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Thick dark grey-blue clouds started to hug the horizon as we made our way to a nearby tree for sundowners on the plains of the Mara North Conservancy. The guests and myself hadn’t passed or… Read More
It’s very tempting when we come on safari to focus entirely on the large, charismatic mammals – lion, leopard, cheetah, elephant, rhino, giraffe, zebra…the list is dazzling. But a few hours spent wandering with a… Read More
This week I’ve been taking my guests here at Serian to see a tree. You’d might not think that would be top of the excitement list when the Big Five are around, but this leather… Read More
The Mara North Conservancy really is a “one in a million” destination that is teeming with wildlife. I don’t think I have heard of a guest returning to either Serian “The Original” or Ngare Serian… Read More
The ancestral ritual of communal fireplace and dining – the essence of sharing… we are social animals, and part of what makes things vivid and real to us is our capacity to share: the joy is dissecting your day, raking over the delicious details and unwrapping the delights over and again, over the fundamentally communal experience of breaking bread. It’s also part of absorbing and storing memories – the re-telling and re-living makes it more vivid, and sets the place of the experience in our minds. The evening is for digesting and processing the day.
"Dear Alex, we awoke this morning in a cocoon of a room floating on a cloud of bliss. Thank you for a sanctuary – exactly the tonic required!"Saba Douglas-Hamilton, BBC presenter, Big Cat Diary
"Africa! Miles and Miles of Bloody Africa! How wonderful to be here, surrounded by life rejuvenating itself perpetually. Hopefully we will be able to teach the world how delicate this balance is and preserve it for as long as possible.. Thank you for your wonderful hospitality. All our love"Ela, Serra, and Stefano.
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