Kenya
HOLLIE M’GOG was born in Kenya and currently travels the world. She has published a non-fiction about the Zambezi River (Where Crocodiles Roam) and is working on a creative non-fiction trilogy about a boda-boda driver in Uganda as well as on a few more children’s books. She writes for travel and wildlife magazines in-between times, as well as safari guiding, teaching wildlife based University courses and expedition leading.
"Africa: Excitement, danger, awe. Crocodiles, hippos and a river kayak journey. A top read, highly recommended. Should be, but isn't on the best sellers list!"
In this issue of Nomad we showcase the beauty of Laikipia, from tracking black rhinos on foot in Sera Conservancy, hiking up the Mathews Range to camel safaris and a round up of things to do in the county.
The view from the top is not always spectacular. It can be misty cold, icy even; nevertheless the satisfaction of the climb to the top of Africa's fifth highest peak outweighs all discomforts. But Arusha National Park, 137 square kilometres, is not all about summiting Mt. Meru.
A journey into Congo to climb it's highest peak!
Kibale Forest in Uganda offers an activity that cannot be paralleled anywhere else on the African continent. There are two forms this activity can take; chimp trekking and chimp habituation. Habituation is frequently repeating a stimulus in order to diminish a physiological or emotional response while trekking is the more frequently conducted exercise, an exercise in capturing bite-sized wilderness experiences that simply cannot match the experience of habituation.
Wow! Only one word can describe Papaya Lake Lodge. For a couple who have travelled Africa but who did not previously know Uganda and who have certainly never built a lodge, Sebastian and Magdalena from Poland should be super-proud. Papaya Lodge is exquisite in every sense of the word, right down to the last detail.