It’s no surprise that the night sky in Kenya’s vast southwest Masai Marai region is spectacular. Let’s say you’re not exactly the most rugged of campers, though. You’re in luck at Leopard Hill in the ...

A bumpy dirt road led us away from the two-lane highway. We were in northern Tanzania in the lands of the Maasai and bomas, where clusters of earthen homes, protected by circular fences of vicious ...

There are some images so iconic, they're forever associated with a particular place. Certainly among the foremost would be the Maasai and East Africa. More than any other tribal culture, the Maasai ...

When the Maasai tribal chief said he'd give 20 cows for me to be his seventh wife, my travel companions and I were jovially shocked. His first wife was not shocked — it was her idea. I told the chief ...

The use of mobile bomas, or corrals, to keep livestock safe from predators has shown a wide range of benefits for both pastoral communities and wildlife in Kenya’s Maasai Mara. The bomas reduce the ...

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