It's no secret that getting a good review, no matter what business you are in, not only provides the motivation to keep doing what you are doing but is also a powerful selling point for your business. Word of mouth advertising they call it. Kairi Tours and Safaris enjoys this priviledge. The priviledge of being so good at what we do (our motto rings true;we make a good safari better) our clients want to share their experiences with their friends and sometimes even with the world.
We constantly receive referrals via email or visits to our websites and every so often we have a client raving about us on a travel forum. It is very humbling and it constantly reminds us that we must always remember that the customer is key and our purpose is to ensure that all our clients hopes and dreams, when they make that leap of faith and choose us as their operator, are not just met but surpased! One such client had this to say...
Friday 22 July 2011
Monday 18 July 2011
Masai Culture and Ceremonies
There are many ceremonies in Maasai society including Enkipaata (senior boy ceremony), Emuratta (circumcision), Enkiama (marriage), Eunoto (warrior-shaving ceremony), Eokoto e-kule (milk-drinking ceremony), Enkang oo-nkiri (meat-eating ceremony), Orngesherr (junior elder ceremony), etc. Also, there are ceremonies for boys and girls minor including, Eudoto/Enkigerunoto oo-inkiyiaa (earlobe), and Ilkipirat (leg fire marks). Traditionally, boys and girls must undergo through these initiations for minors prior to
circumcision.
However, many of these initiations concern men while women's initiations focus on circumcision and marriage. Men will form age-sets moving them closer to adulthood.
Tuesday 12 July 2011
The Hornbill
Hornbills (Bucerotidae) are a family of birds found in tropical and subtropical Africa,Asia and Melanesia. They are characterized by a long, down-curved bill which is frequently brightly-colored and sometimes has a casque(a hollow structure that runs along the upper mandible). Hornbills are the only birds in which the first two neck vertebrae(the axis and atlas) are fused together; this probably provides a more stable platform for carrying the bill. Both the common English and the scientific name of the family refer to the shape of the bill.
Monday 11 July 2011
Karen Blixen
If you've read Out of Africa, or seen the movie, then you probably understand when I say Karen Blixen was probably the best promotion that the African tourism industry has ever gotten. The Danish author, through that publication about her life in Africa, and Kenya in particular, captured the romance, adventure and delight of the African wilderness. Yet most people know very little about her.
In 1913 Karen Dinesen, born and raised in Denmark, became engaged to her second-cousin, the Swedish Baron Bror von Blixen-Finecke, after a failed love affair with his brother. The couple moved to Kenya, where in early 1914 they used family money to establish a coffee plantation, hiring African workers, predominantly the Kikuyu tribes people who lived on the farmlands at the time of their arrival.
About the couple's early life in Africa, Karen Blixen later wrote:
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