88 Days in Kenya

For 88 days, I am travelling to Kenya with our three younger children, exchanging snow-capped peaks for wide horizons and new perspectives. Here, learning moves beyond the classroom, routines soften, and curiosity leads the way.

After 88 days on the road, exploring Kenya's beaches, lush green landscapes, and semi-desert regions, cleaning beaches, and searching for wildlife, we are finally home. We spent our final day in Nanyuki exactly where we wanted to be: the Ol Pejeta Conservancy. And what a day it was. We began by visiting Baraka, the blind rhino, one last time. Then we stopped at the chimpanzee sanctuary, where we also said goodbye to the baboons. As we drove through the conservancy, it felt as

Over the long weekend, we headed north to Shaba for another family adventure with my cousin and some friends. And the moment we arrived, it felt like stepping into a completely different world. The journey itself already felt like travelling through different climates. In Nanyuki, it had been cold and rainy, which caused Leo Ferdinand to complain: “I came to Africa and I’m freezing!” A few hours later in Shaba, the complaints changed completely. “Now it’s far too hot!” Shaba

On Wednesday, Leo-Ferdinand and Wenzel finally arrived. The children had prepared a welcome poster and were incredibly excited to see them again. Just like in Kilifi, everybody immediately started talking at once, eager to share everything they had experienced so far. This time, however, the stories were all about wildlife and it was nice to see how much they learned in the last weeks and it seems they already became little wildlife experts. “Did you know an impala can jump t