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4 New Itineraries for 2025!
Penwell is always curating more exciting trips for our clients. 2025 is no exception. Come and see the babies! We are offering a special...
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Rare African Safari Animal Sightings in Kenya & Tanzania
Everyone dreams of coming back from Africa with a head full of tales about the amazing, and hopefully rare African safari animals, they...
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6 Must-see Parks and Reserves while on Tanzania Safari
Considering a custom safari to Tanzania ? We can’t recommend the place enough. The rough-and-tumble little brother to Kenya’s classic...
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Rubondo Island Safari: The Chimpanzee Habituation Project
Tucked away along the southwestern shore of Lake Victoria, tiny Rubondo Island offers altruistic tourists a unique opportunity to...
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Ngorongoro Safari: The Crown Jewel of Tanzania Safari
“You’ve Been to Tanzania?! Did you go experience Ngorongoro safari ?” A traveler to Tanzania is guaranteed to get this question from any...
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The Complete Luxury Safari Guide: Maasai Mara National Reserve, Kenya
Here at Penwell, we’ve jeeped through the sprawling plains of Maasai Mara National Reserve more times than we can count on both...
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The Maasai Tribe: An Introduction to East Africa’s Timeless Nomads
From the swaying grasslands of the Serengeti to the heights of mighty Kilimanjaro and the vast plains of Tsavo, the lands along the...
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Private Fly Camping in the Bush (Tanzania Safari)
Just about every private African Safari comes with the opportunity to get away from it all—to connect with nature and get immersed in a...
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8 Reasons to Experience the Great Wildebeest Migration Safari
If you have only one chance in your lifetime to visit Africa, you must experience the great migration safari across Kenya and Tanzania....
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Find an African Safari Planner to Help Make it a Reality
You might find yourself thinking “I’m all set! I’ll just plan this whole shebang myself!” We do love that bravado. And, sure, maybe you...
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Best Times of the Year to Experience the Great Wildebeest Migration Safari (Tanzania & Kenya)
If it’s happening on safari in Tanzania or Kenya , you know it’s going to take a lot of superlatives to describe it—and the Great...
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Travel Dreams Aloft: Serengeti National Park Hot Air Balloon Safaris
Picture this: Dawn is seconds away from breaking across the acacia-strung savannahs of East Africa, and the twilight air breezing at your...
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The Complete African Safari Vacation Packing List & Guide
You’ve dreamed of going on safari for the longest time and now it’s all in motion: you’re finally heading to the savannahs of the...
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Best Alcoholic African Safari Sundowner Drinks
A day on safari can go a lot of different directions. You might set out on walkabout tours at dawn, followed by misty treks through...
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African Safari Etiquette: 8 Tips for How to Behave on Safari
One of the things we love most about going on safari is the chance to spend our days and nights in a different world—a rugged realm free...
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Best Gifts to Bring on African Safari
Whenever we’re visiting a friend for dinner, or being invited into an acquaintance’s home for the first time, we always like to show up...
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Tips for Planning the Perfect African Safari
Featured on #bucketlists everywhere and featuring in dreams of seasoned travelers the world over, an African safari is widely regarded as...
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Who are the Big Five Safari Animals? Spotting Africa’s Most-wanted
Out here in the savannahs of East Africa, the trip planners at Penwell have seen myriad clever lists declared, enticing safari-goers to...
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Unnatural Selection: Why Tuskless Elephants Are on the Rise
Next time you’re out on safari with us, pay close attention to the elephants. See anything unusual? Depending on where we’re touring, you...
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How to Do a Sustainable Safari
We think that doing safaris responsibly and sustainably is all about doing right by the things that you love. Strengthening ties to...
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