The miracle of the Great Migration

THE GREAT ESCAPE TO THE GREATEST MIGRATION (Posted 31st July 2013) (One of the many river crossings the herds have to get across in their search of pasture) Included in the natural 8 wonders of the world, the great migration between the Serengeti and the Masai Mara truly is a sight to behold. Tourists flock […]

Luxury travel by air – Made in Kenya

EXPLORING EAST AND SOUTH AFRICA BY AIR IS THE LATEST WAY TO TRAVEL POSH (Posted 30th July 2013) Port side out and starboard home was the rule in the olden days, when travel across the world had to be by ship, and the phrase was coined by those who were smart enough enroute to Suez […]

FastJet names Johannesburg as first international destination out of Tanzania

FASTJET SETS EYES ON FIRST INTERNATIONAL ROUTE TO JOHANNESBURG (Posted 29th July 2013) South Africa will be FastJet’s first international route from Tanzania, as the airline has indicated flights between Dar es Salaam and Johannesburg will commence on September 27th. FastJet will initially operate three flights per week, using their A319 for the 3 ½ […]

MCTA set to become KCTA

MOMBASA AND COAST TOURIST ASSOCIATION SET FOR MAJOR REBRANDING (Posted 29th July 2013) The Kenya coast’s premier tourism stakeholder body, the Mombasa and Coast Tourism Association, will shortly begin a major rebranding exercise, which will include changed appearance on their website as well as launching a new name. Kenya Coast Tourism Association will be the […]

Cheli & Peacock now hold 2 Gold Rating awards from EcoTourism Kenya

CHELI & PEACOCK GET DOUBLE GOLD FROM ECOTOURISM KENYA (Posted 29th July 2013) One of Kenya’s foremost safari and camp operations, Cheli & Peacock, have just received a second Gold Rating Award from EcoTourism Kenya, when their Elephant Pepper Camp in the Masai Mara retained this highest possible rating and their Joy’s Camp too rose […]

In Memoriam Harro Trempenau

IN MEMORIAM HARRO TREMPENAU (Posted 29th July 2013) While in Kenya, and while in fact flying in and out of Wilson Airport, for long Harro’s stomping ground when he served as Chairman of the Aero Club of East Africa, sad news broke, first that my friend’s plane had gone missing and contact was lost, then […]

Kenya Airways gears up to get 3 more jets this year

KENYA AIRWAYS GEARING UP TO RECEIVE 3 MORE JETS (Posted 27th July 2013) Chris Diaz, Director of Marketing at Kenya Airways, confirmed on the sidelines of the just ended Hotel Summit East Africa, where he was one of the keynote speakers and presenters, that the Pride of Africa is on course to expand their present […]

KWS emergency team evacuates teenage climbers from Mt. Kenya

KENYA WILDLIFE SERVICE PERSONNEL RESCUES TEENAGE MT. KENYA CLIMBERS (Posted 27th July 2013) Two teenage climbers were evacuated from Mt. Kenya, when they fell seriously ill with high altitude sickness. A rapid response team of Kenya Wildlife Service rushed to their aid when information was passed to them that two British teenagers aged 16 and […]

Japanese cuisine comes to Kampala

SERENA BRINGS JAPAN TO KAMPALA (Posted 26th July 2013)           Michelin star rated chef Tomikawa San, currently thrilling the tastebuds of Nairobi’s high society at the acclaimed Mandhari Restaurant of the Nairobi Serena Hotel, will be relocating for a guest appearance to Kampala soon, where he will from 30th of July […]

Oetker Collection takes over Fregate Private Island management

OETKER COLLECTION COMES TO SEYCHELLES (Posted 26th July 2013) Fregate Private Island has just become part of the fancied Oetker Hotel Collection following the signing of a resort management contract between the owners and Oetker. The existing resort has since July put the Oetker name to it, and the reputation and reach of the Oetker Collection […]

Event chases Event in the Seychelles

SEYCHELLES CALENDAR OF EVENTS PACKED TILL END YEAR (Posted 26th July 2013) As the Seychelles are gearing up towards the Feast of Assumption on 15th of August, a unique celebration of Christian traditions on the island of La Digue, has the Seychelles Tourism Board already launched the 2013 promotional poster for the Festival Kreol, coming […]

It is Connoisseur Sunday at the Sheraton Kampala

SHERATON KAMPALA GETS READY FOR ‘CONNOISSEUR FESTIVAL 2013’ (Posted 25th July 2013) The Sheraton Kampala Hotel is according to Director of Sales and Marketing James Rattos all set to host the ‘Connoisseur Festival 2013’ which will be staged this coming Sunday in the Sheraton Gardens, where the hotel intends to acquaint Kampaleans with the finer […]

Ol Pejeta’s ‘drones’ nearly ready for deployment

OL PEJETA NOW IN TEST FLIGHT PHASE WITH THEIR NEW ‘DRONES’ (Posted 25th July 2013) As was reported here some time back, the Ol Pejeta Conservancy was the first among Kenya’s private wildlife sanctuaries to commit to the introduction of airborne surveillance by using UAV’s today better known as ‘drones’. Supported by Kenya’s corporate world […]

Up to 2 million pest birds destroyed over Uganda’s rice fields

UGANDA’S AGRICULTURE MINISTRY RESORTS TO DESTRUCTION OF PEST BIRDS (Posted 25th July 2014) (Picture courtesy of Wikipedia)   Up to 2 million Quelea birds were destroyed in recent days over Uganda’s largest rice growing estate in the East of the country, following howls of outrage by local farmers who faced a total loss of their […]

Emin Pasha fined heavily for noise pollution

EMIN PASHA HOTEL FINED 20 MILLION SHILLINGS FOR ‘NOISE POLLUTION’ (Posted 24th July 2013) Kampala residents have celebrated a court ruling, which slapped a fine of 20 million Uganda Shillings on the fancied Emin Pasha Hotel in Kampala’s suburb of Nakasero, after an elderly resident in a nearby house filed a complaint over too much […]

Marine 1 hosted by Tanzania’s Precision Air

PRECISION AIR PLAYS HOST TO MARINE 1 DURING OBAMA VISIT TO TANZANIA (Posted 24th July 2013)         During the recent visit of President Obama to Tanzania, where he was hosted by President Kikwete, did another ‘hosting’ go down largely unnoticed. The hangar of Precision Air, Tanzania’s premier private airline, ‘hosted’ the helicopter […]

ZATI asks for improved security to allow tourism growth

ZATI ASKS GOVERNMENT TO STRENGTHEN SECURITY ON THE ISLES (Posted 23rd July 2013) The Zanzibar Association of Tourism Investors, in short ZATI, has made urgent representations to the central government authorities in Dar es Salaam and the government on Zanzibar to improve security arrangements for the islands of Unguja and Pemba. The investor representative body, […]

South Sudan road link with Kenya crucial to trade and travel

KENYA RACES TO ESTABLISH DIRECT ROAD LINK WITH SOUTH SUDAN (Posted 23rd July 2013)   Kenya has agreed on a financing arrangement with the World Bank to create a direct road link with South Sudan’s capital Juba, which would allow goods transported by road to use a more direct route to and from the port […]

The gem that is Lake Chala

LAKE CHALA SAFARI CAMP UPGRADES TO LUXURY STATUS (Posted 23rd July 2013) One of Tanzania’s hidden gems, the Lake Chala Safari Camp, has just opened their latest addition, 5 luxury tents set right on the rim of the crater with magnificent views of the lake and Mt. Kilimanjaro. Carolyn and Rob Waltenberg, the owners of […]

Mauritius is home to two of Africa’s top ten golf courses

MAURITIUS 2 – SEYCHELLES 1 – EAST AFRICA 0 (Posted 23rd July 2013) CNN’s latest rankings for the 10 best golf courses in Africa has come up with some stunning results, for both winners and those who lost out on the top 10. Mauritius tops the rankings with 2 acclaimed golf courses, the Heritage Golf […]

South Sudan adds 5th passport category for business community

SOUTH SUDAN INTRODUCES NEW PASSPORT CATEGORY FOR BUSINESS COMMUNITY (Posted 22nd July 2013) Information was received from a source in Juba, South Sudan’s capital city, that the government was set to launch an additional category of passports, especially designated for the business community. Presently South Sudan has four  categories of passports, diplomatic, official, special – […]

Tribunal ruling or not, will the Southern Bypass cross the national park?

WORK ON SOUTHERN BYPASS CONTINUES INSPITE OF TRIBUNAL RULING (Posted 22nd July 2013) When Dr. Paula Kahumbu, the East African Wildlife Society and ANEW carried the day a few weeks ago, as the tribunal upheld their legal challenge that the EIA for the section of the planned bypass cutting across Nairobi National Park land was […]

Equity Bank seems to back Jetlink’s winding up over 700 mio KShs loans

BANK DEMANDS MAY SEAL JETLINK’S FATE (Posted 22nd July 2013) Information is emerging from Nairobi that Equity Bank may have thrown in their support and weight behind a winding up petition filed by aviation fuel supplier Fine Jet, which is seeking the dissolution of Jetlink and the subsequent sale of all their assets to pay […]

Entebbe’s growth remains in the double digits

ENTEBBE INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT CONTINUES TO SEE DOUBLE DIGIT GROWTH (Posted 22nd July 2013) Data received from the Uganda Civil Aviation Authority confirm what top managers told the recently held Routes Africa aviation conference in Kampala, namely that the airport continues to see double digit growth over past year’s passenger numbers. Details show a 14 percent […]

Kenya Fashion Week set to launch on 24th August

KENYA FASHION WEEK TO LAUNCH ON 24TH AUGUST (Posted 22nd July 2013) The fourth edition of the Kenya Fashion Week will be held on the 24th August at the soon to open Villa Rosa Kempinski in Nairobi, a media release received overnight confirms. Sanjeev Sharma, Marketing Director of Just Like That Ltd., the event organizers, […]

Kenya Airways adds fourth flight to Mahe till end August

KENYA AIRWAYS ADDS FOURTH FLIGHT TO MAHE UNTIL END OF AUGUST (Posted 21st July 2013)   Kenya Airways has with immediate effect added a fourth weekly frequency between Nairobi and Mahe, making one of the world’s most fancied destinations even easier to get to. Operating, depending on demand on a particular flight, with the Embraer […]

Mombasa County Police get rapid response cars

MCTA CHAIRMAN HERSI APPLAUDS LAUNCH OF POLICE RAPID RESPONSE CARS (Posted 21st July 2013)   (Picture courtesy of Mohammed Hersi’s Facebook page)   The Mombasa County Police has just taken delivery of 6 state of the art rapid response team cars, with the full fleet eventually comprising 30 of them. Equipped with the latest communication […]