The Furrowed Elephant: tent camping beyond the wire in Kenya

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The Furrowed Elephant

The Furrowed Elephant

camping outside the wire in Kenya

There is science, logic, reason.

There is thought verified by experience...

and then there is Kenya.

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Marsabit National Park

tent camping in kenya

Samburu National Reserve

Amboseli National Park

Camping posts

Marsabit National Park

Marsabit National Park

Marsabit National Park

Lake Paradise and the inquisitive midnight elephant.

Oct 17, 2020

Tsavo West National Park

Tsavo West National Park

Tsavo West National Park

Big sky country: basalt, springs and red earth

Jan 25

Camping at Mt Suswa, Kenya

Camping at Mt Suswa, Kenya

Mt Suswa Conservancy

Longonot's older brother, unbothered.

Jan 24

Amboseli National Park

Amboseli National Park

Amboseli National Park

Elephants, borders, and the landscape of memory

Jan 11

Olorgesailie Prehistoric Site

Olorgesailie Prehistoric Site

Olorgesailie Prehistoric Site

A million years of camp outs

Nov 16, 2025

Westgate Community Conservancy

Westgate Community Conservancy

Westgate Community Conservancy

A fire-side chat with a WCC ranger

May 21, 2023

Meru National Park

Meru National Park

Meru National Park

Public campsite with a swimming pool!

May 20, 2023

Miles na lango la kuzimu

Miles na lango la kuzimu

Miles na lango la kuzimu

Kenya's cliffs of woe

Dec 16, 2022

Pyramids of Meroë, Sudan

Pyramids of Meroë, Sudan

Pyramids of Meroë, Sudan

An empire at the end of its road?

Dec 24, 2021

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