The Travel Butlers Blog
Porini Rhino Camp is located in the Ol Pejeta Conservancy, a 90,000 acre wildlife conservancy situated between the foot hills of the Aberdares and the magnificent snowcapped Mount Kenya. My flight up to the Nanyuki airstrip was an adventure in itself – Safarilink laid on possibly the smallest plane I have ever been in – […] Read More
I arrived at Tortilis Camp in time for lunch, and was greeted enthuasically by Andrea and Manuela, the husband and wife Italian camp management team, and immediately you think ‘I am going to enjoy staying here!’. My room, or rather my tent, was lovely – if I had to use one word, it would be […] Read More
Who says man can’t interfere with nature in a positive way ? The newly opened underpass connecting the Ngare Ndare Forest / Lewa with the Mount Kenya Forest was built in the hope of re-establishing the only remaining connection between Kenya’s second-largest elephant population of 7,500 animals in Samburu with the estimated 2,000 in Mount […] Read More
You may think that all elephants, zebras and giraffes look the same … but if you take a closer look you will see that zebras all have slightly different stripey markings; the same applies to the markings on giraffes; but you have to look at an elephant’s footprint to notice the difference between individuals.
Elephant only have 6 sets of teeth during the course of their lifetime. They get their last set at the ripe old age of around 45 years, and this set can last upwards of 10 years. But once this set have worn down, then unfortunately the elephant dies as they cannot break down and digest […] Read More
The last in our folklore series … I do hope you have enjoyed these stories ! Why the Zebra has a Stripy Coat The Creator originally made all the animals the same. After a while, the animals became bored with all looking alike, and asked if The Creator could do something to help them. The […] Read More
Symbiosis is the act of any 2 (or more) different species living and interacting together, and the African bush has many, many examples of how this works. For example, a red oxpecker and a kudu have a mutually symbiotic relationship – meaning that both parties get a mutual benefit / positive reaction the relationship. So […] Read More
More folklore for you to enjoy ! How the Elephant got his Tusks The Warthog used to have beautiful long ivory tusks, but his friend, the Elephant, only had small, curling tusks. Elephant was extremely jealous of his friend’s tusks, and wanted the tusks for himself. One day, Elephant saw Warthog out walking, and had […] Read More
One of the best folklore stories ! Why the Elephant has a Trunk The Elephant used to only have a small snout in The Beginning. This didn’t bother him unduly, in fact he was rather proud of his small nose because it never got in the way of feeding and drinking. Because of his great […] Read More
Guests at AmaKhosi Safari Lodge, about 3 hours from Durban, are used to their rangers taking them off road during exciting game drives in search of Africa’s Big 5 … but recently some guests got a slightly closer encounter than maybe they had bargained for ! An everso slightly curious elephant decided to investigate the […] Read More
