Nairobi, Kenya, Africa — Loving June Travels

“I was 14, one summer night, when I watched Out of Africa for the first time. To this day, it’s my favourite movie. I know quotes, pauses, camera angles and full dialogue sentences by heart. When I woke up the next morning, I sat over for breakfas

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… When I woke up the next morning, I sat over for breakfast and told my father I wanted to go to Africa. To this day I remember that conversation well.

The trip took a little time to come together but it finally happened, a few years later. Kenya was meant to be the destination - but it was summer of 98 and 2 bombs suddenly exploded in both Dar es Salaam and Nairobi’s American embassies, only weeks before our departure. Precautions were put in place and the Masai Mara was replaced by the Kruger National Park. Regardless, it took me one night in the bush to be hooked for life with safaris.

Marta, LovingJune Travels Founder

Fast forward many years and countless more trips to Africa, we finally got our feet in Kenya, eager to follow the story of Karen Blixen, a woman who’s life and work we deeply admire. And we was not disappointed (although no Robert Redford piloting a biplane around).

Kenya starts with Nairobi. We would not necessary book a city-stay to our clients in all the African capitals they land at, only because wildlife experiences happen in the bush. But Nairobi IS different and worth a visit: for starters, as you drive into town you have Nairobi National Park right along the highway, where you can go on daily safaris. So before flying to some of Kenya’s iconic national parks, take some time to explore just outside the airport.

Once in the capital, we like to design an itinerary for our clients - and, among other places they can visit, we ask if they would like to go to the Sheldrick Wildlife Trust, who rescues and rehabilitates orphan elephants into the wild. We first visited it early June 2017. A year after, Marta found out that she was there on the same days as Dame Daphhe Sheldrick last birthday as she sadly passed away a few months after. “As I was reading the news from London, I thought long about the date coincidence. That visit in June had me feeling emotional because I was finally going to see a project I cared about for many years (and having read her autobiography too)… It felt as an inner sign: for ages I had been thinking about creating my own travel agency. Not that I wish to follow the footsteps of such iconic people who fought for wildlife conservation all their lives: I just want to take my clients into these places so they eventually get educated, inspired and contribute for some of the most pressing issues in Africa.”

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