What’s happening in May? Suddenly our booking sheets for May have all but filled up. There are zebras in the thousands around Kenya’s Mara Nyika, and I don’t think I...
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GREAT PLAINS FOUNDATION IMPACT REPORT JANUARY - MARCH 2022 We are in Kenya’s Maasai Mara again, having flown directly from New York to Nairobi and into Mara Nyika. I am...
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A Watch Wednesday of a different kind this week. Over the last two years, Dereck has, every week without fail, penned the words used in our weekly Watch Wednesday missives,...
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EARTH DAY 2022 As far back as 1970, the environmental movement started. In August 1977, Kenya banned all trophy hunting as women turned out to protest in the streets against...
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Homemade Mara Mara Nyika Camp Pastries If we let them, our Great Plains chefs will get up to mischief with decadent pastries and playful yet healthy dishes to celebrate all...
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The Comfort of a Greater Family I was frankly taken by surprise a few days ago when a small girl from a remote Maasai village unceremoniously took hold of my...
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Live from the hide at ol Donyo Lodge There is always a moment of sadness at the end of a safari. Cameras are usually the last to be packed, and...
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Dispatch directly from the Mara plains In the past few days here, you would be forgiven for thinking that the state of conservation is thriving. This week alone, Beverly and...
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Jambo from Kenya! As I write this, we are flying over the famous green hills of Hemingway’s writing, and I find it difficult to concentrate as those East African plains...
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In Celebration of Strong Women When she selected my tent to curl up against seductively, she used all her feminine skills to send a signal, offering trust in exchange for...
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