The Furrowed Elephant: tent camping beyond the wire in Kenya

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The Furrowed Elephant

The Furrowed Elephant

camping outside the wire in Kenya

There is science, logic, reason; there is thought verified by experience. And then there is Kenya.

elephant tent camping in kenya

tent camping in kenya

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Amboseli National Park

Amboseli National Park

Amboseli National Park

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A million years of camp outs

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Westgate Community Conservancy

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A fire-side chat with a WCC ranger

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Meru National Park

Meru National Park

Meru National Park

Public campsite with a swimming pool!

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Miles na lango la kuzimu

Miles na lango la kuzimu

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Kenya's cliffs of woe

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Pyramids of Meroë, Sudan

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An empire at the end of its road?

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Namunyak Conservancy

Namunyak Conservancy

Namunyak Conservancy

Kitich and the ubiquity of pastoralist rifles

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Samburu National Reserve

Samburu National Reserve

Samburu National Reserve

Where the wild things come looking for you.

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Marsabit National Park

Marsabit National Park

Marsabit National Park

Lake Paradise and the inquisitive midnight elephant.

Oct 17, 2020

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