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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.
Sean Hemingway“I left Africa understanding that every creature on this planet had its purpose, and comforted to know that I was still figuring out mine.”
“I had a farm in Africa, at the foot of the Ngong Hills.”
This is probably the first thing most people think about when they hear the name Karen Blixen. But there was so much more to one of Kenya’s most famous authors than ‘Out of Africa.’
Ralph Bousfield went on his first safari at the age of three. Today he guides safaris across Botswana, owns and operates four luxury safari camps, and co-owns Hickman and Bousfield safari outfitters with his stylish other half, Caroline Hickman.
What does an iconic bush legend like this take on safari?
‘To walk in the wake of elephants, to be small in a world of giants, to learn the spoor of silence, and the deep rumbling eloquence of kin.’
Today we celebrate ellies – the gentle giants who inspired our being – with these powerful words by Ian McCallum.
We’re thrilled to be collaborating with Kim Gray this month. Kim is a South African who runs her own fashion, decor, travel and lifestyle blog.
As our Guest Editor, she handpicks her safari inspired favourites throughout September.
‘You strike a woman, you strike a rock,’ were the words sung by hundreds of women as they marched to the Union Buildings on the 9th August 1956. Although that was 60 years ago, these words still ring true. Nowhere more so than in Balule Nature Reserve, where the Black Mamba all-women anti-poaching unit operates.