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Safari News

Read the latest news updates from Dave Simpson Safaris in this section of our website.

Newsletter - October 2011

Newsletter - October 2011

Some Safari News.

We are approaching the end of a busy season, having seen some amazing sights and met some wonderful people from all over the world. One of the highlights included a herd of elephants crossing the Amboseli lake flats with the setting sun behind them. Considering how dry it has been on the east side of the country the wildlife sightings have been superb.

Newsletter - June 2011

Newsletter - June 2011

The latest safari news. 

Dave was on safari over Easter and, despite the long rains having started, they managed to dodge the worst of the raindrops. Highlights of the trip included a python with 25 newly hatched babies in Baringo. Also a paradise flycatcher in the white phase, which is seldom seen feeding its young. Dave is now getting ready for the high season which starts for him on 16 June.

Newsletter - March 2011

Newsletter - March 2011

The latest personal news

One of the highlights of the year so far has been a trip with great friends from the UK who came to visit. We drove through some spectacular scenery, taking in the Rift Valley Lakes of Bogoria and Baringo and then on to the dry, arid region of Samburu which is one of our favourite places. We shared many experiences and returned home with lots of happy memories.

Newsletter - Christmas 2010

Newsletter - Christmas 2010

The latest safari news.

This season has been great fun, we have met some wonderful people and seen some truly amazing sights. In July and August there was a wet spell in the central part of Kenya, so much so that all the rift valley lakes filled. We visited Lake Nakuru to find that the lake was above the normal water line and, due to the alkalinity change, the shore was littered with greater flamingoes which are seldom seen in these numbers.

Newsletter - August 2010

Newsletter - August 2010

The latest safari news.

The rains have stopped and things are drying out, which is making it easier to find the mammals. The wildebeest migration has again returned to the Maasai Mara in force, and the cats are out to lunch daily. One of the highlights of the last trip was these two leopards in the photograph below. Leopards are normally solitary creatures and also very shy, so to see them sitting on a small island was quite a unique sighting.

Newsletter - May 2010

Newsletter - May 2010

The latest safari news 

Kenya has had a wonderful wet season and the entire country is emerald green. When the rains start the mammals disperse and so it is harder to find good mammal sightings, this being said I prefer running safaris in the wet season as the colours are so vivid, the country is bursting with life and awash with wild flowers.