East Africa

You’ll probably want to pack your bags as soon as you start imaging the African safari of your dreams, but a little planning ahead of time can make your trip that much more magical.

As Deborah Cater once wisely said, “You have to taste a culture to understand it.”

When you think about it, it’s always a good time of year to travel to East Africa – it just depends on what you want to see, do and experience.

It was a morning full of activity and before we knew it, it was time to go. We had only spent one night with the Maasai but it was an emotional goodbye.

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Becky turns heads all across East Africa. This is why.

But although leading up to the trip all I could think about was taking the best picture, I realized that being on a safari isn’t about that, it’s about being in the moment.

In all honesty, I had no idea if or how this trip would impact my kids once we returned home but I had dreamt of Kenya since I was child and I figured now was as good a time as any to go.

We all had the same idea that camping in East Africa would be wild, dangerous and full of up-close animal encounters. The reality wasn’t quite what we’d pictured, but it was incredible all the same.