Thanks to Lewa for the helicopter expertly piloted by James Ndirangu, DSWT vet Dr Rono, and many residents living close to the Milgis lugga, this elephant is back on the road!!.. Very soon after my last blog once again the ‘tell tail’ signs of something wrong on the sand!! so once again the phone calls […]
Category Archives: Northern Kenya
Sometimes being remote has its challenges and in this last year we have lost alot of sleep because we’ve had a string of Elephants limping badly, or very poorly for various reasons, some gun shot wounds, but mainly a disease the Samburu call ‘Lokuchum’ and sadly most of the time we have not been able […]
Its been a year of ABSOLUTE desperation because of NO RAIN, or minimum lets say, for the people and animals living in this area.. AND NOW THIS!!! Suddenly there is this wonderful feeling of PEACE…. Every one just getting on with life.. its wonderful! Down on the right hand side of this picture we had […]
All animals people and plants are ‘dancing with joy’ up our way.. The rains finally came!! Its been tough times in Northern Kenya and every one has been holding their breath for some rain.. We have been so occupied with going on safari and enjoying the amazing final lmuget ceremonies for the warriors that not […]
When I first set foot in the MILGIS LUGGA, the huge dry river that divides the Ndoto and Lenkiyou mountain ranges, it captured me.. It was 1990… I was mesmerised by its wildness, its beauty, the danger, the grandness of this huge sandy lugga!! One of the dangers was the wirey, almost grey lanky lions, […]
Droughts are sent to try us and this one sure did.. In Northern Kenya basically it did not rain except the odd shower here and there for a whole year!.. thats a long time when its hot, windy and dry!.. Its an amazing thing, as the night before the rain came, 29th April we were […]
Elephants drinking at midday, the Magnificent Milgis lions roaring, and hunting dogs in our camp! Elephants generally like to drink, wallow, play and have fun at midday but our Northern Elephants have not had that pleasure for nearly 40 years… I’ve been in the area for 30 of those 40 years and a week ago from […]
These two beautiful girls, Lene Maria and Maria Annette sadly are not with us any more… but in their memory so many people in Samburu land have a smile!! so we thank the two families the Bergums and Ofstads for every thing they have done.. Lene Maria was so kind to Maria Annette in […]
It all started when Richard Gibson, a dairy farmer from Devon was chosen to be the star in the BBC programme ‘the toughest place to be a farmer ‘ .. He was brought out to this place called Mpagas where the Samburu and Rendille tribal people live.. Cattle are the favorite and most cherished animal […]
Thanks to Rachel in Australia who has kindly put this lovely colourful and fitting report together on the happenings in the ‘Milgis’ in the last year.. PLEASE TAKE TIME TO OPEN IT AND ENJOY!! If you want the map a bit clearer you just click on it and it goes live! https://indd.adobe.com/embed/6d034c2c-821c-44d6-a276-2c85dd72aff2?startpage=1&allowFullscreen=true BUT again […]
