed more. The simple answer is both, for different […]

Three giraffe with Mt Kilimanjaro in background in Amboseli National Park, Kenya

Kenya vs Tanzania: Choosing the Ideal African Safari Destination

If you’re planning an African safari in the near future, let our comparative guide help you choose between Kenya and Tanzania. People in the west are notorious for looking at Africa as a one homogenous land and not a series of distinct countries. This becomes even worse when people try to tell the difference between […]

Elephants in Tarangire National Park in north Tanzania

Travelling Hemingway’s Africa on an East African Safari

Few western figures are as associated with East Africa as Ernest Hemingway, even though he only took two trips to the continent in his life. Perhaps this is because the writer of The Old Man and the Sea and A Farewell to Arms helped codify the image of the Great White Hunter, even if he […]