Every four years our planet celebrates a leap year. This extra day, the 29th February, was introduced by Julius Caesar over 2000 years ago and is very important as it allows us to readjust our calendars. It actually takes Earth ...
The truly lovely thing about Serena Beach is the layout. You are taken back in time to a Swahili Village as this is what the hotel is modelled on, the town of Lamu. Winding pathways through lush gardens connect the ...
Our great Kenyan adventure started with a rather uneventful flight from Heathrow to Nairobi. To be honest, this is exactly the start parents want with 2 children in tow. Meals that they enjoyed, movies on tap and the opportunity for ...
East Africa is not exactly world renowned for Golf, but there are a few gems that golfers may like to know about, listed within easy reach of a Serena property – the most notable of which is the Lake Victoria ...
When planning an educational, one of the challenges we usually face is transfer costs, so when I heard about the Madaraka Express in Kenya I was really excited. This new train, which currently operates between Nairobi and Mombasa, stops half-way, ...
An article in the inflight magazine spoke of the decline in the number of lions in Africa, a reduction of over 40% in the last 20 years alone. In the 1940’s lion numbers were estimated at about 450,000 – todays ...
It had been a few years since my last visit to Northern Tanzania, an area on many people’s bucket list, and an area with names that evoke all sorts of emotions. My memories of my first visit to Tanzania, about 20 years ago, are still with me – particularly the cheetah sighting in the tall grass of the Serengeti, when the cubs got told off by their Mum, because she lost the Tommy she had just caught for their dinner, as they were otherwise occupied with some rough and tumble.
Maputo is an African city largely overlooked in more recent years by the British leisure traveller. A former playground for the rich and famous, the civil war took its toll and it fell out of fashion. That attitude however should, ...
By Amanda England As I changed trains at Gatwick I looked wistfully at the signs for the airport terminal. I was at the start of my journey to Birmingham International. I found however that it was remarkably easy to travel ...
Serena Hotels was delighted to welcome back into the fold Mr Mugo Maringa, who took over the role of Serena’s Country Director Tanzania on 1 October 2015. Claire caught up with him at World Travel Market for a quick ...