With sustainable travel becoming an ever more ‘hot topic’ for those who love to see the world, it is highly surprising that carbon offset is still such a technical and highly complicated subject. Reducing your carbon footprint is something that most people know, at least something, about: your carbon footprint is ‘the amount of carbon dioxide released into the atmosphere as a result of the activities of a particular individual, organization, or community’ and it can be reduced by changes to your lifestyle to increase your impact on slowing climate change.

Since we are a completely tented camp, our water from showers and handwashing basins runs straight into the ground. This means that any soaps, shampoo or conditioners used by our guests goes in there too. Chemicals in these products seep into the ground and can affect local waterways, animals and plants. Instead, we encourage guests to use the soaps we provide for them - namely products from Cinnabar Green and Grounded Africa.

… Aaaaaand we are back again. Back in lockdown I mean. We have always been here, on Lolldaiga Hills. The camp had a surge of visitors after Nairobi’s lockdown ended and we have been so busy with guests.

The Safari Series sat down with Acting Chief of Makurian Ranch, Maurine Lecher, to discuss how she is breaking barrier in her region by being the first ever female in a leadership role - an unusual achievement that goes against traditional gender roles in her culture.

The world has changed beyond all recognition. Words like ‘lockdown’, ‘social distancing’ and ‘Coronavirus’ have now become part of our daily lives. The travel industry has been hit more than most, and this downtime has given both myself and Ed the chance to think about the future. Not just our future as a family, but the future of our business, our camp, our industry and our planet.

With this in mind, we came up with a set of promises that we will try to keep to after the world returns to ‘normal’ - if or when it does. We feel that Covid-19 has given us a unique change to make real change to a situation that was thought to be past the point of no return. We cannot waste of lose this change. We must act, and we must act fast.