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Dispatches from East Africa — wildlife encounters, travel intelligence, and the moments that stay with you long after you return home.

Vard Africa Journal

Safari Stories & Travel Intelligence

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Best Time to Visit Kenya for a Safari
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Best Time to Visit Kenya for a Safari

Written from Nairobi, Kenya · By the Vard Africa Team· 2026 Best Time to Visit Kenya for a Safari | Vard Africa. Wondering when to go on safari in Kenya? Our season-by-season guide reveals when the Migration peaks, when Amboseli’s elephants meet Kilimanjaro, and when to find Kenya all to yourself from the team based […]

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The Ultimate Kenya Safari Photography Guide by Season — Vard Africa

The Ultimate Kenya Safari Photography Guide by Season — Vard Africa

The Ultimate Kenya Safari:Photography Guide by Season: Written from Nairobi, Kenya · By the Vard Africa Team · 2026. The Ultimate Kenya Safari Photography Guide by Season — Vard Africa From the Maasai Mara at dawn to elephants beneath Kilimanjaro — the definitive guide to Kenya safari photography by season. Curated by Vard Africa, on […]

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Things to Do on a Kenya and Uganda Safari

Things to Do on a Kenya and Uganda Safari

Things to Do on a Kenya and Uganda Safari Written from Nairobi, Kenya · By the Vard Africa Team · 2026 Things to Do on a Kenya and Uganda Safari — The Ultimate Experience Guide | Vard Africa From the Maasai Mara’s great wildebeest migration to gorilla trekking in Bwindi Impenetrable Forest —discover the most […]

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What to Pack for a Luxury Safari in Kenya.

What to Pack for a Luxury Safari in Kenya.

What to Pack for a Luxury Safari in Kenya. Written from Nairobi, Kenya · By the Vard Africa Team · 2026. What to Pack for a Luxury Safari in Africa — The Definitive Guide | Vard Africa The only packing guide you will ever need for a luxury African safari. What to bring, what to […]

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Planning Your First Safari to Kenya

Planning Your First Safari to Kenya

Planning Your First Safari to Kenya — The Complete Guide | Vard Africa Written from Nairobi, Kenya · By the Vard Africa Team · 2026 Everything You Need to Know Before Your First Kenya Safari Everything you need to know before your first Kenya safari — from choosing the right time to visit, what to […]

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The Ultimate Guide to a Luxury Safari in Kenya | Vard Africa

The Ultimate Guide to a Luxury Safari in Kenya | Vard Africa

Luxury Safari in Kenya Written from Nairobi, Kenya · By the Vard Africa Team · 2026 From the Maasai Mara at dawn to a private camp under the stars — Vard Africa’s complete guide to planning a luxury safari in Kenya. Written by specialists on the ground in Nairobi. For the traveller who has been […]

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Kenya Essentials

Why Kenya is the original safari destination

  • We have been asked this question more times than we can count. And every time, the honest answer is the same: because it neve r stops surprising us.
  • We have been to the Maasai Mara more times than we can accurately count. We have watched the migration in every month it occu rs, from every angle the
  • landscape allows, in every condition the weather provides. And every single time every single time somethi ng happens that we did not expect. Something that
  • makes us reach for our guide's arm and say, quietly, did you see that?
  • Kenya is the destination that gave the world its idea of what a safari could be, where it could be and where you could do it right, And it is the destination that,