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August 11, 2026 Experiences

Horses, the Mara, the wildlife and you and me

From the moment we saddled up at Mara River Hippo Camp, I knew this adventure would be unlike anything I’d ever experienced. The camp was nestled alongside the river, with the rhythmic sounds of the water mingling with the calls of wildlife. As the sun began to dip below the horizon, painting the sky in […]

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August 6, 2026 Experiences

Three Generations, One Safari: What Sixteen Days in East Africa Taught Me About Traveling Together

I landed at Kilimanjaro Airport on the 11th of April with one job: check every lodge, every road, every game drive in Tanzania and Kenya before we ever put a family’s name on it. Sixteen days later, I flew out of Nairobi just after midnight, having fallen in love, again, with why this part of […]

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July 21, 2026 Experiences

The Anniversary Atlas: Ten journeys, ten reasons to go. Whatever kind of couple you are this year, here is where Sikeleli would send you.

Ask anyone at Sikeleli what actually decides where a couple goes for an anniversary, and the answer has very little to do with how many years they have been married. It has almost everything to do with what they are craving right now: quiet or challenge, stillness or scale, somewhere entirely new or somewhere that […]

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April 23, 2026 Experiences

The Caribbean Right Now: Where to Go, What to Know, and Why Now Is the Time to Book

There is a particular kind of magic that happens the moment you step off a plane in the Caribbean. The air hits you differently – warm, salt-tinged, completely unhurried. After months of grey skies and relentless schedules, that feeling alone is worth every mile of the journey. And right now, with westbound travel looking more […]

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March 18, 2026 Experiences

Three weeks in the Republic of Congo

Here’s what I learned on this adventure. I led two back-to-back groups into Odzala-Kokoua National Park, one of the most untouched, least-visited wild places on Earth. I came home a changed human and humbled, full of joy knowing there were places still undiscovered… Let me tell you why. I’m going to start with a number, […]

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February 19, 2026 Experiences

East Africa Without the Filter

Leonie Taylor-Cook is one of our senior travel experts at Sikeleli Travel and a true East Africa specialist. Having grown up in Uganda and explored every corner of the region by road since childhood, her knowledge runs far deeper than guidebooks. Now based on the Kenyan coast, Leonie brings decades of firsthand experience, local insight, […]

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