We marked my parents’ fiftieth wedding anniversary by scattering my mother’s ashes from the Ngong Hills. Facing the Rift Valley, we let the morning winds at sunrise carry what was left of her over the valley where humanity began, exactly as she had wished.
Namibia. A vast and stunningly beautiful country of only 2.7 million people, where the world’s tallest sand dunes in the Namib desert meet the roaring waves of the Atlantic Ocean.
Lake Nakuru is a vibrant wildlife habitat, featuring an impressive variety of animals, including four of the big five: lions, rhinos, leopards, and buffalos live side by side here. Only the elephants are missing, but on the other hand, the 188 km2 is also home to rothschild giraffes, olive baboons, impalas, waterbucks, hippos, colobus monkeys, spotted hyenas, zebras, gazelles, and pythons, to mention a few.
Sipi Valley in Uganda is about as far off the beaten track as you can get. If you’ve even heard about the place, then you probably already share my affinity for pioneer tourism! The tourism sector in Uganda is generally underdeveloped and undermarketed compared to neighbouring Kenya and Tanzania. Sipi Valley, situated on the northwestern…
This post remains on bauck.com as part of the site’s legacy archive. The current canonical version is published on Wandering Africa. Jinja is located right where Lake Victoria flows into the White Nile. Founded by British settlers in 1901, the past and present of this tiny city are centered on its relationship with the world’s…
The historic town of Malindi, along with neighboring Mambrui, Watamu, and Kilifi, offers a very different vibe from Mombasa further south. With pristine beaches and calm, warm waters protected by coral reefs, an abundance of seafood, and a comfortably slow pace of life, this is a lovely place to be when you are not in…
Launched as a cornerstone of Vision 2030, Jomo Kenya International Airport’s (JKIA) Terminal 3 project, dubbed the “Greenfield Terminal”, had initially set hopes high. With a projected cost of US$650 million, the project aimed to augment the airport’s capacity by 20 million passengers. However, this dream was short-lived as the project, which commenced in 2014,…
When I first visited Zanzibar in 2002, the island was a backpacker’s paradise way off the beaten track for most other tourists.
The Trans-African Highway network, a bold blueprint conceived to foster economic integration on the African continent, has been a captivating vision since its inception in 1971. Initiated by the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (UNECA), the project aims to integrate the continent through an expansive road network. Despite political obstacles and inconsistent collaboration between…
My Opinion Piece in The Exchange (2023-06-08) about the benefits of airspace liberalization for tourism and trade
