Stuck in traffic in Nairobi

I was heading to a meeting in Nairobi early today and there was so much traffic on the road. The meeting was supposed to start around 9:30am and I had been travelling the whole night to try and make it there on time. But in Nairobi travelling less than 2 kilometres was a nightmare. After…

Life in camp

You canâ??t imagine that camp used to be for more than eight people – now there are just two people in it! Nights are so quiet that you could think we were the only people left on this planet! Our alarm – the Crested Francolin will call at exactly 6:30am making such a high sound…

New Face on Lion Guardians blog

We now have a new face on the Lion Guardian blog. Amy Howard will be helping out with different aspects of the blog with myself, to get more interesting stories, pictures and clips of lions and Lion Guardians in their communities. Amy is from England and has been helping with the media aspects of the…

Collared lioness located with cubs

Our collared lioness, Nempakaai, that usually lives in Amboseli has been located with cubs. The lioness was collared early last year with the help of Guardians Olubi and Mokoi, to the West of Mbirikani. She then moved to Amboseli National Park with a pride of two females. Here is a photo of Lion Guardians Olubi…

Picture this..

As we were driving I saw this on a moving â??bill boardâ?. ‘Heshimu Punda’ means respect a donkey. It was on the spare wheel cover of a car in front of us. Then I started thinking: we have the situation in Kenya right now after the election violence where people are in dire need of…