The 6th Mad Hatters Festival was held in Lamu, Kenya in February 2020. 143 elaborately-decorated participants gathered on Peponi Beach, Shela, to compete for prizes for the best hats. As ever it was a fun and friendly day with a fabulous atmosphere of crazy creativity …

Here at Gamewatchers Safaris, we love making every holiday special for our guests, but a honeymoon really is a once is a lifetime trip. Our dedicated safari consultants enjoy planning and getting hands on with every itinerary, as if it were their own travel plans that they were making. We know that a honeymoon should […]

This heart-warming story comes from Olare Motorogi Conservancy in the Mara (January 2020). While out on their routine early morning patrol, the Conservancy rangers came across a young elephant calf of just a few months old wandering around all alone and visibly tired and frightened. It seems the calf must have become separated from its […]

If you thought Gamewatchers Safaris only organised safari tours in Kenya, think again! We can arrange safaris right across Africa and last month our UK based Safari Consultant, Wayne Hammond, continued his recent travels through East Africa, this time spending 11 days in Uganda. Here are Wayne’s thoughts on the experience …