You Should Have This Experience In Kenya’s Maasai Mara

Sunrise over the tents at Mahali Mzuri.COURTESY OF VIRGIN LIMITED EDITION

You Should Have This Experience In Kenya’s Maasai Mara

As the light plane finishes its taxi on the dirt landing strip near the safari lodge, it’s customary for your guide to be there to greet you. In all of my safaris in six southern and east Africa countries, those guides have been men. But coming into Mahali Mzuri, Sir Richard Branson’s Virgin Limited Editionlodge in southern Kenya within the famed Maasai Mara, everything was different. First, the plane belonging to the charter company Scenic Air Safaris, a Cessna Grand Caravan  with swiveling leather seats, was far above the usual safari transport. And the guide waiting near the airstrip by the open vehicle was the sweet natured but commanding Betty Maitai, a member of the Maasai tribe and one of the few but lately increasing number of female guides in Kenya.READ MORE

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