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Wildlife Watch – Watch Wednesday August

The Season of Gold and Amber At the peak of this season, the themes of our regular Wildlife Watch Wednesday - the submissions from guides and guests - are biased towards the amber light and gold grasses we so often…

GreatPlainsCons2023Hammer2 September 2026

Great Plains Conservation Rewilding wild dog

Great Plains Foundation Watch Wednesday

Watch Wednesday – Rewilding

The ‘origins' story of Great Plains is about how to make a difference with a combination of tourism, social responsibility to communities and conservation and like most grand schemes, you chip away at the concept and then step back from…

GreatPlainsCons2023Hammer19 August 2026

Great Plains Conservation Mara Nyika Recipe Raspberry Parfait

Culinary and Dining

Mara Nyika Camp Recipe – Raspberry Parfait

By Chef Dominic Saningo Koya - Mara Nyika Camp Head Chef The story behind the recipe ‎Refreshing finish: Kenya's warm climate makes a chilled dessert very appealing after a rich meal. Beautiful presentation: The vibrant red raspberries create an elegant,…

GreatPlainsCons2023Hammer6 August 2026

Watch Wednesday

Zamara Private – Watch Wednesday

Zamara Private, the newest addition to our Great Plains portfolio, is ready to bring to everyone’s attention. Situated in a thicket of trees on high ground in the Mara, on private land, and not far from Mara Plains Camp, Mara…

GreatPlainsCons2023Hammer5 August 2026

Watch Wednesday Wildlife and Sightings

Wildlife Watch – Watch Wednesday July

Mid-season madness! Our guides don’t know which way to point their lenses, as you can see in this week’s assembly of this month’s wildlife sightings. For some reason, there are babies everywhere. Left and right, lion cubs and painted dog…

GreatPlainsCons2023Hammer29 July 2026

Kenya

Ode to One Ton

One Ton - A Legend This weekend, we woke to a changed world. The news from one of the Great Plains guides came across that one of the large tusker bull elephants was down, very near ol Donyo Lodge. We…

GreatPlainsCons2023Hammer7 July 2026

Great Plains Sitatunga Private Island Corn Soup Recipe

Culinary and Dining

Sitatunga Private Island Recipe: Okavango Fire-Grilled Corn Soup

By Chef Lady K - Sitatunga Private Island Head Chef & Chef Law - Sitatunga Private Island Sous Chef Okavango Fire-Grilled Corn Soup Deep within the Okavango Delta, as the sun dips below the horizon and paints the sky in…

GreatPlainsCons2023Hammer3 July 2026

Great Plains Conservation Water Self Syfficiency

Sustainable Safaris

More Than a Sip: Our Innovative Approach to Water Self-Sufficiency

By: Georgie Hextall - Great Plains Foundation - Impact Programs Manager & Sustainability Across all landscapes, water is more than a resource; it’s the very heartbeat of the ecosystem. It connects the elephant herds across the plains and the underground…

GreatPlainsCons2023Hammer25 June 2026

Watch Wednesday

Wildlife Watch – Watch Wednesday June

Another end-of-month snapshot of the highlights taken by our guides and guests shows that it is certainly 'predator time' across our portfolio, although, when isn’t it!? Embedded in this week’s showreel is one image that could well have been taken…

GreatPlainsCons2023Hammer24 June 2026

Great Plains Conservation Mara Toto Tree Camp June Recipe

Culinary and Dining Kenya

Mara Toto Tree Camp Recipe: Charred Beef Medallions, pepper cream velouté, potato fondant, grilled courgette, crispy carrot nest, and broccolini

By Chef JohnMark, known fondly as JM - Mara Toto Tree Camp Headchef “This dish is special and close to my heart because it brings together everything I love about cuisine that is both comforting and refined. The grilled beef…

GreatPlainsCons2023Hammer3 June 2026

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Wildlife Watch – Watch Wednesday August

Watch Wednesday – Rewilding

Mara Nyika Camp Recipe – Raspberry Parfait

Zamara Private – Watch Wednesday

Wildlife Watch – Watch Wednesday July

Ode to One Ton

Sitatunga Private Island Recipe: Okavango Fire-Grilled Corn Soup

More Than a Sip: Our Innovative Approach to Water Self-Sufficiency

Wildlife Watch – Watch Wednesday June

Mara Toto Tree Camp Recipe: Charred Beef Medallions, pepper cream velouté, potato fondant, grilled courgette, crispy carrot nest, and broccolini

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