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34 In this issue 8. TOP SHOTS This month’s featured photographers capture the action of a kayaker during the Nile River Festival, and flamingos taking off during a sunset in Botswana. 12. NEWS Direct flights from Mumbai to Nairobi set to boost tourism, tourist numbers in Kenya hit an all-time high as the humpback whale migration season kicks off at the coast. 14. WHATS ON From this year’s Magical Kenya Travel Expo the premiere of a documentary dedicated to Sudan the famous rhino, find a roundup of must-attend events this season. 44. WHAT I PACK FOR MY TRAVELS Kenyan-Japanese artist Patti Endo, who together with her sister Yvonne just collaborated with Sandstorm on the Endo² X Sandstorm line of bags, gives us a peek inside her travel bag.
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33. CITY HOTELS From hotels in malls and in the bush to historic and airport hotels, in this special issue, we profile our pick of some top hotels from around Nairobi.
18. NOTES FROM THE BUSH As the moon illuminates the earth, scorpions crawl out of hiding, their exoskeletons glowing bright green/ yellow under a UV torch due to a special fluorescent pigment in their exoskeleton, writes Samantha du Toit.
38. A MARA SAFARI WITH MY DAUGHTER For families with kids, Simon Marsh lays out some fun activities to do on safari to ensure both parents and their children have fun. 40. A PIKI PIKI RIDE THROUGH SOUTH NYANZA From a bustling nightlife in Kisii to a fishing village in Homa Bay, Martyn Pollock tears across counties on the wheels of a Honda Ace before hopping aboard a speedboat to the little-known Ngodhe Rao Island, and back.
ON THE COVER THE TRIBE HOTEL, NAIROBI IMAGE COURTESTY OF THE TRIBE HOTEL
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