Hubers go Africa

Back in Nairobi – a chaotic city with just too much individual traffic. For the 13 km from Jungle Junction (see 7th October blogpost) to Merck’s office my driver needs 1.5 hours! Nevertheless: Nairobi is „the place to be“: Two colleagues from Darmstadt (Boris H. and Frank G.) acted as Merck ambassadors for the delegation…

Close to Nanyuki is the Ol Pejeta Conservancy. It’s here where Sudan, the last Northern Rhino Bull lived – and died in March 2018. Now there are only two female animals of this subspecies left. Since they do not mate with the Southern White Rhino, scientists are trying to ensure the survival of the species through…

We continue south and have reached Nanyuki, the capital of Laikipia County. It is located at the equator at an altitude of 2,000 meters at the foot of Mount Kenya. We are not equipped to climb the second highest mountain in Africa (5,199 meters), but anyhow we wouldn’t feel like it, because it is covered…

Marlon hat uns gebeten, in Afrika unbedingt auch Eddy zu fotografieren. Die Vorgeschichte: Es gibt ein rührendes Kinderbuch von Hans Traxler, das die Geschichte vom kleinen Elefanten Eddy erzählt.  Eddy ist der Jüngste in der Herde, deshalb darf er auf Tante Adele reiten und auf Mamas Rüssel in die Schlammgrube rutschen. Seit er weiß, dass…

Some of our loyal readers asked for a map for orientation. On the fly a Google Maps screenshot of our tour to here. With my other tools I’m struggling. Einige unserer treuen Leser fragten nach einer Karte zur Orientierung. Zu recht. Ich bin nachlässig. Wenigstens auf die Schnelle mal ein Google Maps Screenshot unserer Tour…

In Samburu National Park we were looking for the lodge with the nicest name: Elephants‘ Bedroom Camp. This is also the most expensive lodge, but the manager is an economist as well and knows that the marginal costs are low, the profit with us is almost as high as the turnover. To make the story…

After a peaceful night under Samburu protection (what a difference to Mana Pools in Zimbabwe!) we enjoyed the luxury of an endless wide country and finally refrained from driving further north. The Foreign Office warns: „For inevitable journeys by car to the northern parts of Kenya, look for shelter in a guarded convoy.“ Our journey is…

Many shots without a kill: A cheetah mother with her two cubs are our hunting trophy from Mugie Conservancy – a 200-sq-km private wildlife reserve at the very western edge of the Laikipia plateau.  ….. Unsere schönste Jagdbeute aus der Mugie Conservancy, einem 200 Quadratkilometer großem Naturschutzgebiet im Westen des Laikipia-Plateaus: Eine Geparden-Mutter mit ihren zwei…

Liebe Familie und Freunde, wir haben ein paar technische Probleme beim Hochladen unserer Fotos. Momentan fotografiere ich sie vom Bildschirm ab und lade sie dann hoch. Ein Bit nach dem anderen …  Die Qualität leidet. Wir auch. Dear family and friends, we have some technical problems uploading our photos. The quality suffers. So are we.