Andrew Muigai

The Maasai - East Africa's Most Celebrated Indigenous Peoples

The Maasai are East Africa's most celebrated indigenous peoples. Tall, dark and slender, they have for long remained contemptuous of modern lifestyle. They are a noble, proud, and freedom loving people, who have always infatuated romantic esterners, sin... Read >

Northern Kenya Wilds- The Dream of Adventure Travelers

Kenya's north is a vast country of rugged dramatic scenery, whose native peoples have shunned the modern world, and indeed appear contemptuous of it. Its hot and dry vistas are perched with scorched desert, merciful oases, beautiful plains, barren mountai... Read >

The Mountain Gorilla - A Charismatic Giant Under Siege

Gorillas are the largest and most charismatic of the great apes. After chimpanzees, they are our closest biological kin and share upto 98% of our genes. They bear an unmistakable affinity to humans by way of intelligence, physiological structure and behav... Read >

Seychelles - Dreams of Paradise

The Seychelles is made up of more than 100 tiny islands that dot the face of the endless deep. Millions of years ago, these islands were stranded in the western Indian Ocean after Africa and Asia drifted apart. Wherever you come from, Seychelles will be f... Read >

Hyenas, Jackals & Wild Dogs: The Sharpest of Africa's Lesser Predators

The big cats- leopard, lion and cheetah, are the top dogs of Africa's predators. The pre-eminence of these feral celebrities in the public imagination has relegated to second place other predators whose success is equally impressive, and sometimes even mo... Read >

Victoria Falls - Delight of the Angels

Victoria Falls is one of the world's most outstanding natural attractions. It sits in the exalted company of the Grand Canyon (US), Great Barrier Reef (Australia) and Mount Everest (Nepal) in the ratings of the Seven Wonders of the Natural World. The magn... Read >

Botswana's Okavango Delta - Africa's Most Beautiful Oasis

The Okavango Delta is one of the world's largest inland deltas, and without doubt Africa's most beautiful oasis. The delta spreads over 16,000 sq km in Botswana's north country. Surrounded by the Kalahari Desert savannah, this lush wetland is an affirmati... Read >

Ethiopia - A Diamond in the Rough

In Africa, Ethiopia's historical pedigree is second only to that of Egypt. The country claims a history going back 5,000 years, and there are Bible episodes mentioning Ethiopia dating back at least 3,000 years. The rich history is a blend of fact, lege... Read >

The African Rhino- Vulnerable Despite a Thick Skin

The rhino is a huge, ungainly and not so pretty animal that is clearly out of prehistoric times. It however sits pretty, amongst the big five game- the others being leopard, buffalo, lion and elephant - and is indeed one of Africa's most celebrated fauna.... Read >

The Water Birds of East Africa

Birding is one of the fastest growing hobbies in the world. In America, bird watchers rose from 21 m in 1982, to an astonishing 68 million in 2000. In the US, birding is now the second most popular outdoor recreation after gardening. Technology advances h... Read >

Mount Kenya - Up High at God's Mountain

Mount Kenya is Africa's second highest mountain, after Kilimanjaro. It is estimated to be 2.5 million years old, and Kilimanjaro at 750,00 years of age is really an upstart. Time has really taken its toll, and the peak is thought to have dropped from 6,50... Read >

Mighty Kilimanjaro - The Worlds' Most Accessible Summit

Snow-capped Kilimanjaro, floating above the clouds is no doubt one of the most beautiful and impressive sights in the natural world. Even hard-boiled non-believers, in their unguarded moments, empathise with the Maasai who call it the "House of God". The ... Read >

Mombasa & the Kenyan Coast - Where the Sun is Ever Faithful

Kenya's 480 km coast is one of the principal attractions for visitors to the country. Every year, hundreds of thousands of sun lovers find their way here. Many are returning pilgrims who truly know that the sun here is ever faithful. Unlike other beach de... Read >

The Nile Cruise - In the Footsteps of the Pharaohs

Egypt is where history first emerged. It is here that we have the first pictographic record of events and persons. Hieroglyphics, the system of writing used by ancient Egyptians can be traced back to about 3200 BC. At about 3180 BC, the nations of Upper a... Read >

Uganda - The Pearl Of Africa Glows Again

Uganda is a beautiful country with an impressive people. This is one of my favourite countries in all of Africa. The people of Uganda have survived the troubles of 1967-86 period and emerged standing upright and wearing a smile. In that short period, the ... Read >