0108 Jun 2026
Livestock and landing sites
Where we put the basket down is a courtesy we owe the people whose grass it lands on.
Field journal
8 dispatches
Dispatches,
from above.
Written by pilots, rangers, reservations and the people who keep the basket in the air.
0201 Jun 2026
Where the conservancy fee goes
Rangers, boreholes, classrooms, lease cheques. A short accounting of where your ticket money actually lands.
0318 May 2026
A few words in Maa
You don't need to speak Maa. You need to try. Six words that open every door in the Mara.
0404 May 2026
No sweets, no handouts
The kindest thing you can hand a child through the car window is nothing at all. Here's why.
0520 Apr 2026
Village visits
How the village fee is paid matters as much as that it's paid — and it should never pass hand to hand.
0606 Apr 2026
Photographs of livestock
A stranger's herd is not scenery. Photographing it unasked is closer to photographing the inside of their home.
0723 Mar 2026
Photographs of people
The most important word in wildlife photography here isn't about light or lenses. It's 'may I?'
0809 Mar 2026
Whose land this is
The conservancy fee on your invoice is not a donation. It is rent — paid to the family that owns the ground beneath your basket.