I love to fly, but when I spotted our six seat plane sitting on an empty runway in the middle of Kenya, my excitement jack knifed into panic. Karly reports on her recent light aircraft experiences in Kenya.

A walking safari in northern Kenya gives Alice Gully the chance to explore a remote patch of Kenya in glorious isolation.

We regularly add a few nights on the beach to the end of a safari itinerary. But for something a bit different, what about a few nights sailing around the African coastline?

Alice Gully from Aardvark’s Scotland office revisits Kenya where she finds a lodge that caters to both horse lovers and those, like her husband, not so keen.

Jim Gully, husband of Alice, climbed Mount Kenya during their recent Kenyan trip. Here’s his account of scaling this, the highest mountain in Kenya and second highest in Africa.

Unfailingly popular, Kenya is one of Aardvark’s top selling destinations. Victoria Langmead was despatched in December to see for herself why it has earned this title.

The most recent recruit to Aardvark’s sales team is Jo Netscher who has spent the last couple of years working in Africa. Here she recounts a couple of incidents from her time in Kenya and Zambia.

Ten year old Charlotte Deans went to Kenya with her family in July. Her mother thought we might like to see the email she wrote to her friends on their return. Bits of it made us laugh – walking being boring, Mum ‘scared’ to body board – but it was also interesting to see the reaction of a child to her first safari. Apart from sorting out a few spelling mistakes we’ve left the rest un-edited so you can see at first hand how she enjoyed the trip.

A big thank you to the friends, colleagues and clients who sponsored me and two friends to take part in Kenya’s ‘10 to 4’ mountain bike challenge, helping us to raise money for the Koiyaki Guide School in the Masai Mara.

It’s not often that we are overwhelmed by visiting a new camp but the sheer beauty of Sarara stuns Charlie Gray.

If your wish is to see East Africa in a totally private, intimate way, a mobile tented camp will give you a taste of the continent as it must have seemed to the original explorers. Alex Hunter operates private mobiles across Kenya, giving you the chance to drive through some of Africa’s densest game populations and walk in unspoiled regions.

Ron Beaton of Rekero fame sets up Koiyaki Guiding School in Kenya’s Masai Mara.