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Day 4 and 5 The majestic Maasai Mara

In November, the rainy season begins, causing the landscape to turn green and the animals to become active, hunting and being hunted. After departing from Olmalaika home, we continued our journey towards Sekenani Gate. Upon entering the reserve, we were greeted by a large herd of elephants led by a massive female with her young […]

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Day 3 – Road trip to Maasai Mara and its Angels

The trip to the wilderness started with Maasai Mara. A road trip nobody will ever forget. When most people think of the Maasai Mara, the first thing that comes to mind is the vast expanse of African savanna and its iconic wildlife. But there’s another side to the Maasai Mara that often goes unnoticed — […]

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Day 2 – Nairobi Westland Primary School

On our third day together, when almost all the participants reached safely Nairobi, we went to Westland Primary school to donate the ukuleles that we had purchased thanks to the concert fundraiser we did a few months ago. The proof, again, of how fantastic and united the ukulele community can be. A special thank goes […]

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The day that everything began

For the past year, we’ve been planning, chatting, organising and thinking about every possible scenario for the first ukulele safari. What we did not calculate was the emotional side of it and how this experience was going to change our lives forever. On 10th November, 3 of the participants, including Boris, the ukulele teacher, arrived […]

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Shop, Ukuleles and Kenyan Schools

Lions Bluff Lodge, the lodge I work for, supports different schools and community projects. We buy food for Latika Primary School, we facilitate donations, and we organise game drives and bush cinema, where we show documentaries to children about the importance of wildlife. One of our guests, Mark and his family, came from the USA […]

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Hakuna Matata – Ukulele Tutorial

In 1994, the Walt Disney animated film The Lion King featured this song that soon became famous all over the world and in many different languages! Originally written by Elton John and Tim Rice, is the song that a Warthog (Pumba, which in Kiswahili means “Stupid”) and a Meerkat were singing to Simba the lion to teach […]

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The Hippopotamus song by Oscar Isaac

While scrolling on my Instagram feed I came across the story of “Sunnysukelog” playing The Hippo song with a face mask on and her pajama. For days I could not forget the catchy tune and funny but simple lyrics of this song written by Oscan Isaac.   View this post on Instagram   A post […]

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Leolani Kumu Ukulele

I came across Leolani’s Instagram account almost 2 years ago during the 12 days of Christmas. I loved the idea and enjoyed filming and playing for each challenge they proposed. What made me admire them, was not only their generosity, but they always had time to like or comment on each and every video people […]

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