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We recently asked our Instagram followers to recommend any must-read books about the notorious Happy Valley set in Kenya. Totally bizarre and wildly mysterious, here is the list…
Karen Blixen“My own relation to the world of ancient Africa was indeed a kind of love affair: love at first sight and everlasting.”
There are so many of us in the world that readily confess to a deep love for gin and tonic. What if one could harness this collective passion, the world over, and turn it into something good? Robin Gerlach and Tessa Wienker travelled through Africa in 2011 and had exactly this thought.
Karen Blixen“So lovely, as if the contemplations of it could itself be enough to make you happy all your life.”
Gary SnyderNature is not a place to visit. It is home.
Scorpion torch, leatherman, veld skoene – what more could a man on safari want? His camera gear of course…
This month, we’re exploring the wild and wonderful possessions that James Suter, private photographic guide and co-owner of Black Bean Productions, tucks into his luggage on his safari adventures.
The wonderful old flying machine – a 1929-model Gypsy Moth – spent around 50 hours soaring over the quintessential East African bushveld during the filming of ‘Out of Africa’ – a Kenyan tale of romance between Danish Baroness Karen Blixen and big-game hunter Denys Finch Hatton.