The Travel Butlers Blog
It has just been announced that there MAY be plans afoot for Comair to launch a direct flight from Durban’s new King Shaka International Airport to London’s Gatwick Airport. There is still a lot of work to be done on finalising the agreement between Comair and the KwaZulu-Natal provincial government’s key economic development project, the […] Read More
The wildebeest have gathered. The calves have been born. It is about to start …. Yes, we are talking about the famous Great Migration, which every year sees over 1.5 million wildebeest, 200,000 zebras and 350,000 gazelles follow the rains en mass from the Serengeti Plains in Tanzania up to Kenya’s Masai (also spelled Maasai) […] Read More
My first ever trip to the famous Masai Mara. To say I was excited was a bit of an understatement. From Nairobi, I caught the Safarilink flight to the Mara. Upon landing, I was approached my guide from Porini Lion Camp, who was dressed in traditional Masai garb – and welcomed warmly to the Mara. […] Read More
The Oceana Luxury Suites and Spa offers superbly appointed air-conditioned one or 2 bedroomed self-catering apartments in Camps Bay, all either opening up onto the gardens with its 2 swimming pools and outside jacuzzi, or onto private balconies with views of the Atlantic Ocean. Less than a 10 minute walk down to the beach front, […] Read More
I stayed at The Majlis for the very last night of my recent business trip to Kenya. There is nothing about it that I can fault at all. You arrive by boat, having sped past the gorgeously large houses and villas of Shela on the mainland, and jump out onto the warm sand. The entrance […] Read More
Destination – the Kenyan Coast. The northern part. Namely – Lamu Archipelago. And Kipungani. I landed at Manda airstrip, on a Safarilink 2 hour flight from Wilson, Nairobi. The grass airstrip was a bit bumpy, but not too bad. Met by Kipungani’s representative, and escorted down to the waiting boat, which would take me on […] Read More
Porini Rhino Camp is located in the Ol Pejeta Conservancy, a 90,000 acre wildlife conservancy situated between the foot hills of the Aberdares and the magnificent snowcapped Mount Kenya. My flight up to the Nanyuki airstrip was an adventure in itself – Safarilink laid on possibly the smallest plane I have ever been in – […] Read More
I arrived at Tortilis Camp in time for lunch, and was greeted enthuasically by Andrea and Manuela, the husband and wife Italian camp management team, and immediately you think ‘I am going to enjoy staying here!’. My room, or rather my tent, was lovely – if I had to use one word, it would be […] Read More
And I say ‘experience’ in the nicest possible way ! I went to Nairobi full of preconceptions about the city, and I was proved completely wrong. I actually loved it, and whilst it will never ever be a holiday highlight of your trip to Kenya (well, given that it is competing against fabulous wildlife and […] Read More
Having just returned from a 2 week trip to Kenya, this is the first report about the 10 places I stayed at. Porini Amboseli Camp in the Selenkay Conservancy – what a fabulous place ! I was picked up from the Amboseli airstrip by my 2 guides, Harry and Jonah, and immediately offered a coffee! […] Read More
