The Mountain of God and Sacred Places
Across many cultures there is a belief that at the top of the highest peaks the Gods reside and watch over the land. From Mount Kilimanjaro to Mount Everest and most famously Mount Olympus, mountains have always held a cultural and religious significance to the people of most regions. The Masai are no different and…
An Idiot’s Guide To The Great Migration
One of Africa’s most incredible spectacles, the annual wildebeest migration, offers a unique wildlife experience that no words or photographs can do justice to. The movement of more than 1.5 million wildebeest, 500,000 zebra, 200,000 Thompson’s gazelle and 18,000 eland across the Serengeti National Park in Tanzania and Masai Mara in Kenya. It is a phenomenon…
Ever Get The Feeling You’ve Been Here Before?
Greeting fellow frontiers men and women! On a recent trip to Lake Natron, in Tanzania, we were lucky enough to be shown some of the ancient human footprints, made in mud, estimated to be 120,000 years old. They were preserved under a layer of volcanic debris from the famed volcano Ol Doinyo Lengai, which is…
