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Profit
Prophets
Improving
Kenyan lives
Free to Take Home November 2017
Surprising
South Africa
A rural odyssey
Festive
Shopping
Discover London

HABARI /5

ENJOY YOUR FLIGHT / 11
“Some of the biggest
businesses began with one
person’s idea”
Cover image: Dana van Leeuwen
Msafiri November 2017 edition 139 kenya-airways.com
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Profit
Prophets
Improving
Kenyan lives
Free to Take Home November 2017
Surprising
South Africa
A rural odyssey
Festive
Shopping
Discover London
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Dear guests,
As the yearly debate about an
acceptable start to the Christmas hysteria
heats up, we give you several reasons to
begin early with an exposé of the best,
and often lesser-known, places to find
Christmas gifts in London, which is
spectacular during the festive season.
Don’t tell anyone, but these places also
serve as excellent locations to spoil
yourself while you pretend to buy gifts
for others (you’ve worked especially hard
this year don’t forget).
Have you heard about the strides that
Kenya is making in personal finance? Our
new business article explains how the new
mobile-money system is making progress
by providing life-changing solutions,
such as saving schemes for healthcare,
and energy provision for those living off
the grid.
This month, we also feature young
Kenyan entrepreneurs who have come
up with innovative solutions that are
making lives easier, and in some cases,
creating jobs. Often heart-warming,
these entrepreneurs’ stories reveal why
they chose to be their own boss.
Sometimes they started their businesses
because of a personal frustration with
the status quo or, in other cases, due to a
personal tragedy. Some of the biggest
businesses in the world began with one
person’s idea. So who knows, while
reading about these new initiatives, you
might find inspiration yourself.
There’s more good news. Modern
techniques are now being used to curb
poaching in Africa’s National Parks.
Drones and thermal cameras are being
used to hunt the hunter and help stop
the illegal trade in animals and animal
parts. Find out more in these pages.
If you’re looking for a new road trip,
we’ve got a real gem for you. Read our
insider’s story about the exciting Route
62 and all the special places that are
waiting to be experienced in the South
African wilderness.
​Thank you for choosing Kenya
Airways. I wish you an enjoyable flight.
Sebastian Mikosz,
Managing Director and CEO
Kenya Airways
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CONTENTS / 13
Travel & Nature
16 Tickled Pink
Lake Nakuru
19 Habari
Kenya & the world
26 Journey to the Unexpected
Road trip in South Africa
46 Malawi
At a glance
56 Christmas Crackers
Discover festive London
62 Guess and Win
Travel quiz
64 Outsmarted
Hunting the hunter
64
26
People
36 Profit Prophets
Young Kenyan entrepreneurs
48 Health is Wealth
The rise of wellness in Kenya
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Inflight entertainment guide
91 Safari Njema
93 News & Service
95 Flying Blue News
97 SkyTeam News
98 Route Maps
105 Cargo
106 Get Comfortable
56
Business
48
42 A Bank in Your Pocket
The mobile money revolution
53 Build a Positive Company
How to develop culture
54 Be Highly Effective
How to stay productive
82 Msafiri en Français
86 Msafiri 中 文 版
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16 / NATURE / Views /
Tickled
Pink
Rising to 1,754 m
above sea level, LAKE
NAKURU National
Park – in Kenya’s
Great Rift Valley –
offers natural beauty
all year round.
text Ben Clark
JUST THREE HOURS’ drive from
Nairobi, the park features escarpments,
areas of forest and waterfalls. Meaning
“dusty place” in the local Masai
language, Nakuru is home to various
mammals – including rhinos, lions,
leopards and giraffes – and birds who
mostly populate the park’s southern end.
Flamingos, attracted by abundant algae,
have been a consistent part of the area,
forming a picturesque pink barrier
around the lake. Their numbers – that
are sometimes in the millions – have
dwindled somewhat due to a migration in
2014 to Lake Bogoria (also in the Great
Rift Valley), which occurred after Lake
Nakuru’s water level rose, leading to a
reduction of the flamingos’ food supply.
Vantage points from which to see
fauna here have somewhat contradictory
names; Baboon Cliff is the best place to
spot flamingos, while Flamingo Hill is
the best place to see lions (some of whom
climb and sleep in trees) and leopards,
who roam around Makolia camp.
Lake Nakuru is protected under an
international treaty called the Ramsar
Convention.
Lake Nakuru is a three-hour drive from Nairobi’s
Jomo Kenyatta International Airport.

NATURE / 17
Elliot Neep

HABARI / 19
The American
Colonization Society
founded Liberia in
1821 as a colony
for free African
Americans. More
than 10,000 people
emigrated across the
Atlantic.
Mozambique is the only country with a oneword
name that includes all five vowels.
Habari
Fashion
Love Story
Senegalese dancer Baay Sooley
and French photographer Laure
Tarot fell in love in Dakar seven
years ago. Shortly afterwards,
they created fashion label Bull
Doff, which fuses traditional
African art forms with punk
and rock influences. The new
collection features the geometric
patterns and colours of Imigongo
art from Rwanda.
~ bulldoff.com

20 / HABARI
Lake Tanganyika is one of
the African Great Lakes. It is
estimated to be the second
largest and second deepest
freshwater lake in the world.
Nairobi
The Chambo fish, one of Malawi’s
favourite delicacies, is actually an
endangered species.
Designer: Namnyak Odupoy, Photographer: Sarah Waiswa, Model: Laura Anjili Shutterstock
Online wine
Cellar 254
Who wants to go out to a
shop looking for wine when
you can go online? This portal
features over 67 varieties of
wine from 7 countries. You
can shop according to your
taste in style, region, type,
grape and price. Oh, and they
deliver right to your doorstep,
so you don’t have to rush out
and leave the party.
~ cellar254.com
Book
Not African
Enough
A book about emerging
Kenyan designers, yes, but
also a book that challenges
the narrow expectations of
what African design should
look like. This 368-page
hardcover book comes in
two cover editions.
~ thisisthenest.com
Art in the Den
Every last Saturday of the
month, Charles Murito, a
lover of art (and Google
Kenya Country Manager)
and Adrian Nduma bring
together artists at dusitD2
Hotel in Nairobi’s Riverside
Drive to showcase art outside
the typical gallery space. The
show is sponsored by Capital
FM and the hotel is premised
on three principles: access,
business and mentorship. It’s
a great event at which to
mingle with artists, find a
bargain and commision art.
It’s also a great Saturday plan
and, even better, the perfect
way to support local talent.
~ Twitter: #ArtInTheDen
Art scene
Where is Art?
Go down there
The GoDown Art Center
was formerly a car repair
workshop before it was
turned into a place for artists
from different disciplines.
With plans to build a new
cultural centre, the GoDown
Art Center is at the cusp of a
new era.
~ thegodownartscentre.com
“I don’t
want to say
‘African art’
because art
is art”
– Laolu Senbanjo, Nigerian Artist –
Nairobi page text: Jackson Biko

Kenyan environmentalist
professor Wangari Maathai
(1940–2011) was the first
African woman to win the
Nobel Peace Prize in 2004.
What’s On
HABARI / 21
At 12,000 sq km, the Makgadikgadi Pan
in Botswana is one of the largest salt pan
areas in the world.
“We need to show
girls that they can
develop their
skills too”
– DJ Rachael –
Athletics
Running with the Kenyans
Kenyan runners are among the world’s best, so it’s
no surprise that a growing number of training
camps are eager to build upon this legacy. Iten,
Kenya, also known as the “Home of Champions”
attracts hundreds of runners from all over the
globe. Athletes push their limits training on the
high-altitude trails of the Great Rift Valley. The
Kenya Experience is one of Iten’s many spectacular
training camps that welcomes international runners.
~ traininkenya.com
Q&A
Turntable Queen
DJ Rachael, Uganda’s leading female spinner, recently
launched “Femme Electronic”, an initiative that aims to
tackle the gender imbalance in East Africa’s electronic
music industry. She tells Msafiri about her work.
Habari text: Eva de Vries
Festival
Kilifi New Year
The tranquil banks of Kilifi Creek in Southern Kenya
provide a breath-taking setting for the Kilifi New
Year, a two-day creative explosion of music, camping,
wild costumes, beach bonfires and tropical cocktails.
This magical start of the new year takes place from 31
December to 2 January at Distant Relatives Eco-
Lodge & Backpackers in Kilifi.
~ kilifinewyear.com
How would you describe your music?
“It’s very diverse. It blends styles such as rap, hip-hop and deep house,
usually leaning more towards Afro-Electronic. I love electronic music.
It’s full of energy that brings you to life.”
What is “Femme Electronic”?
“I started this project with a push from the German Goethe-Institut in
Kampala and Santuri Safari to help mentor girls who want to become
DJs and produce electronic music.”
Why is it necessary to equip more women with DJ and producer skills in
East Africa?
“Ladies have long been absent from the DJ and production scene in East
Africa, and we need to show girls that they can develop their skills too.
It’s time for more women to explore this funky science. DJing can be a
wonderful alternative job for strong, talented African women.”

Madagascar has been an isolated
island for around 70 million years.
It first broke away from Africa and
then from India nearly 100 million
years later.
Arts & Culture
HABARI / 23
Namibia is home to the world’s largest
population of free-roaming cheetahs.
Experts estimate that the country has
3,000 of these wild cats.
Music
Blues du Fleuve Festival
This (almost) annual music festival was founded in 2006 by the
wildly popular Senegalese singer, Baaba Maal, who hopes to
make it Africa’s version of Glastonbury. The 2017 edition of
this delightful dusty West-African music experience is scheduled
for 1 to 3 December in Senegal’s northernmost town of Podor,
alongside the Senegal River bordering Mauritania.
~ festivalbluesdufleuve.com
Sci-fi art
MaaSci in Space
Visual art
Kenya Art Fair
From 17 to 19 November, one of the most celebrated visual
arts events in East Africa takes place at the Sarit Expo Centre
in Nairobi: the Kenya Art Fair. It presents a dynamic selection
of galleries, art collections, talks, live drawings and established
and upcoming artists from Kenya and beyond. The theme for
this year’s fair is “Cohesion”, complementing Kenya’s General
Elections.
A young boy carrying a spear and a black-and-white lamb
walk above the clouds. A girl decked in traditional Masai bead
jewellery is surrounded by planets and a purple Milky Way.
And three men dressed in Masai blankets float through space.
This intriguing series, known as MaaSci, is produced by
Kenyan digital artist Jacque Njeri. Her work imagines the
Masai people from southern Kenya and northern Tanzania in
space. “I have great interest and enthusiasm for ‘Afrofuturism’
and science fiction, and I wanted to explore it through the
aesthetics of our own Masai people,” says Njeri.
Njeri’s photos come at a time when many African artists are
experimenting with science fiction and virtual reality. This
cultural movement, known as “Afrofuturism”, uses creative
work to envision a future beyond the history of oppression,
combining elements of science fiction and fantasy to create
unique worlds.
~ Instagram: @fruit_junkie
~ Twitter: @KenyaArtFair
“Everything
about my culture
inspires my work”
– Nigerian/British designerYinka Ilori –

24 / HABARI
The islands along Africa’s
west coast were under
Portuguese rule from 1462
to 1975. Portuguese is still
spoken in Cape Verde today.
People
The Elmina Castle in Ghana, built by
the Portuguese in 1482, is the oldest
European building in Sub-Saharan Africa.
List of African people
African Cinema
African cinema is gaining more international
recognition every year. Msafiri tips five must-see
African movies, each one offering a unique
perspective of our vibrant continent.
Kalushi: The Story of
Solomon Mahlangu (South
Africa, Mandla Dube, 2017)
Solomon Mahlangu is a
schoolboy-hawker from
Mamelodi township who
joins the military wing of
the ANC after the Soweto
uprising on 16 June, 1976 to
fight against the brutal
oppression of Apartheid.
Kati Kati (Kenya, Mbithi
Masya, 2016)
When Kaleche, an amnesiac,
wakes up in the middle of
the wilderness, she has no
idea how she got there. She
finds her way to Kati Kati,
a mysterious lodge, where a
ghost helps her assimilate
into the afterlife.
Timbuktu (Mauritania,
Abderrahmane Sissako,
2014)
Not far from the ancient
Malian city of Timbuktu
(now ruled by religious
fundamentalists), a proud
cattle herder lives peacefully
in the dunes with his wife and
children until local Jihadists
abruptly disturb them.
From a Whisper (Kenya,
Wanuri Kahiu, 2008)
When an intelligence officer
and a rebellious artist discover
that they both lost someone in
the US Embassy bombing,
they learn to confront their
fears and forgive. (Based on a
true story.)
The Gods Must Be Crazy
(South Africa, Jamie Uys,
1980)
This comedy about the clash
of modern civilisation and old
African traditions is hilarious
from start to finish. When a
bushman discovers a coke
bottle dropped by a passing
plane, his village takes it for
a gift from the gods.
The bad man takes my lotion. A bad dreadful man with
a neat beard. And no heart. “Look, I’m not a terrorist,” I
plead with him. “Do I look like someone who can blow up a
bloody plane? I’m black for crying out loud! Black! Look!”
I show him my arm, as if he can’t see from my face that I’m
black. He just chuckles and nonchalantly throws away my
lotion in a bucket containing other doomed lotions whose
only crimes are being in tubes over 100ml. I hate him (but
just enough not to earn a place in hell). I stare at my poor
lotion that I will have to leave behind.
People behind me in the queue stare at me with eyes like
fish in a bowl. Righteous people who imagine they have
made the best decisions in their lives by checking in their
over 100ml liquids and gels and sprays. Nobody lifts a finger
to offer character witness. Nobody steps forward and says,
“Now, hang on a second, Mr. Lotion Police. This man here
pays his taxes and loves animals. Do not separate him from
his lotion.” I’m alone. Nobody defends me from this man
with a neat beard. The world is a cruel place for a man with
the wrong lotion.
I think about my lotion as I wait at the gate, in the plane.
(Crew member, “Would you like chicken or beef sandwich,
sir?” Me (sulking), “No, I don’t want your stupid sandwich,
I just want my lotion.”) I think about it as the immigration
officer with caterpillars for eyebrows stamps my passport.
As I sit in the taxi on my way to the hotel, I stare at the
back of the driver’s head, wondering how that security agent
lives with himself after separating many people from their
lotions. What values does he teach his children? Will he be
accepted in heaven? When I finally buy a new lotion it
doesn’t even feel the same. I smell like someone I wouldn’t
have a drink with.
~ bikozulu.co.ke
Jackson Biko
Security
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Illustration: Hannah Wieslander

Mauritius’ main island is of
volcanic origin. Forty-five km
wide and sixty-four km long, it’s
surrounded by coral reef.
Gadgets
HABARI / 25
The Third Mainland Bridge in
Lagos is Nigeria’s longest bridge
at 11.8 km long.
Travel gadgets
Buy Some
Time
1 3
Sekonda Ladies Watch
This fashion ladies watch features a round,
gold-plated case, a white-stone dial and
a stainless-steel-mesh bracelet. Two-year
manufacturer’s guarantee.
~ Karibu US$90
Hugo Boss – Ambassador
Designed in a modern palette for the modern
man. The dial, in silver with a date display, forms
a stylish contrast to the rich croc-embossed
leather strap. Water-resistant to 30 m.
~ Karibu US$220
Tech talk
Bluesmart Series 2
About-to-launch smart suitcase
that you can track and use to
charge your mobile device.
The ultimate smart carry-on. Conceived
to enhance your journey by connecting
to your phone to lock, track – via an
imbedded 3G and GPS location tracker
– it’s location, get notifications and even
charge your devices on the move.
The suitcase is available in cabin and
check-in sizes. A laptop bag and passport
pouch are also part of the collection.
Pre-order a Series 2 product now and
get a reduction of up to 40 percent.
2
Sekonda Gents Watch
This chronograph watch features a rose-goldplated
and gunmetal two-tone case and bracelet
with stainless-steel case. Water-resistant to 50
m. Two-year manufacturer’s guarantee.
~ Karibu US$160
1
3
4
Anne Klein – Ceramic Diamond
Features a black ceramic bracelet with
gold-toned case and end links with a black
metallised ring and dial. Genuine diamond at
12 o’clock. Two-year warranty.
~ Karibu US$130
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~ bluesmart.com
Inspired to buy?
See our shopping
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26 / TRAVEL / South Africa
ON THE
ROAD
Leave South Africa’s well-trodden Garden
Route and opt for THE BACK ROADS from
Cape Town to Port Elizabeth. You’ll
want to turn this eight-hour journey into
one that lasts for days.
text Narina Exelby
Stocksy

Stocksy
TRAVEL / 27

28 / TRAVEL / South Africa
IT’S NEVER EASY leaving Cape Town. In a city that
often tops the “world’s most beautiful” lists for its ridiculously
gorgeous beaches, chic cafés, pristine vineyards and majestic
Table Mountain – rising from the middle of it all – you can
easily be lulled into dreaming about staying forever. But if you
must leave, take solace in this: just out of town there is a route
so special, it will take your breath away.
DOWN TO THE CROSSROADS
Two national highways, the N1 and the N2, diverge from
the very centre of Cape Town. The N1 is an often straight,
flat road that ploughs through the arid plains of central South
Africa towards the country’s judicial capital, Bloemfontein,
where it makes a beeline for Johannesburg. It’s a journey
for the soul; cue rock music, big skies and lonely roads. By
contrast, the N2 echoes the coastline, moving east through
farmlands to the city of George where it meets the Indian
Ocean and becomes “the Garden Route”; winding through
forests while flirting with the coast until Port Elizabeth,
where the N2 veers northeast towards Durban.
Somewhere between these two highways, just as you leave
Cape Town, there’s a network of back roads that will take
you through dramatic mountain passes, fertile valleys and
charming little towns with wide streets and tall church steeples.
“Buildings are often whitewashed and the horizons
defined by jagged peaks”
Where to eat
Affie Plaas
Facebook: Affie Plaas Robertson
Getty Images, Stocksy, Alamy
JOURNEY TO THE UNEXPECTED
“It’s out here, off the highways, where you find the magic,”
says David Bristow, author and Racontours guide who has
an astounding passion for research and telling a (really) good
story. Bristow’s mission has always been to take the road
less travelled. “That’s my rule for a happy life, and I have a
glorious one,” he says.
The “out here” that Bristow is referring to is an area
known as Route 62, named after the R62 provincial road that
links the pretty village of Montagu with Oudtshoorn, the
ostrich capital of the world. The 650-km Route 62 weaves
from Cape Town to Port Elizabeth through the Klein Karoo, a
rain-shadow desert that boasts the greatest variety of succulent
plants in the world; produces excellent wines, brandy and
port; hosts vast sheep farms; and features an abundance of
photogenic windmills. It also passes game reserves, hiking
trails, mountains, rivers, forests and ostrich farms – a route
perfectly suited to those who love a good road trip, and who
know this to be true: it really is all about the journey.
“Route 62 is a quirky one, where funky restaurants and
guesthouses cater to back-road travellers,” says Bristow.
“And you must stop and do all the quirky things, or you will
miss the point of this route entirely.” >
Karoo Saloon
karoosaloon.com
Ronnie’s Sex Shop Pub
ronniessexshop.co.za
Lazy Lizard
Facebook: The Lazy Lizard, Prince
Albert
Where to sleep
Sanbona Wildlife Reserve Lodges
Montagu, sanbona.com
Bronze Grove Farm & Chalets
Barrydale, bronzegrove.co.za
Karoo Khaya Guest House
Prince Albert, karookhaya.co.za
Makkedaat Caves
Baviaanskloof Mountains,
makkedaat.co.za
Above (clockwise
from top): Vineyard in
Montagu; Wine cellar;
View on river valley from
Route 62, Montagu.
Right page: Montagu
(top); Protea neriifolia
(bottom left); Calitzdorp
(bottom right)

TRAVEL / 29

30 / TRAVEL / South Africa
Deserted road in
the Karoo region.
“It’s out here, off the highways,
where you find the magic”
Stocksy

Alamy
TRAVEL / 31

32 / TRAVEL / South Africa

TRAVEL / 33
Left page: Ostrich farm
in Oudtshoorn (top);
Guesthouse in Calitzdorp
(bottom left); Oyster bar in
Knysna (bottom right)
Left: Plettenberg Bay
Right: Belvidere
Church in Knysna
“The silence and the night skies can’t be found in
many other places”
As you leave Cape Town and start to weave through the neat
vineyards from Paarl to Worcester to Robertson, where
buildings are often whitewashed and the horizons defined by
jagged peaks, you’ll pass farms with small wine shops and
roadside stalls – padstalle, South Africans call them. These
farm stalls are essential stops if you want to buy padkos –
food for your journey – selling fresh produce, home-baked
goodies and biltong, the country’s favourite cured meat snack.
MYSTICAL MONTAGU
“Stop for wine in Montagu – it’s like a French village with
vineyards – and have a meal at any of the cool places in
Barrydale,” advises Bristow. “Barrydale stands out as a town
where you’ll not want for anything: good coffee, friendly banter
and even some rather peculiar art at the Karoo Art Hotel.”
Mulligan’s Pub in Montagu is a great place to rest a while,
sample craft beers and chat with locals. “Everyone you meet
out here has a story,” says artist Joni-Leigh Doran. “Whether
it’s the city couple who moved here looking for a simpler life,
or the fourth-generation Nguni cattle farmer coming to terms
with selling part of his farm; conversations are interesting, and
relationships are real.”
It’s between Montagu and Barrydale where Doran has
chosen to make her home, creating beautiful watercolour
drawings and oil paintings inspired by the region’s astounding
landscapes. “There is a kind of wildness,” she says. “The rock
formations have inspired artists for generations and the
mountains seem to change colour with every passing minute.”
What to see and do
The beautiful Karoo Desert National Garden
in Worcester is spectacular in spring,
when the desert flowers are in full bloom.
sanbi.org/gardens/karoo-desert
Go wine tasting along Route 62,
whose vineyards are said to make up
the world’s longest wine route.
route62.co.za
Explore the Cango Caves
that are limestone formations near Oudtshoorn.
Booking is essential.
cango-caves.co.za
Addo Elephant National Park
boasts excellent game-viewing opportunities,
just outside Port Elizabeth.
sanparks.org/parks/addo
Alamy, 123 RF
KING OF THE MOUNTAINS
Route 62 is sandwiched between the parallel ranges of the
Cape Fold Mountains, which were crinkled like fabric when
Africa split from Gondwanaland (an ancient supercontinent).
The results of this tectonic activity are mountainsides of
spectacularly curved lines and jutted peaks that dwarf those
who travel through them. “The true star of the show really is
the route itself,” says Bristow. “It takes you along numerous
historic mountain passes, many of which remain much the
same as when they were constructed in the mid-19th century.”
After Barrydale, the road winds through a semi-arid area
towards Ladismith, popular with hikers, and on to Calitzdorp,
the centre of port-wine production in South Africa. From
there it’s on to Oudtshoorn, a town that flourished at the turn
of the last century, when feathers were more valuable than
gold. It’s still famous for its ostrich farms, carved-egg souvenirs
and ostrich steaks – and also for the Cango Caves, with >

34 / TRAVEL / South Africa
Left (clockwise from top
left): Sailing boats at
St. Francis Bay; Jeffreys
Bay; Surfing dolphins
in the Indian Ocean at
Jeffreys Bay
Right page: Squid fishing
boat at St. Francis Bay
Knysna fires
In June 2017, devastating fires
ripped through Knysna, destroying
and damaging more than 600 homes
and much of the local landscape.
Despite this, it’s business as usual
in Knysna. While Featherbed Nature
Reserve suffered severe damage,
the iconic Knysna Waterfront and the
popular animal sanctuaries between
Knysna and Plettenberg Bay are
operating as usual.
➔
“The light is beautiful, crisp and, in the evening,
carrying promise of incredible night skies”
Plan your trip
Kenya Airways flies from Nairobi to
Cape Town via Livingstone, Zambia,
and Victoria Falls, Zimbabwe.
their 20-million-year-old limestone formations.
“Although a tourist magnet, the caves should not be missed,”
advises Bristow. “They are spectacular.”
Just north of Oudtshoorn, the astounding Swartberg
Pass zigzags in a miraculous feat of 19th-century engineering,
taking you high into the Swartberg, with a magnificent view of
the Great Karoo desert. At the foot of the pass is Prince Albert,
a little town mottled with trees and tin-roof buildings. “Prince
Albert is an oasis in a noisy world,” says photojournalist Sam
Reinders, who swapped city life for a home base here. “The
silence and the night skies can’t be found in many other places.”
IT IS ROCKET SCIENCE
As with so many villages on Route 62, it’s the people who
make this place special. “They’re the most genuine, caring and
quirky bunch you’ll find,” says Reinders, whose Instagram
feed is peppered with evocative shots of the area. “There’s an
astrophysicist farming chickens, a doctor who supplies the
town with veggies, and at the local co-op you’ll as likely run
into a world-famous palaeontologist as a sheep farmer.
Long-bearded Buddhists mix with truck-driving farmers,
artists with cheese makers, and authors with award-winning
mohair farmers.”
According to Reinders, the days in Prince Albert are hot
– siestas are taken seriously here – and it’s best to wander
the streets around sunrise or sunset, when the town’s pulse
is strongest. “The colour of the dust on the gravel roads is
luminous,” he says. “The light is beautiful, crisp and, in the
evening, carrying promise of the incredible night skies.”
SURF’S UP
Once the road touches Uniondale east of Oudtshoorn,
the landscape starts to change. “The sea begins to influence
climate and vegetation here, and you reach a much wetter part
of the Klein Karoo,” says Bristow. Through Joubertina and
on to Jeffreys Bay, high peaks loom over the orchards of
South Africa’s prime fruit-growing region.
Just over the Tsitsikamma Mountains, south of Uniondale,
is Knysna – if the lure of the Garden Route proves too strong
to resist you can leave the Klein Karoo via the Prince Alfred
Pass. At Knysna you reach the N2, which will take you along
the coast to the holiday haven of Plettenberg Bay, the marina
and fishing cottages of St Francis Bay, and finally South
Africa’s surf mecca, Jeffreys Bay. By now Port Elizabeth is a
stone’s throw away, but you might be tempted to turn and
head for the Tsitsikamma Mountains instead – there are still
many irresistible back roads to explore.
Alamy, Getty Images

TRAVEL / 35

36 / PEOPLE / Young entrepreneurs
Profit
Prophets
Young entrepreneurs are CHANGING THE
FACE OF KENYA by finding innovative
solutions in sectors such as healthcare, building
communities and creating jobs. Here are five
entrepreneurs you should know about.
text Mfonobong Nsehe
Jamie
Pujara
Born
1982
Hometown
Nairobi
Company
Buy Rent Kenya
Biggest Inspiration
None
Business Mantra
Put in your best into everything
you do
WHEN JAMIE PUJARA returned to Nairobi
after living in New York for several years, he had to hit
the streets himself to find a place to live.
“I had become accustomed to finding and securing
properties online, from the comfort of my living room.
Now I had to visit apartments and apartment buildings,
inspect them and ask questions about everything. It
was exhausting,” he says.
Pujara found his own solution. In 2012, he
launched Buy Rent Kenya, an online database that’s
now one of Kenya’s most popular property listing
sites. It was not easy at first. “What was normal in the
US was an alien concept here. Our biggest challenge
was in meeting and convincing real-estate agents that
we offered a more convenient and efficient way to
advertise their property listings. Another major
challenge was trust,” he says. “Then, there were a few
unscrupulous people who would put up listings they
had no access to with an objective of defrauding
people. We had to develop a fully fledged anti-fraud
team, which still monitors the Buy Rent Kenya online
marketplace today.”
The company is gaining ground. In the five years
since it was founded, Buy Rent Kenya has become one
of the most-visited property portals in Kenya. The site
connects the largest real-estate community of buyers,
sellers, brokers, developers, landlords and tenants in a
simple and effective way. Every month, the site attracts
more than 150,000 visitors who have access to more
than 15,000 listings for commercial and residential
properties, as well as local real-estate news, trends and
expert advice on buying and selling properties.

PEOPLE / 37
“I had to visit
apartments, inspect
them, and ask
questions about
everything”

38 / PEOPLE / Young entrepreneurs
Rajiv
Mehta
Born
1985
Hometown
Nairobi
Company
Tangerine Investments
Biggest Inspiration
Dhirubhai Ambani
Business Mantra
Be lean and mean. Maximise income and
minimise costs
Photo: Jeroen van Loon
“I had a mother and two siblings to take care of, and I was so
confused about how I was going to cater for them”
RAJIV MEHTA HAS WALKED through the fire. While
studying Business Management at a University in Nairobi his
father passed away. Soon after, he became caught up in a
family feud with an uncle who kicked him out of the family
business to settle personal scores.
“I was at my wits’ end,” says Mehta “I had a mother and
two siblings to take care of, and I was so confused about how
I was going to cater for them. I was able to get a job, but it
wasn’t enough. I needed a business to supplement my income
and I wanted to pursue something I had a passion for.”
That passion was outdoor advertising. Growing up, Mehta
always had an interest in advertising, and wanted to own
billboards and other outdoor-advertising structures. He was
fascinated by the JCDecauxes of this world and always dreamt
of starting something similar. The model was simple: he would
approach the city council in Nairobi and elsewhere for the
rights to sell advertising space on streetlight poles. It would
be a public/private partnership whereby he would source the
clients and split profits between the City councils – who would
then use their share of the profits to maintain the streetlight
infrastructure – while he would keep some share of the profits
for his company.
The idea has worked out wonderfully. Today, Tangerine
Investments is a leading outdoor-advertising firm that uses
public transit-vehicles, litterbins and streetlights to market
leading consumer goods in Kenya. The company has revenues
of more than US$1 million and has a client list that includes
Kenya Airways, Subway and Coca Cola, among others. Ever
ambitious, Mehta has expanded Tangerine’s tentacles into
large-format printing, and he’s setting up shop in Uganda soon.

PEOPLE / 39
Lorna
Rutto
Born
1986
Hometown
Nakuru
Company
EcoPost
Biggest Inspiration
Wangari Maathai
Business Mantra
Have passion for whatever it is you do
Photo: Hollandse Hoogte
“I was working on systems and structures and not with
people and science, which had been my passion at school”
RUTTO HAS ALWAYS HAD a thing for the environment.
Growing up, she noticed the huge amounts of plastic waste
littering the streets and addressed the situation by melting
disgarded plastic and reshaping it into jewellery, which she
sold to her friends at school.
After graduating, she landed a job with a commercial
bank.“It was a decent job that paid the bills, but something
felt wrong. I was working on systems and structures and not
with people and science, which had been my passion at school.
I longed to do something I was passionate about,” she says.
In 2010, Rutto founded EcoPost, a successful Kenyan
social organisation that aims to transform Kenya’s waste
into wealth. She founded the company in response to
Kenya’s plastic waste problem.
EcoPost manufactures aesthetic, durable fencing posts
from plastic waste (such as polypropylene and polyethylene),
which is a more environmentally friendly alternative to timber.
Rutto has earned international acclaim for her efforts in
providing an alternative waste-management solution to
Kenya’s plastic menace. In 2011, Rutto received a Cartier
Women’s Initiative Award, a prestigious international business
competition that aims to encourage female entrepreneurs to
solve contemporary global challenges. “It was a validation of
the work we’ve been doing for years in creating a sustainable
environment for Kenya,” says Rutto.
Today, EcoPost is a profitable company with more than
15 employees. Rutto is relentlessly working to build it into one
of the leading recycling companies in Africa.

40 / PEOPLE / Young entrepreneurs
Eugene
Mbugua
Born
1991
Hometown
Meru
Company
Young Rich Television Limited
Biggest Inspiration
Dennis Makori
Business Mantra
When you have initiative and drive,
anything is possible
“Mbugua often wondered why some people lived in beautiful
homes, while he and his mother struggled to make ends meet”
GROWING UP IN NAIROBI as the only child of a single
mother, Eugene Mbugua often wondered why some people
lived in beautiful homes, while he and his mother struggled to
make ends meet.
That curiosity led him to establish Young Rich, a show on
local Kenyan television that profiled and interviewed Kenyan
entrepreneurs aged 40 and under who had amassed remarkable
fortunes. Young Rich became an instant hit in Kenya, with as
many as 400,000 watching every episode. It aired for nine
seasons and has become one of Kenya’s more popular shows.
Today, his company, Young Rich Television Limited,
creates and produces television shows in Kenya and across
Africa. One of them, Get In The Kitchen – a highly rated
cooking show that is currently in its fourth season on
Kenyan National Television – is widely syndicated and
enjoys sponsorship from several leading Kenyan food brands.
Mbugua also runs My Yearbook Limited, a company that
produces yearbooks and publications for companies, schools
and governments. He is involved in agriculture- and property
development, and has recently partnered with two other
companies to build a 188-unit hostel to provide housing for
350 students at Kenya’s Egerton University.
In 2014, Mbugua was named among Kenya’s top 40 men
under 40 years of age by Business Daily, and has had
his story featured by the BBC, Sydney Morning Herald and
multiple Kenyan news outlets. He has also been invited to
speak at universities and conferences in Kenya and South
Sudan about entrepreneurship, and he contributes to one of
Kenya’s leading newspapers.

PEOPLE / 41
Suzie
Wokabi
Born
1976
Hometown
Kakamega
Company
SuzieBeauty
Biggest Inspiration
Bobbi Brown
Business Mantra
To inspire through African beauty
Photo: Jeroen van Loon
“I knew that I was not the only one suffering, and in a naïve
way, I decided to create my own line”
SUZIE WOKABI’s love for beauty made her a fortune.
After pursuing a career that led her to a job in Los Angeles as
a make-up artist for television shows, in 2007 she returned to
Kenya where she found a gap in the retail cosmetics market.
“I found it very difficult to get products to work with, let
alone for my personal use,” she says. “All the products on the
shelves were imported and grossly overpriced. I knew that I
was not the only one suffering and in a naïve way I decided to
create my own line.”
For three years, Wokabi worked on her product, doing
research, development, product-testing and fundraising. She
was able to convince two Nairobi-based investment groups to
pitch in for an equity stake in the company. She struck a deal
with a manufacturer in China, and with US$150,000 in
financing, she launched her products in Kenya.
“Being a pioneer brand, we didn’t have much to compare
to. We marketed heavily to Kenyan women the best way we
knew: pitching our tents in popular malls across Nairobi and
convincing Kenyan women that our products were made
specifically for them, taking into account the beauty and
complexities of the African woman’s skin,” says Wokabi.
SuzieBeauty now manufactures lip gloss, lipstick, eye
shadow, mascara and concealers, and is Kenya’s most
popular beauty brand. Last year, Wokabi sold her company
to Flame Tree, a manufacturing group that is listed on the
Nairobi Securities Exchange. She still works for the company
as its chief creative officer.
Wokabi advises would-be entrepreneurs to be sure that
they love everything about what they’re planning to do.

42 / BUSINESS / Mobile money
A BANK IN
YOUR POCKET
Ten years after M-Pesa took the Kenyan
economy by storm, MOBILE MONEY
PLATFORMS are evolving to influence
other industries, creating opportunities and
stimulating innovation.
text Ken Kagicha
Shutterstock

BUSINESS / 43
IN LESS THAN A DECADE,
transferring money by mobile phone has
become commonplace in Kenya, and now,
in many parts of Africa.
Thanks to mobile money, which also
allows users to save, borrow, buy goods
and pay bills using a mobile wallet,
millions have been integrated into the
formal financial system in record time.
Mobile money snowballed in 2007,
when a micro-finance experiment between
Kenya’s mobile telco Safaricom and its
UK counterpart, Vodafone, created
mobile money platform M-Pesa. Now,
M-Pesa and similar services are turning
Kenya into a cashless society. Where
cash, with its inefficiencies and associated
risks, reigned supreme in the past, mobile
money is now delivering faster, traceable,
less-risky and convenient options, which
are turning the case against cash.
Mobile money has become so crucial
to Kenya’s economy, that on the few
occasions that M-Pesa has been offline,
many small and medium businesses have
ground to a halt.
A HEALTHY WALLET
With 26 million users transacting
US$65.8 million in the last financial year,
M-Pesa is considered to be the largest
mobile money service in the world. As
impressive as the numbers are, Safaricom
CEO Bob Collymore says the company
has a different matrix with which to
measure success. “A lot of people talk
about M-Pesa in terms of the percentage
of the country’s GDP that’s going through
it (45 percent by some estimates), but we
don’t see it in those terms,” he says. “What
really makes the difference is the impact
M-Pesa is having on the development of
life-changing solutions.”
As an example, Collymore describes
M-TIBA, a mobile-based health-insurance
scheme that allows low-income customers
to send, save and receive funds that are
specifically locked to health insurance.
“Today, we have nearly a million people
and about 300 healthcare centres signed
up for M-TIBA,” says Collymore. “And
this means that people can save money
each month that can only be used in the
health wallet.”
POCKET POWER
Collymore sees limitless opportunities
for mobile money to improve value chains;
from agriculture, where farmers are now
getting paid instantly for milk delivered,
to education, where paying school fees
with mobile money is common.
New subsectors and companies are
emerging with the mobile money platform
as the key enabler. Take, for example, the
pay-as-you-go solar-energy providers
where, for as little as US$0.48 per day,
off-the-grid users can access clean energy
to power their homes. M-KOPA Solar is a
leader in this category; the company has
already connected 500,000 households
and recorded one million transactions
per month in Kenya and Tanzania.
Another company, PayGo Energy,
is leveraging mobile money and smart
metres to provide clean LPG cooking gas
to customers, so that users only pay for
what they need (at their convenience).
MOBILE MOMENTUM
A combination of factors has led to
the rapid growth of mobile money in
Kenya. Tim Mukata, Innovations Lead at
FSD Kenya’s Financial Sector Deepening
programme, offers two key factors specific
to Kenya. “The culture of people working
in the cities and sending money to their
families in rural areas was already
entrenched before M-Pesa,” he says.
Where local inter-city buses acted as
money transfer agents with their parcel
services, M-Pesa has made headway,
registering 471 million transactions in the
first quarter of 2017. The other factor
Mukata highlights is intense competition
in the mobile-telco space, which has
pushed two main players to innovate and
invest in infrastructure.
According to Mukata, Safaricom
and Airtel’s installation of base stations
across the country was forward-thinking,
contrary to the conventional telecoms
business model where a Base Transceiver
Station has to be supported by the
demographics to justify the investment.
“These investments laid the foundation
for a dynamic and innovative mobile
telco sector,” he says.
AUTOMATIC ACCESS
Mukata goes on to say that the
current emerging opportunity is the data
being generated by service providers and
related services, especially in the nascent
fintech sector, where mobile money has
fused finance with technology to make
financial services more accessible to the
general public. >
“The real opportunity is the data
being generated by service providers,
especially in the nascent fintech sector”
Solution for Small Retailers
The M-Pesa service was launched in March 2007 to enable customers to
safely send, receive and store money using a basic mobile phone and, more
recently, using a smartphone app. Since then, the use of the service has grown
exponentially. Now, M-Pesa can be found on almost every street corner in Kenya.
Alamy

44 / BUSINESS / Mobile money
Alamy
MOBILE MONEY
IN NUMBERS
350 million people in Africa are
unbanked and have no credit cards.
500 million registered mobile
money accounts globally.
66 percent of low- and mediumincome
countries have mobile money.
“These companies are combining
finance with technology to determine who is
credit worthy”
US$22 billion
The amount processed by the mobile
money industry in December 2016.
277 million mobile money
wallets in Sub-Saharan Africa.
That’s more than all bank accounts
in the region.
In the absence of a conventional
credit-rating system for mobile microlenders
(issuing loans of up to US$9,700),
these companies are using mobile data to
determine who is credit worthy. So who
you talk to on the phone, how long you
talk, and what you buy using mobile
money could very well determine your
credit score, and whether or not you’ll get
a loan.
The resultant effect is the growth of
micro lending through mobile phones.
Products such as CBA Bank’s M-Shwari
and Kenya Commercial Bank’s (KCB)
M-Pesa are disbursing more loans than
traditional credit outlets. KCB’s M-Pesa
product, for instance, disbursed US$180
million in the first year after launch,
while Tanzania’s M-Pawa issued US$17.3
million in the first two years after launch.
Other micro-lending platforms, like
Tala and Branch, have emerged as the
mobile money platform’s underlying
infrastructure, enabling millions to get
instant credit.
NEW FRONTIERS
Mukata says that another area ripe
for disruptive innovation is e-commerce
payments. M-Pesa’s relatively new API
(Application Programming Interface), for
example, will enable innovators to build
more robust payment solutions at a much
faster rate.
Interoperable cross-border mobile money
is also emerging as a frontier that needs
urgent solutions as trade between Africa’s
regional economic blocs rises. It’s here
that mobile telcos, such as MTN Group
– with operations in 18 countries in Africa
– and Airtel – present in 15 countries –
have an opportunity to grow inter-country
mobile payments, further accelerating
cross-border trade.
Following a shareholding
arrangement with Vodacom, Safaricom
has signalled its intention to expand the
M-Pesa service to several other African
countries where Vodacom has a presence.
Other start-ups, like WeCashUp, are
trying to make it easier for people across
Africa to buy and sell goods online, and
pay via a single mobile money gateway.
Mobile money service providers in
Africa have grown from 6 in 2 countries
in 2011, to 39 in 11 countries today. As a
result, more than 40 percent of the adults
in Kenya, Tanzania, Zimbabwe, Ghana,
Uganda, Gabon and Namibia use mobile
money on an active basis, according to the
global mobile association, GSMA. This
presents an intense competitive field
where innovation is the key differentiator,
but as Collymore sees it, cash remains
the real competition. Ultimately, if the
last 10 years are anything to go by, the
next 10 will be truly transformative thanks
largely to mobile money.
30,000 transactions per
minute via mobile money globally.
27.5 million
Kenya’s mobile money subscribers.
471.1 million mobile money
transactions in Kenya from January
to March 2017, with a value of
US$10.69 billion.
120 percent
Global growth: the volume of flow to
and from bank accounts as a result of
linkages with mobile money between
September 2015 and June 2016.

46 / BUSINESS / Country at a glance
At a glance
Malawi
Named after its magnificent sunsets, Malawi is
an African gem. Find out more with these
FACTS AND FIGURES.
text Yvette Bax infographics Chantal van Wessel/Vizualism
Geography & economy
Source: afdb.org / cia.gov Source: nationsonline.org / worldatlas.com / data.worldbank.org
Official name Republic of Malawi
Population 15.8 million people (2014, est.)
GDP US$ 5.442 billion
Area (km 2 ) 118,484
Capital Lilongwe
Other cities Blantyre (commercial capital),
Zomba, Mzuzu
Currency Kwacha (MWK)
Local time GMT+2
Neighbouring
countries Zambia, Tanzania, Mozambique
Languages Chichewa (national), English (official),
approx. 16 other local languages
Flights Kenya Airways operates flights from Nairobi
to Lilongwe via Harare and via Chileka
International Airport
GDP forecast
Agriculture
5
4
3
2
32%
Industry
17.5%
5.7%
’14
’15
2.8%
2.7%
4%
’16 ’17 ’18
GDP growth compared to the
previous year in Malawi
(in percentages)
5%
5
4
3
2
1,000 km
Services
50.5%
Flames
The country got its name
because of its fiery
sunsets. Malawi comes
from the local language
Chichewa, and means
“flames of fire”.
Rural areas
About 90 percent of the
population lives in rural
areas. Malawi’s economy
is based mostly on
subsistence agriculture
and small-scale
fisheries.
The climate
is predominantly
subtropical, with two
main seasons: cold-dry
and hot-wet.
Landscape
Malawi’s landscape consists of
plateaus, highlands and valleys.
Nearly one-third of Malawi’s
area is covered by Lake
Malawi.
Economy
With the support of
the IMF and the
World Bank, Malawi
has been able to
sustain it’s
economic growth
rates.
Source: nationsonline.org / cia.gov / worldbank.org

BUSINESS /47
The five biggest
wildlife reserves
in sq km
1. Nyika
National
Park
3,237
Tourism
Malawi has high
potential for tourism
development. In 2014,
tourism contributed
4.5 percent to
Malawi’s GDP. Most
visitors come from
South Africa.
Top five imports & exports in 2015
Import
Source: constative.com / The Nation Source: visitmalawi.mw / whc.unesco.org / worldatlas.com
2. Kasungu
National
Park
3. Vwaza
March
Wildlife
Reserve
4. Lengwe
National
Park
5. Liwonde
National
Park
Malawi has nine national
parks. Liwonde is the most
popular for boat safaris and for
spotting wildlife like elephants,
antelopes, black rhinos,
leopards, lions and birds.
Trivia
2,071
1,036
906
570
In Nsamala, women
occupy 197 seats
on the local
development
committee. Men
occupy 135.
Lake Malawi
National
Park is
UNESCO
World
Heritage
listed.
Set in the
Western
Rift Valley,
the lake is
one of the
deepest in
the world.
Malawi was one of the
countries worst affected by the
big El Niño-induced drought, from
2014-2016,
with 40 percent
of the population
requiring food relief.
The plantations
At Malawi’s coffee, tea, sugar and
rubber plantations, it’s possible
to do walking, biking and
photography tours.
Malawians go
fishing when it’s
full moon because
that’s when they
believe the biggest
catches are.
706 m
The
country’s
nickname is
“the warm heart
of Africa”.
1. Tobacco, partly or wholly stemmed/stripped 435
Export
amounts x US$ 1 million
Malawi
2. Raw cane sugar 94
4. Dried peas, shelled 56
3. Black tea 62
1. Petroleum oils 235
5. Tobacco, not stemmed/stripped 53
2. Other medicaments of mixed or unmixed products 120
5. New stamps; stamp-impressed paper; banknotes 50
3. Urea 86
4. Mineral or chemical fertilizers 72
Source: wits.worldbank.org

48 / TREND / Health
Health is
Wealth
With the rise of a HEALTH-CONSCIOUS
GENERATION of urban Africans,
entrepreneurs are tapping into the emerging
markets of fitness, wellness and healthy food.
text Andrea Dijkstra
AS THE EARLY MORNING chill begins to lift, sweat is
already dripping from the faces of dozens of men and women
participating in various exercises, from navigating obstacle
courses to running with resistance parachutes strapped to
their backs. The group has come to Nairobi’s Karura Forest
for the monthly boot camp organised by Wellness Solutions.
“We aim to give people a break from indoor gym workouts
and this new concept has picked up very well,” says founder
Japheth Amimo, a fitness guru with over 20 years’ experience.
THE RISE OF BOUTIQUE FITNESS
In another middle-class Nairobi neighbourhood, 20
Kenyans are burning calories by pushing the pedals of their
indoor bikes to the soundtrack of thumping house beats,
while following their performance real-time on a TV screen at
the front of the studio. “I felt that Nairobi was ready for the
introduction of East Africa’s first boutique fitness studio
integrating technology and fitness – something I had already
witnessed in cities like Sydney, Dubai and Chicago,” says
Nairobi-born Saloni Kantaria. A former lawyer and topranked
tennis player, Kantaria founded Reform Cycling and
Strength Studio, which offers a mix of spinning, pilates, barre
and other workouts. Since its launch in January 2016, the
studio has attracted more than 400 clients.
Amimo and Kantaria are just two of many professionals
who have been cashing in on increasing demand for fitness
solutions in recent years. Lifestyles in African cities are >
Nairobi, a medicaltourism
hub
Nairobi is fast becoming one
of Africa’s key medical-tourism
destinations, according to the
2017 Economic Development
in Africa Report by the United
Nations Conference on Trade
and Development (UNCTAD).
“Medical tourists are mainly
coming from neighbouring East
African countries,” says Tom
Simba of Nairobi Hospital. “They
lack facilities at home, they come
because it’s cheaper or because
of shorter waiting times.” Eunice
Mwangi from Aga Khan University
Hospital attributes a surge in
patient numbers to the hospital’s
Heart and Cancer Centre, which
has become a leading regional
referral centre since its 2011
inauguration. The UNCTAD Report
concludes that this growing
demand for specialised medical
care can stimulate job creation for
highly skilled health professionals.

TREND / 49
“Multinational technology
companies and software
developers are coming up
with innovations for
health-conscious indivuals”
Stocksy

50 / TREND / Health
Stocksy
changing quickly. Fast food and limited physical activity are
now common features of urban life. According to the Kenyan
Ministry of Health, 20 percent of the population is obese, and
50 percent of Kenyan women in urban areas are overweight.
Fortunately, the level of health awareness is also changing,
with more people trying to exercise frequently and maintain
better diets.
“Music-based fitness classes, like aerobics, “Zumba”,
spinning, “afrobics”, “insanity” and Tae Bo, are popular,” says
Kenyan fitness trainer Stephanie Mwaura. “But functional
training, bodyweight training, boot camps, hiking, cycling,
jogging and other outdoor-based programmes are also picking
up fast.”
FLOURISHING FIT TECH
Multinational technology companies and software
developers are tapping into the emerging fitness trend and
coming up with innovations designed to make life easier for
health-conscious individuals. The Google Fit app has been
gaining popularity in East Africa, and Samsung has
introduced its Gear Smartwatch range – with its inbuilt
Health app to help fitness enthusiasts set goals and monitor
progress – to the Kenyan market. According to Mwaura,
African fitness and wellness apps are also in the pipeline.
Africa is also getting its own online fitness gurus, such as
Jane Mukami, award-winning health blogger and author of
Fit Kenyan Girl; and Esther Dindi, also known as “Doctor
Fitness”, who turned her passion for fitness into a thriving
business. Dindi offers individual and corporate consultations
and programmes, and has over 44,000 Facebook followers.
“The health and fitness
market has grown
tremendously in the last
five years”
Fitness trivia
• “Afrobics” is fitness to an African beat.
• It takes 70 muscles to speak a single word.
• Physically inactive people can lose as much as three to five
percent of muscle mass per decade after 30 years of age.
• Eating spicy foods an hour or two before a workout has
been shown to increase metabolism.
• Your heart beats approximately 100,000 times per day.
That means one million heartbeats in just 10 days.
• On average, you breathe 700 gallons of air per hour.

TREND / 51
“The level of health
awareness is changing,
with more people trying to
exercise frequently
and maintain better diets”
Health figures
• 20 percent of the Kenyan population
is now obese. If this trend continues,
by 2020 Kenya’s obesity rate will be similar
to the American and European rates of
50 and 60 percent respectively
INDUSTRIES GO HEALTH-CONSCIOUS
The food and hospitality industries are also capitalising
on the health-conscious trend, with major hotels and other
establishments installing modern spa and wellness centres to
cater to – and profit from – this growing sector.
Kenyan food marketers are moving to alter their product
offerings, launching more health-conscious foods, and shifting
the emphasis of their marketing campaigns. Milk-processing
firm Brookside Dairy has been a prominent mover in this new
direction with the recent launch of a new yoghurt range
containing real fruit and no artificial colours or preservatives.
Kenya’s annual yoghurt consumption rose from two kg per
capita in 2013 to three kg per captita in 2015, according to a
2016 report by global research firm Ken Research.
RAISING AWARENESS
The market for superfoods, gluten-free and lactose-free
products, vitamins, protein powders and supplements is rising
as well. Healthy U, East Africa’s leading health store, started
out in 1984 as a small family business and has grown to 23
outlets across Kenya and Uganda. This niche market still
needs to nurture more customer awareness. “Many people, for
example, are still against protein powders,” says Arjan Grewal-
Thethy, co-founder of NutriEats, a Kenyan company primarily
focused on weight loss and weight management. “Many think
that protein powders are not natural, or are only for men,”
says the certified nutritionist. “We want to educate our market
that these products will actually benefit women and children
too.” NutriEats teaches people the basics of nutrition and
shows them how to lose weight properly through a long-term,
sustainable method. The company currently stocks a range of
internationally available products but would also like to make
its own. “We’re currently developing our own supplements,
protein powders and vitamins,” says Grewal-Thethy.
HEALTHY LIFESTYLE LEADERS
This new generation of entrepreneurs still has plenty of
challenges to overcome. “We lack locally available apparel and
affordable equipment,” says fitness trainer Mwaura. “But the
health and fitness market has grown tremendously in the last
five years, and soon it will be an industry to be reckoned with.
Lots of information and education is still needed, as few
Kenyans realise that fitness is not just about weight loss, but
that it’s an entire lifestyle.”
• The projected growth rate to 2030 for
diabetes in Sub-Saharan Africa is almost
100 percent, revealing an epidemic in the
making
• Over 180,000 products worldwide were
reformulated in 2016 to meet the growing
demand for better nutrition
• Globally, 2.3 billion people participate in
health and wellness programmes, according
to research firm Mintel Group
• The market size of the global health-club
industry is US$83 billion
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Tips / BUSINESS / 53
How to
Build a
Positive Company
Culture
We’re not robots; we respond
to the atmosphere around us.
And that’s why work should be
an UPLIFTING PLACE.
Here’s how to make it so.
text Annemarie Hoeve illustration Edith Carron
Work at it
1 Define core values, communicate them
clearly across the company and allocate
ambassadors to reinforce and award
desired workplace behaviour. That said,
treating your staff as you would like to be
treated is always a good place to start.
Hire with care
2 Focus on candidates’ soft skills. Are
they positive, good at listening and
communicating? Hiring people who
embody the company culture you want is
an effective way of driving change. This
is especially important for those in higher
positions. Choose those who can lead by
example and the rest will follow.
Support ownership
3 Research by Gallup shows that only
13 percent of employees feel engaged
with their job, which is caustic to a
healthy company culture. Make people
accountable by giving them ownership.
When people care about outcomes, they
work harder and feel happier.
Invest in the interior
4 An appealing office can lift spirits,
increase energy and encourage teamwork.
Research shows that as territorial beings,
we need to express ourselves. So let
people personalise surroundings. Also,
natural elements improve our sense of
wellbeing, so invest in proper greenery.
Read all about it…
These titles (all available
to buy online) offer deeper
insight.
Deliberately developmental
organisations foster growth
in all employees, supporting
learning as a key value for
company success. In An
Everyone Culture, Robert
Kegan and Lisa Laskow
Lahey examine why this
works.
Work that works by Geil
Browning is a practical
guide to improving company
culture. Surprisingly,
changing language patterns
can already change thought
patterns and in turn,
transform behaviour.
Ellen Pao is known for
exposing the toxic culture
faced by some women in
tech. She famously sued
a Silicon Valley venture
capital firm for gender
discrimination in 2015.
Reset is her memoir.

54 / BUSINESS / Tips
How to
Be Highly
Effective
There’s a whole world of
distractions out there, 24/7.
Here’s how to STAY
FOCUSED and productive.
text Annemarie Hoeve illustration Edith Carron
Track your time
1 Do you often wonder where the day
went? Perhaps you check that favourite
website too frequently, or chat with
colleagues every time you grab all those
coffees? It all adds up when they become
unchecked daily habits. Apps like
Rescue Time can help reclaim control.
Seeing is believing
2 Procrastinating because your tough
project seems unattainable? Visualise
yourself having finished it. Evoke a
concrete mental picture: see people
patting you on the back, your boss
shaking your hand. Top athletes swear
by it. Repeat the exercise 10 minutes per
day. Then make it happen.
Make meetings matter
3 Meetings are a notorious time sink.
Don’t let them be. Keep meetings short
and focused. Draw up an agenda and
make sure everyone has a copy at least a
day in advance. If people go off course,
note down their points to address at
another time. Stand-up meetings can
also boost alertness and minimise
dawdling.
Accept that you’re human
4 Recognise when your energy is low.
Catch up on tasks that require less
effort. Leave that high-power project
until tomorrow when you’re back on
form. Then you’ll breeze through it in
no time.
Read all about it…
These titles (all available
to buy online) offer deeper
insight.
Grit, by celebrated
psychologist Angela
Duckworth, has insights
aplenty on achieving
outstanding performance.
It’s all down to a mix of
passion and persistence,
apparently. An instant New
York Times bestseller.
Find out what Silicon Valley
executives and Navy SEALs
already know – Stealing
Fire reveals how to harness
your brain to maximum
performance. By best-selling
author Steven Kotler and
performance expert Jamie
Wheal.
Neuroscience and
behavioural economics
come together in How
to Have a Good Day by
economist and former
McKinsey partner, Caroline
Webb. Why are good days
important? Because those
are the most effective.

56 / TRAVEL / London
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TRAVEL / 57
London’s
Christmas
Crackers
5
As the chill of winter and the dark cloak
of early nightfall envelop London,
BRITAIN’S CAPITAL becomes its
twinkly, moonlight-speckled best.
Here are SIX NEIGHBOURHOODS
stuffed with festive spirit.
text Lucy Thackray
Dana van Leeuwen, Getty Images, Stocksy
1
For families: Oxford Circus
It’s the classic central London high street, beloved for its gargantuan
department stores (Selfridges, House of Fraser, John Lewis) and
trendy brands (Topshop, Nike, Uniqlo). Many locals avoid it in the
run-up to the Christmas holidays; it’s the obvious shopping choice,
central for everyone and a tourist magnet, so it’s easy to be overwhelmed
by the crowds. Nevertheless, it’s where you’ll get those iconic holiday >
1. Nutcracker dolls at a Christmas Market 2. Somerset House Ice rink 3. Traditional
Christmas treats 4. Confectionery shop on Columbia Road 5. Tower Bridge

58 / TRAVEL / London
snaps of London’s biggest and best Christmas lights, not to mention
Selfridges’ spellbinding window displays, featuring haute couture fashion
in themed tableaux that would look right at home in a gallery. Kids will
love the fun gadgets and toy floors at John Lewis and the movie-magic
merchandise at the Disney Store; but most of all the proximity to Winter
Wonderland, a lively, funfair and ice rink in nearby Hyde Park (open 17
November 2017-1 January 2018).
Top tip
Nervous about the crowds? Go during weekday working hours (Monday
-Friday, 10-5 p.m.), when most Londoners will be at work.
2
For big spenders: Bond Street
In early November, London’s Christmas lights are switched on. It’s
no coincidence that they’re strung above some of the best shopping
streets in town. One of the prettiest hangs above the designer boutiques
of Bond Street and New Bond Street (last year they were delicate,
illuminated peacock feathers), often accompanied by flurries of faux
snow drifting from high windows. And shoppers spending around here
deserve the fanfare: with stores from London’s finest jewellers and watchmakers
to high-end designers such as Louis Vuitton and Burberry, this is
where to go if you want a necklace, jacket or handbag that’ll last forever.
Before heading off, drop into five-star hotel Claridges for a peek at its
famous Christmas tree, a glittering, whimsical creation dreamt up by a
different fashion designer each year (claridges.co.uk).
Top tip
Not in the market for a US$2,500 suitcase? Pop into Smythson, a classic
British stationer, where luxe keychains and notebooks start at US$60.
3
For culture lovers: King’s Road
Chelsea’s lengthy shopping avenue was once the heart of London’s
Swinging Sixties, when artists from the Rolling Stones to Jimi
Hendrix shopped in its boutiques and swigged pints at pub The Chelsea
Potter (still serving to this day). It’s gone from bohemian to posh – along
with the rest of the neighbourhood – but is still one of the city’s most
atmospheric streets on which to while away a winter’s afternoon. Fairy-lit
trees brighten Sloane Square and Chelsea Farmer’s Market, while cosy
stores such as Anthropologie and The Shop at Bluebird welcome you in
with proper service and carefully curated collections. Want some culture
with your shopping haul? Pop into the edgy Saatchi Gallery at Duke of
York’s HQ (saatchigallery.com).
Top tip
For the last vestiges of the street’s punky glory days, walk west to
Vivienne Westwood’s World’s End store, a quirky cottage decorated with
a huge clock (worldsendshop.co.uk).
4
For perfectionists: Marylebone
Just north of Oxford Street, the thick current of Christmas
shoppers subsides to a smaller, local trickle, as only in-the-know
shoppers head to Marylebone’s serene high street for quality gifts. Crisp,
low-rise boutiques such as The White Company, Matches and Space
NK gleam in the gloom, and independent British brands abound:
Daunt Books is not just any bookstore, but a historic landmark
with well-informed staff, while Emma Bridgewater does prettily
painted ceramics that could only be a gift from England. >
1. London high street 2. Children at Kingston Christmas Market 3. Traditional Christmas
mince pies 4. Fortnum & Mason decorations 5. Nicole Farhi café 6. Cartier decoration
7. Pastries at Café Royal Hotel 8. Charbonnel & Walker decorations
“Drop into five-star
hotel Claridges for a
peek at its famous
Christmas tree, a
glittering, whimsical
creation”
LUNCH TIME!
Behind Oxford Street
St. Christopher’s Place restaurants
stchristophersplace.com
Near Regent Street
Jinjuu Korean
jinjuu.com
On the King’s Road
Bluebird Café
bluebird-restaurant.co.uk
The Ivy Chelsea Garden
theivychelseagarden.com
In Marylebone
The Providores
theprovidores.co.uk
West of Carnaby Street
Kingly Court food hall
carnaby.co.uk
Around Seven Dials
British bistro Native
eatnative.co.uk
HOTELS
Oxford Street
The London EDITION
editionhotels.com
Bond Street
The May Fair Hotel
themayfairhotel.co.uk
South Kensington
Blakes Hotel
blakeshotels.com
Marylebone
Z at Gloucester Place
thezhotels.com
Carnaby Street
The Courthouse Hotel
courthouse-hotel.com

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Five more festive spots to visit
The Natural History Museum
After shopping the King’s Road, wander
north to Kensington to skate on the outdoor
ice rink in front of this enormous palace of a
museum. Its twinkling trees are one of the most
photographed sights in festive London.
nhm.ac.uk
The Southbank
What’s better than walking alongside the river,
smelling roasted chestnuts, with some of
London’s most iconic structures (the National
Theatre, OXO Tower, the London Eye) within
view. Start at the Eye and make your way east,
stopping at pretty Gabriel’s Wharf for dinner.
southbankcentre.co.uk
Covent Garden Piazza
This Victorian apple market does Christmas
lights and giant fir trees beautifully – though it
does become overcrowded – and you can duck
inside to get warm. Watch out for the circus
performers putting on a show in front of St.
Paul’s Church.
coventgarden.london
Somerset House
This former government building on the north
bank of the Thames has a stunning courtyard,
which frames its huge winter ice rink and
seasonal food and drink kiosks. Catch an arty
exhibition inside.
somersethouse.org.uk
The ballet
Going to see a classic such as The Nutcracker
or Sleeping Beauty in the festive season is an
elegant London tradition – top venues are the
Royal Opera House (roh.org.uk), the English
National Opera (eno.org) and Sadler’s Wells
(sadlerswells.com).
“Central London’s best
kept shopping secret is
a small spider’s web of
streets just north of
Covent Garden”
The point of Marylebone is to shop in reasonable calm, alongside fellow
style connoisseurs, spritzing fragrances at minimalist Le Labo and sniffing
posh candles at Diptyque (every gift from here will feel exquisite).
Top tip
To skip the chaos at Oxford Street and Bond Street, get there and back
via Great Portland Street or Regent’s Park “Tube” (Underground)
stations to the north.
5
For rebels: Carnaby Street
Another mark on the rock’n’roll map of London, Carnaby Street
was the other shopping destination for The Beatles, Stones and
Kinks – and its pedestrianised avenue remains a cosy and colourful place
to shop in winter. It’s often brightened up with bolder, edgier Christmas
lights than its rivals (huge headphones and disco balls in recent years),
and there’s a huge, festival-feel switching-on party, with live music
blasting across the cobbles. As for your shopping list, this is the place for
street style: funky trainers and cult-label jeans from teen-loved brands
such as Monki, Vans and Ben Sherman. The best bit is that you’re feet
away from some of central London’s loveliest restaurants, with Kingly
Court, Kingly Street and Brewer Street all close (see our “Lunch time!”
listing).
Top tip
Elegant, Tudor-style department store Liberty sits metres away on Great
Marlborough Street; plunder it for soft furnishings, accessories, beauty
and fragrance – all wrapped up in their signature purple and gold bag
(libertylondon.com).
6
For romantics: Seven Dials
Central London’s best kept shopping secret is a small spider’s web
of streets just north of Covent Garden. Cross Long Acre and walk
up Mercer Street to find the centre of Seven Dials (a slim pillar topped
with a sundial) and admire the petite plaza, its trees strung with delicate
winter lights, warmth and chatter spilling out from its pub, The Crown.
Then pick one of the skinny alleys that shoot diagonally from it – all are
stuffed with hip, trendy and minimal boutiques that are often British
brands. On Monmouth Street you’ll find youthful, rock’n’roll accessories
at Tatty Devine, provocative fashion-lingerie at Coco de Mer and
fragrant bags of London’s best coffee at Monmouth. On Earlham Street
shop for vintage vinyl at Fopp or handmade gentleman’s loafers – as
worn by Justin Timberlake and Eddie Redmayne – at Duke and Dexter.
Top tip
Look out for the “Seven Dials Christmas 2017” event on 16 November
(5-9 p.m.) There’s a 20 percent reduction in most stores, plus food and
drink stalls and live music (see sevendials.co.uk).
~ Lucy Thackray is Commissioning Editor of The Sunday Times Travel Magazine, Britain.
Kenya Airways operates daily, direct flights
to London Heathrow from Nairobi Jomo Kenyatta
International Airport.
1. Decorations at Liberty 2. Decoration at Covent Garden 3. Grotto and Christmas
market at Leicester Square 4. Traditional home decoration 5. A Christmas nutcracker
doll

62 / TRAVEL / Quiz
Guess
and Win
We give you five clues about a
KENYA AIRWAYS DESTINATION.
Which country are we referring to?
Post your answer to Facebook, Instagram
or Twitter using #msafiriquiz,
and we may surprise you with a gift.
text Ben Clark
1
Mataku is a popular alcoholic drink in the northern
region of this country. It’s a fortified “wine” made from
watermelon.
2
The Skeleton Coast on this country’s Atlantic side is famous
for its shipwrecks, which have occurred over the years due
to blinding fog. Portuguese sailors gave it the foreboding
nickname, The Gates of Hell.
3
This country is home to the world’s largest population of
cheetahs. There are currently around 3,000 here.
4
This is the second least-densely populated country in the
world behind Mongolia. Around 2.5 million people live in
an area that is almost as big as Botswana and Zimbabwe
combined.
5
Former athlete Frank “Frankie” Fredericks hails from here.
During his career, he won four Olympic silver medals while
competing in the 100 m and 200 m.
Do you know the country? Post your answer to Facebook, Twitter or Instagram using #msafiriquiz. Each month, Kenya Airways will pick a winner
and surprise him or her with a gift. Correspondence about the quiz results will not be possible.
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64 / WILDLIFE / Conservation
Alamy

WILDLIFE / 65
OUTSMARTED
Smart technology is reinforcing the frontline
in THE BATTLE AGAINST the US$20 billion
trade affecting protected animals.
Microchips, thermal cameras and super
drones are hunting the hunter in Africa.
text Sarah Haaij

66 / WILDLIFE / Conservation
“Ivory is worthless, unless
it’s on our elephants”
Alamy

WILDLIFE / 67
ON 30 APRIL 2016, a bright yellow
and blue blaze filled the dark sky above
Nairobi National Park in Kenya’s capital.
A bonfire was consuming something
white and pristine. That night, a large
gathering watched as 105 tonnes of
elephant ivory and 1.3 tonnes of rhino
horn became worthless ashes before their
eyes. In an act of defiance, President
Uhuru Kenyatta brought global attention
to the plight of endangered species when
he lit the biggest-ever ivory fire himself.
“The rising value of the elephant
ivory trade, illegally on the international
market, has resulted in a massacre in the
African rainforest,” said Kenyatta to a
large gathering. “In 10 years, we’ve lost
as much as 70 percent of the elephants
in Central Africa.”
SHOPPERS’ SHAME
Unfortunately, conservation experts
warn that illegal poaching in Africa is
still at its peak. Despite bold actions like
ivory burning, poachers’ funding, tools
and training seem to get better every
year. Poachers are driven by a rising
demand for wildlife products (a demand
that mainly coincides with a growing
Asian upper class), such as horns, blood
and urine, which have long since been
used in traditional medicines, and ivory,
used in jewellery, that is popular with
new wealthy buyers.
To get an idea of the money
involved in this business: according to
wildlife experts, the tusks of 8,000
elephants that were burned by Kenyatta,
would be worth US$105 million on the
black market; while the rhino horn
(from 343 animals) would be worth
US$67 million. Conservationists argue
World’s first Smart Park in Rwanda
In order to improve wildlife protection, the Dutch conservation organisations ShadowView
Foundation and The Internet of Life have equipped the archetypal savannah landscape of
Rwanda’s Akagera National Park with special technology. Via a private Internet network,
wildlife trackers and sensors on gates and vehicles, all park activity is now monitored.
that adding financial value to wildlife
parts is precisely what makes it a
mindless pursuit. “Ivory is worthless,
unless it’s on our elephants,” says
Kenyatta.
RHINO RENAISSANCE
Luckily, there’s positive news from
the conservation front. The black rhino
– found in South Africa, Namibia,
Zimbabwe and Kenya – is resurging.
Ninety-six percent were lost due to a
long and devastating period of poaching
and hunting. In the nineties, an ultimate
low was reached when only 2,475 black
rhinos were recorded. But thanks to
successful conservation efforts, the total
number has grown to around 5,000. One
way to keep these promising numbers
inching upwards is by catching poachers
before they strike. This method is
becoming more successful in Kenya.
YOU CAN’T HIDE
The world-famous Kenyan Masai
Mara Reserve is home to more than 50
black rhinos. The park is a known
breeding ground for endangered species
– including the Big Five – but it’s also
known with poachers for its many
porous borders that make it difficult to
protect.
In order to intensify the protection
of its wildlife and make the park
borders more secure, the World Wildlife
Fund (WWF) has developed one of the
newest, most high-tech anti-poaching
tools available: FLIR technology.
A thermal and infrared camera system
that can detect movement from afar,
FLIR identifies if the activity comes
from human poachers, and if so, alerts
park rangers of their presence.
“Imagine a camera that enables
rangers to find poachers in the dark; it
will help save so many elephants, rhinos
and other wildlife,” says Eric Becker,
WWF’s Conservation Technology
Engineer in a video about FLIR.
Becker, who developed the system, is
certain that it will help park rangers to
make more arrests because FLIR has
effectively transferred the element of
surprise from the poacher to the ranger. >

68 / WILDLIFE / Conservation
Alamy
ENDANGERED SCAPEGOATS
As well as preventing poachers from
poaching, it’s equally important
to stop international wildlife traffickers
from trafficking, experts point out.
The poachers who are hired to kill
are often small cogs in the big wheels
that are criminal networks. The highly
organised nature of poaching syndicates
means that the “man on the ground” is
doing the dirty work, while a boss far
away is getting rich. A Kenyan poacher,
for example, earns as little as US$5 for
either rhino horn or elephant ivory.
“We know there’s a limitless supply
of poor guys on the ground who are
willing to risk everything; it’s the
middlemen who we need to stop,” says
Peter Knights, Executive Director at
conservation organisation WildAid,
in an interview on Capital FM Kenya.
Therefore, he urges, it’s important to
weaken the wildlife-products market.
One Kenyan initiative that focuses
on the pursuit of traffickers is the
Canines for Conservation programme
from the African Wildlife Foundation.
Specially selected for their friendliness
and playfulness – a trait that improves
detection ability – these “sniffer dogs” are
helping authorities to catch traffickers at
major travel hubs. Because they are so
precise, the dogs can detect even the
smallest amount of wildlife contraband,
like ivory dust.
BOOTS ON THE GROUND
With drones in the sky, dogs at the
airport and infrared lights at night, you
would almost forget the brave and
motivated men on the ground. Spending
their days on the front lines of the battle
against organised crime, rangers are the
eyes and ears of these new technologies.
And they’re the ones who will hopefully,
one day, make ivory bonfires redundant.
What’s next in
anti-poaching?
Robot Rhinos
Rakamera is a rhino-shaped
robot that could live with the rhino
herd and even alert patrols when
poachers are nearby.
Dream drones
New anti-poaching drones – used
in South Africa and Tanzania – are
now outfitted with cameras, video
transmitters and telemetry, and
are able to fly at night for eight
hours straight.
Imitation horn
Techies have developed 3D,
synthetic rhino horn, in the hope
that this fake horn will undercut
the market for the “real” thing.
(Conservation groups don’t think
this will work in practice.)

WILDLIFE / 69
“Because they are so precise,
the dogs can detect even
the smallest amount of wildlife
contraband, like ivory dust”
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ENTERTAINMENT / 71
Kenya Airways
offers its passengers
complimentary inflight
entertainment.
The programme will
vary in different aircraft
types. Check your
screen to view the
selection on your flight.
Relax & Enjoy
Discover our complimentary blockbusters, new releases,
African films, all-time favourites, Bollywood films, TV, audio and
games during your flight. These are this season’s highlights.
Kong: Skull Island
(read more on the next page)
“An uncharted island. Let me list all the
ways you’re going to die: wind, rain, heat,
disease-carrying flies, and we haven’t started on
the things that want to eat you alive”
– Captain James Conrad –
MOVIE RATINGS
G Suitable for all ages PG Some material may not be suitable for children PG-13 Some material may be inapproriate for children under 13
R Under-17s should watch only with parental approval NR Not rated UR Unrated Please note: at certain periods the programming may differ from that shown.

72 / ENTERTAINMENT
Favourites
Kong:
Skull Island
With influences including Princess
Mononoke, the anime Evangelion,
and Apocalypse Now, Kong: Skull
Island – the second film in the
MonsterVerse franchise – has been
critically acclaimed. It’s also the
seventh-highest grossing film so far
in 2017.
Kong: Skull Island (2017) ACTION
Available onboard Kenya Airways now — take a journey to the past and revisit
Kong in his newest form!
Samuel L. Jackson. PG-13, 118 mins. Director: Jordan Vogt-Roberts
We first meet Kong on his island in 1944,
when a fight between stranded American
and Japanese soldiers is Interrupted by the
big ape.
Fast forward to the end of the Vietnam
War, when several American soldiers, led
by Colonel Packard (Samuel L. Jackson),
are joined by anti-war photographer Mason
Weaver (Brie Larson) and former member
of the British special forces Captain James
Conrad (Tom Hiddleston). They go to Skull
Island on an expedition with a purpose that
is unknown to them. US Government official
Bill Randa (John Goodman) is the only one
who’s aware of the island’s monsters. In their
quest to survive, the men must confront their
greatest fears, hulking enemies and suspicious
natives.
In the Forests of Siberia (2016) ADVENTURE
Teddy decides to settle down alone in Siberia, in the midst of winter, in a hut
by the shore of Lake Baikal where he soon learns the harsher sides of solitude.
Raphaël Personnaz, Evgeniy Sidikhin. G, 105 mins. Director: Safy Nebbou
With comedic twists and shots reminiscent
of computer games, director Jordan Vogt-
Roberts’ first blockbuster is a rollercoaster
ride that will have you gripping the edge of
your seat as the action-packed minutes fly by.
Did you know?
~ As part of a larger franchise, this instalment leads up to the Godzilla
vs. Kong film, set for release in 2020!
~ At 31.7 m, this incarnation of Kong, which is based on his 1933
counterpart, is the biggest of all.
Big Mommas Like Father, Like Son (2011) ACTION
Malcolm Turner and his stepson Trent go undercover at an all-girls school to
flush out a killer.
Martin Lawrence, Jessica Lucas. PG-13, 107 mins. Director: John Whitesell

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Favourites
I, Robot (2004) ACTION
In 2035, a technophobic cop investigates a crime that may have been
perpetrated by a robot, which reveals a larger threat to humanity.
Will Smith, Bridget Moynahan. PG-13, 115 mins. Director: Alex Proyas
American Sniper (2014) ACTION
Navy SEAL Chris Kyle’s pinpoint accuracy saves countless lives and turns him
into a legend. However, after returning home, he can’t leave the war behind.
Bradley Cooper, Sienna Miller. R, 133 mins. Director: Clint Eastwood
Getting Rich in Lagos (2016) DRAMA
A young man leaves to the big city to pursue a career and become
wealthy. Years later he returns to his old village.
Wole Ojo, Jide Kosoko. PG-13, 105 mins. Director: Darasen Richards
Gifted (2017) DRAMA
Frank, a single man raising his child prodigy niece Mary, is drawn into a
custody battle with his mother.
Chris Evans, Mckenna Grace. PG-13, 101 mins. Director: Marc Webb
The Dark Knight Rises (2012) ACTION
Eight years after the Joker’s reign of anarchy, the Dark Knight is forced from
his imposed exile to save Gotham City from the brutal guerrilla-terrorist Bane.
Christian Bale, Tom Hardy. PG-13, 164 mins. Director: Christopher Nolan
Rustom (2016) CRIME
In 1959, a decorated naval officer is accused of murdering his wife’s lover.
Akshay Kumar, Ileana D'Cruz, Arjan Bajwa, Esha Gupta. UA, 148 mins.
Director: Dharmendra Suresh Desai

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African Highlights
A Little White Lie
It's About Your Husband
Candle in the Wind
Film
Picks from
the continent
We’ve selected the best of current African cinema,
including drama and comedy.
A Little White Lie (2016) DRAMA
A socially awkward young woman lies to her parents about having a boyfriend
and it eventually catches up with her, in ways better than expected.
Mbong Amata, Mary Remmy, PG-13, 91 mins. Director: John Njamah
It’s About Your Husband (2016) DRAMA
A married man discovers that his wife and secret girlfriend met at a job
interview and will soon be working together.
Bimbo Ademoye, Vivian Ojei, PG-13, 91 mins. Director: Bunmmi Ajakaiye
Candle in the Wind (2016) DRAMA
An old man traces his lost daughter to ask for forgiveness through narrating
his past life.
Jackie Appiah, James Gardiner. PG-13, 109 mins. Director: Pascal Amanfo
Nightrunners (2015) THRILLER
Thriller based on a true local legend. Isobel travels to a remote,
Nightrunners
malaria-plagued island to help out at the local orphanage.
Esther Asinga, Teresa Asinga. NR, 88 mins. Director: Rowan Nielsen
First Class (2016) COMEDY
After an illiterate business owner is defrauded by his wife, he uses the
incident as an incentive to enrol in primary school.
Ruth Kadiri, Peggy Ovire. PG-13, 117 mins. Director: Ike Nnaebue
Grigris (2013) DRAMA
Despite his paralyzed leg, Grigris dreams of being a dancer. His hopes are
dashed when his stepfather falls ill. He must traffic petrol to save him.
Souleymane Démé. NR, 101 mins. Director: Mahamat-Saleh Haroun
As Crazy as it Gets (2015) ROMANCE
A man who’s about to propose to his girlfriend gets a shock when a heavily
pregnant woman appears demanding that he takes responsibility.
Omoni Oboli, Chuks Chyke. PG-13, 106 mins. Director: Shittu Taiwo
Safe Bet (2015) COMEDY
When Frank’s friend Khaya turns up with a money-making scheme,
Frank is tempted into throwing all his boss’ money into a fixed
boxing match.
Wandile Molebatsi, Lutuli Dlamini. PG-13, 91 mins. Director: Carl Roddam
Mum, Dad meet Sam (2014) COMEDY
Josiah and Samantha meet and fall in love. He takes her home to meet
his family in Nigeria, where a supposed special occasion turns into their
worst nightmare.
Tomasz Dabrowski, Amanda Smith, Emily Lucienne. PG-13, 94 mins.
Director: Tony Sebastian Ukpo

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World Movies
Film
Around the Globe
We’ve selected some recent action, drama and
romance titles from around the globe.
Max and Léon
LA FOLLE HISTOIRE DE MAX ET LÉON (2016) COMEDY
The adventures of two childhood friends, Max and Léon, one an idler and
the other a party animal, who are trying to escape the Second World War.
David Marsais. Grégoire Ludig. PG-13, 98 mins. Director: Jonathan Barré
From the Land of the Moon
MAL DE PIERRES (2016) ROMANCE
In 1950s France, Gabrielle is a passionate, free-spirited woman who’s in a
loveless marriage and falls for another man when she is sent to the Alps.
Marion Cotillard, Louis Garrel. PG-13, 120 mins. Director: Nicole Garcia
The Last Diamond
LE DERNIER DIAMANT (2014) CRIME
Simon, just out of prison, is led by his mentor Albert and the gangster
Scylla into an operation to steal the most famous diamond in the world,
the Florentin.
Yvan Attal, Bérénice Bejo. R, 108 mins. Director: Eric Barbier
The Fury of a Patient Man
TARDE PARA LA IRA (2016) THRILLER
A man who loses his wife during a vicious robbery at a jewellery store
quietly plans to find and exact revenge against the robbers responsible.
Antonio de la Torre, Luis Callejo. NR, 91 mins. Director: Raúl Arévalo
Pink (2016) DRAMA
When three young women – Minal Arora, Falak Ali and Andrea – are
implicated in a crime, retired lawyer Deepak Sehgal steps forward to help
them clear their names.
Tapsee Pannu. PG-13, 136 mins. Director: Aniruddha Roy Chowdhury
What’s for Dinner, Mom?
MAMA, GOHAN MADA? (2016) DRAMA
Tae finds a box with letters and recipes written by her mother.
Izumu Fujimoto. NR, 117 mins. Director: Mitsuhito Shiraha
Baaghi (2016) ROMANCE
An ex-military agent goes into hiding for a
mission. He has a bounty on his head, and the best hunter in town is on
the chase. But they have a common enemy.
Shraddha Kapoor, Tiger Shroff, Sudheer Babu Posani. PG-13, 133 mins.
Director: Sabir Khan
Rocky Handsome (2016) ACTION
When a drug mafia abducts an eight-year-old, her friend and neighbour
sets out on a mission to rescue her by any means necessary.
John Abraham. UA, 119 mins. Director: Nishikant Kamat
Max and Léon

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TV
Small Screen
Programmes
& Series
We’ve selected the best TV comedies, drama, sports
and lifestyle programmes for your entertainment.
Comedy
The Big Bang Theory, Season 9, Episodes 4, 5 & 6 A woman who moves into
an apartment across the hall from two brilliant but socially awkward physicists
shows them how little they know about life outside the laboratory.
New Girl, Season 5, Episodes 4 & 5 After a bad break-up, Jess moves into
an apartment with three single men.
2 Broke Girls, Season 5, Episodes 1 & 2 Two young waitresses strike up an
unlikely friendship in the hopes of launching a successful business.
The League, Season 6, Episode 1 An ensemble comedy that follows a
group of old friends in a fantasy football league who use every opportunity to
make each other’s lives miserable.
Sports
250 Great Goals featuring goals scored by Zlatan Ibrahimovic in EURO 2012
and Ben Watson scoring for Wigan Athletic in the 2013 FA Cup final.
PGA: Delivering a Decade of Champions This half-hour special chronicles
the FedExCup, reflecting on how it has changed the game and examining its
enduring impact on the PGA TOUR and its players.
Discovery
Africa III Madagascar, a huge island nation off the southeast coast of Africa,
is home to thousands of animal species found nowhere else, rainforests,
beaches and reefs.
Hong Kong and Macau Hong Kong is a major port and global financial
centre famed for its tower-studded skyline. Macau is a resort city that is
known for its casinos and luxury hotels. Both places are in Southern China.
China (Suzhou) Suzhou, a city west of Shanghai, is known for its canals,
bridges and classical gardens.
Lifestyle
On the Road, Season 1, Episode 2 Wanja Mungai takes viewers to three
new locations every week to see some of Africa’s best destinations.
The Scoop, Season 1, Episodes 1, 3 & 4 A new African talk show hosted by
A24 Media’s Salim Amin. The show takes viewers into the lives of the “who’s
who” of Africa.
News
Afripedia A documentary series about the creative forces that are reshaping
the image of Africa beyond the stereotypes.
The Africa Opportunity A look at the current climate for business and
investment in Africa featuring panel discussions from Bloomberg’s Africa
Business and Economic Summit.
Drama
The Flash, Season 3, Episodes 2 & 3 After being struck by lightning,
Barry Allen wakes up from his coma to discover he’s been given the power
of super speed, becoming The Flash.
Training Day, Season 1 , Episodes 1 & 2 TV follow-up to the 2001 film
Training Day about a rookie cop partnered with an experienced corrupt
narcotics officer.

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Whitney
Houston
In this month’s spotlight section,
we are treated to a collection of
poignant and beautifully poetic
songs from the late American
singer Whitney Houston.
In 2009, Guiness World Records cited
Houston as the most-awarded female
act of all-time. Delivering a host of hit
singles such as When You Believe and
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that she sold almost 200 million albums
worldwide during her glittering career.
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Kids
Comedy
Mr. Popper’s
Penguins
After a business man inherits six
penguins, it’s not long before his
life begins to unravel as he
struggles to care for them.
Mr. Popper (Jim Carrey) is a successful
real estate developer in Manhattan. He
lives in a posh apartment on Park
Avenue, and is on the fast track to a
partnership in a prestigious company.
However, his life changes radically when
he receives a final gift from his late father
– a live penguin, which soon multiplies.
Jim Carrey, Carla Gugino, Angela Lansbury.
PG, 94 mins. Director: Mark Waters
Film and TV
The Ones to Watch
These are the most popular films from our selection.
If you’ve already seen these, take your pick
from this season’s selection of 35 family and kids films.
Marvel’s Avengers
Assemble
The further animated adventures of
the Marvel Universe’s mightiest
superhero team with newest
member Falcon.
Season 1, Episode 4
The Looney Tunes Show
An updated iteration of the classic
Looney Tunes characters focusing
on their satirical misadventures
living in suburbia.
Season 2, Episode 1
The Flintstones
The hilarious adventures of two
families, the Flintstones and the
Rubbles, as they deal with life in a
romanticised Stone Age.
Season 1, Episodes 2 & 5
X-Men: Evolution
This rendition of X-Men features
Cyclops, Jean Grey, Rogue,
Nightcrawler, Shadowcat and Spike
as teenagers as they fight for a world
that fears and hates them.
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82
Sur la Route
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Les papillotes-pétard des
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中 文
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在 路 上
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伦 敦 的 圣 诞 饼 干

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Français
Voyage
Sur la
Route
Délaissez la Garden Route, ce
sentier battu de l’Afrique du Sud et
préférez-lui LES ROUTES DE
CAMPAGNEqui mènent du Cap
à Port Elizabeth. Vous rêverez de
faire durer ce parcours de 8 heures
aussi longtemps qu’un voyage qui
prendrait des jours.
ON NE QUITTE JAMAIS le Cap
de gaieté de cœur. Dans cette ville qui
figure le plus souvent “en tête des listes
des plus belles choses au monde”: plus
belles plages, cafés chics, vignobles
parfaits et majestueuse Montagne de la
Table - émergeant des terres - vous vous
laisserez facilement bercer par le rêve
d’y rester toujours. Si malgré tout il faut
partir, ce qui suit pourra vous consoler:
juste à la sortie de la ville vous emprunterez
une route à couper le souffle.
À LA CROISÉE DES CHEMINS
Deux autoroutes nationales, la N1 et
la N2, s’élancent depuis le centre même
du Cap. La N1 est le plus souvent en
ligne droite. Elle traverse les plaines
arides du centre de l’Afrique du Sud en
direction de Bloemfontein, la capitale
administrative du pays, d’où elle rejoint
Johannesburg. C’est un voyage pour
l’âme ; cue rock music, ciels immenses et
routes isolées. La N2, elle, suit le littoral,
en piquant vers l’est à travers les terres
agricoles jusqu’à la ville de George où
elle rencontre l’Océan Indien et prend le
nom de “Garden Route” ; elle serpente
ensuite toujours en caressant la côte
jusqu’à Port Elizabeth, d’où elle repart
vers le nord-est en direction de Durban.
Quelque part entre ces deux
autoroutes, juste à la sortie du Cap, un
réseau de remontées mécaniques conduit
à travers des cols de montagne vertigineux,
jusqu’à des vallées fertiles et de
charmantes petites bourgades aux larges
rues et aux hauts clochers d’églises.
UN VOYAGE OÙ L’ON VA DE
SURPRISE EN SURPRISE
“Ici, ce sont les grands espaces, on
est loin des autoroutes; c’est un lieu
magique”, nous explique David Bristow,
auteur et guide chez Racontours et passionné
par la recherche et la narration
d’histoires (vraiment) magnifiques.
La mission de Bristow a toujours été
de sortir des sentiers battus. “C’est ma
règle pour vivre heureux et ma vie est
vraiment glorieuse”, jubile-t-il.
Avec “ici, ce sont les grands espaces”,
Bristow fait allusion à la région
connue sous le nom de Route 62, qui
réfère à cette départementale qui relie
le joli petit village de Montagu à
Oudtshoorn, la capitale mondiale de
l’autruche. La Route 62, longue de 650
km, va du Cap à Port Elizabeth en traversant
le Klein Karoo, un désert sous le
vent à l’abri de la pluie qui se targue
d’abriter la plus grande variété de
plantes grasses au monde; on y produit
d’excellents vins, du brandy et des
portos. C’est aussi un terroir de grandes
exploitations ovines et d’une multitude
de moulins à vent photogéniques. Elle
traverse aussi des réserves animalières,
des sentiers de randonnée, des montagnes,
des rivières, des forêts et des
élevages d’autruches - c’est la route parfaite
pour qui aime une bonne virée en
voiture, d’autant plus qu’elle est, ellemême,
le voyage.
“La Route 62 est une originalité où
restaurants branchés et maisons d’hôtes
attendent les voyageurs désireux d’autres
choses”, explique Bristow. “Vous
devez surtout vous arrêter pour faire
toutes les excentricités possibles, ou
sinon vous allez passer à côté de tout ce
que cette route a à proposer.” À la sortie
du Cap, commencez le périple au milieu
des vignes entre Paarl, Worcester et
Robertson, là où les constructions sont
fréquemment chaulées, où les horizons
se caractérisent par leurs sommets
découpés et où se succèdent des fermes
flanquées de petits magasins de vin ou
d’étals au bord de la route – “padstalle”
comme les Sud-Africains les appellent.
Ces petits étals de produits agricoles
sont autant de petits arrêts impératifs
pour qui veut acheter du “padkos” (de
la nourriture pour la route), des produits
frais, des friandises maison et du
“biltong”, le coupe-faim national à base
de viande de bœuf séchée
MONTAGU LA MYSTIQUE
“Pour le vin : l’arrêt se fait à Montagu
– un véritable village français avec
des vignes sur la commune. Ne ratez pas
non plus un repas dans un des coins les
plus cool de Barrydale”, conseille encore
Bristow. “Barrydale a la réputation
d’être une ville toute simple : du bon
café, des plaisanteries amicales et même
de l’art un peu spécial au Karoo Art
Hotel.” A Montagu, le Mulligan’s
Pub est l’endroit idéal pour se poser un
instant, goûter les bières artisanales et
discuter avec les gens du cru. “Tous les
gens que vous rencontrerez ici ont une
histoire”, nous dit l’artiste Joni-Leigh
Doran. “Que ce soit ce couple de citadins
qui ont voulu revenir à une vie plus
simple ou encore la 4ème génération
d’éleveurs Nguni en train de vendre une
partie de leurs terres. Ici, les conversations
sont toujours intéressantes et les
relations authentiques.”
C’est ici, entre Montagu et Barrydale,
que Doran a choisi de faire souche
et où il réalise ses belles aquarelles et
ses peintures à l’huile inspirées par les
paysages incroyables de la région. “Il y
a une sorte de sauvagerie”, explique
Doran. “Les formations rocheuses ont
inspiré les artistes depuis des générations
et les montagnes semblent changer
de couleur à chaque minute qui passe.”
« Ici, ce sont les grands
espaces, on est loin des
autoroutes; c’est un lieu
magique »

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ROI DES MONTAGNES
La Route 62 est prise en sandwich
entre les chaînes parallèles des montagnes
Cape Fold, qui se sont retrouvées
plissées comme un tissu quand l’Afrique
s’est séparée du Gondwana (un ancien
supercontinent). Les résultats de cette
activité tectonique se traduisent par ces
flancs de montagnes incroyablement
incurvés et ces sommets en saillie qui
transforment en nains ceux qui voyagent
à travers le massif. “La vraie star du
spectacle, c’est finalement la route ellemême”,
commente Bristow. “Elle conduit
le long de nombreux cols historiques,
dont beaucoup sont encore à
peu près tels qu’ils ont été aménagés au
milieu du 19ème siècle.”
Passé Barrydale, la route serpente
vers Ladismith, à travers une zone semiaride
très populaire auprès des randonneurs,
puis vers Calitzdorp, le centre de la
Où manger
AFFIE PLAAS
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KAROO SALOON
karoosaloon.com
Ronnies’ Sex Shop Pub
ronniessexshop.co.za
LAZY LIZARD
Facebook : The Lazy Lizard, Prince Albert
Où dormir
SANBONA WILDLIFE RESERVE LODGES
Montagu, sanbona.com
BRONZE GROVE FARM & CHALETS
Barrydale, bronzegrove.co.za
KAROO KHAYA GUEST HOUSE
Prince Albert, karookhaya.co.za
GROTTES DE MAKKEDAAT
Vallée des babouins, makkedaat.co.za
Que voir et que faire
LES SPLENDIDES JARDINS NATIONAUX DU
KAROO DESERT
À Worcester, le printemps est spectaculaire
quand le désert fleurit. sanbi.org/gardens/
karoo-desert
UNE PETITE DÉGUSTATION DES VINS LE
LONG DE LA ROUTE 62,
dont on dit que le vignoble en fait
la plus longue route du vin du monde.
route62.co.za
EXPLOREZ LES GROTTES DE CANGO
et leurs concrétions calcaires près
d’Oudtshoorn, Réservation recommandée
cango-caves.co.za
LE PARC NATIONAL DES ÉLÉPHANTS
D’ADDO
offre d’excellentes opportunités
d’observation des animaux, juste à
l’extérieur de Port Elizabeth. sanparks.org/
parks/addo/
« Les constructions sont
souvent chaulées et les
horizons caractérisés
par des sommets
découpés »
production de porto en Afrique du Sud.
De là, on poursuit vers Oudtshoorn,
une ville qui a prospéré au tournant du
siècle dernier, lorsque les plumes étaient
plus précieuses que l’or. La notoriété
n’est pas retombée et les fermes à
autruches en font foi avec leurs œufs
sculptéset les steaks, eux aussi d’autruche.
Les grottes de Cango, avec leurs concrétions
calcaires de 20 millions d’années,
contribuent elles aussi à la célébrité des
lieux. “Même si elles sont un attrape-touriste,
les grottes méritent le
détour”, conseille Bristow. “Elles sont
vraiment spectaculaires.”
Juste au nord d’Oudtshoorn, l’étonnante
route du col de Swartberg étale
en zigzags son caractère d’exploit miraculeux
de l’ingénierie du 19ème siècle et
amène au Swartberg, offrant une vue
magnifique sur le désert Great Karoo.
Au pied du col se situe Prince Albert,
petite localité mouchetée par ses arbres
et constructions aux toits de fer blanc.
“Prince Albert est une oasis dans un
monde de bruit”, nous dit le photoreporter
Sam Reinders, qui a fui la ville
pour s’installer ici. “Ici, le silence et les
ciels nocturnes sont incomparables.”
QUE DES GROSSES-TÊTES
Comme c’est le cas pour tant d’autres
villages sur la Route 62, ce sont les gens
qui rendent le lieu si spécial. “Ils sont les
plus authentiques et attentionnés, mais
aussi les plus excentriques que vous
pourrez trouver”, explique Reinders,
dont le compte Instagram déborde des
photos les plus représentatives de la
région. “On y trouve un astrophysicien
qui élève des poules, un médecin qui
fournit des légumes à la ville et, à la
coopérative locale, vous rencontrerez
probablement un paléontologue de renommée
mondiale reconverti en éleveur
de moutons. Des bouddhistes à longue
Les incendies de Knysna
Au mois de juin 2017, des incendies
dévastateurs ont ravagé Knysna,
détruisant plus de 600 habitations et
une grande partie du paysage. Malgré
tout, les affaires continuent
à Knysna. Bien que la réserve
naturelle de Featherbed ait subi de
gros dégâts, l’emblématique front de
mer de Knysna et les parcs animaliers
populaires situés entre Knysna et
Plettenberg Bay sont ouverts comme
d’habitude.
barbe se mélangent avec des agriculteurs
chauffeurs de camions, des artistes
avec des fabricants de fromages et des
écrivains avec des éleveurs de moutons
mohair primés.”
À Prince Albert, les journées sont
chaudes - les siestes sont donc une
affaire sérieuse - et il est préférable de
parcourir les rues dès l’aube ou au
crépuscule, quand le pouls de la ville
bat plus fort, dit Reinders. “La couleur
de la poussière sur les routes de gravier
est lumineuse. La lumière est belle, vive
et, le soir, prometteuse de ciels nocturnes
incroyables.”
HAUT LES SURFS!
Quand la route commence à
s’approcher d’Uniondale à l’est
d’Oudtshoorn, le paysage se transforme.
“Ici, la mer commence à imprimer sa
marque sur le climat et sur la végétation
et on est sur une partie beaucoup plus
humide du Klein Karoo”, explique
Bristow. En traversant Joubertina et en
continuant vers Jeffreys Bay, les sommets
les plus hauts surplombent les vergers de
la principale région fruitière d’Afrique
du Sud.
Juste au-delà des montagnes
Tsitsikamma, au sud d’Uniondale, se
trouve Knysna. - Si l’attrait de la Garden
Route est trop fort pour lui résister, il est
possible de quitter le Klein Karoo via le
col Prince Alfred. À Knysna, vous rejoindrez
la N2, qui vous emmènera le
long de la côte jusqu’à la station balnéaire
Plettenberg Bay, avec son port de
plaisance, aux chalets de pêcheurs de
St Francis Bay, et enfin à Jeffreys Bay, la
Mecque du surf en Afrique du Sud. Port
Elizabeth est à deux pas seulement, mais
vous serez peut-être tentés de tourner les
talons pour rejoindre les montagnes de
Tsitsikamma - où bien d’autres petites
routes irrésistibles restent à explorer.
Réservez votre vol:
kenya-airways.com

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Français
Voyage
Les
papillotespétard
des
Noël
londoniens
Lorsque les frimas enveloppent
Londres et que la nuit tombe tôt,
LA CAPITALE BRITANNIQUE
brille de mille feux au clair de
lune. Voici un choix deSIX
QUARTIERS où profiter de
cette ambiance festive.
1Pour les familles:
Oxford Circus
C’est la grande rue du centre de
Londres. Elle est appréciée pour ses
grands magasins gargantuesques (Selfridges,
House of Fraser, John Lewis) et
ses marques branchées (Topshop, Nike,
Uniqlo). Bien des locaux l’évitent pendant
les vacances de Noël. C’est en effet
un lieu central et un pôle touristique,
donc l’endroit évident pour le shopping.
On y est cependant très vite emporté par
la foule. Pourtant, c’est là que vous
prendrez les plus belles photos des emblématiques
illuminations du Noël londonien,
des envoûtantes vitrines de Selfridges
qui présentent si bien la haute
couture dans des tableaux à thème qui
ne dépareraient pas une galerie de
musée. Les enfants adoreront les gadgets
les plus fun et les rayons jouets chez
John Lewis ou encore les articles
magiques du Disney Store. La proximité
de Winter Wonderland, une fête foraine
et patinoire animée dans Hyde Park
(ouverte du 17 novembre 2017 au 18
janvier 2018) les ravira.
Notre meilleur conseil
Etourdi par la foule ? Allez-y en semaine,
pendant les heures de bureaux (du lundi
au mardi, de 10 h à 17 h), quand la
plupart des Londoniens travaillent.
2Pour les grands dépensiers:
Bond Street
Les illuminations de Noël y sont
installées dès le début du mois de
novembre. Ce n’est pas un hasard si ces
éclairages sont suspendus dans les rues
les plus commerçantes. Les plus beaux
illuminent les boutiques de créateurs de
Bond Street et de New Bond Street (l’année
dernière, le thème présentait de délicates
plumes de paon lumineuses). Ils
sont souvent accompagnés de tourbillons
de faux flocons de neige déversés
depuis les plus hautes fenêtres. Les
aficionados du shopping méritent qu’on
les chouchoute : avec les magasins des
plus beaux bijoutiers et horlogers de
Londres, ceux des créateurs de mode
célèbres tels que Louis Vuitton et
Burberry, c’est l’endroit indiqué pour
un collier, une veste ou un sac à main qui
durera éternellement. Profitez-en pour
jeter un œil dans le hall de l’hôtel
Claridges cinq étoiles sur son célèbre
arbre de Noël, création scintillante et
saugrenue, imaginée tous les ans par un
créateur de mode différent (claridges.co.uk).
« Le secret commercial
le mieux gardé du centre
de Londres est un petit
réseau de rues situé juste
au nord de Covent
Garden »
Notre meilleur conseil
Cette valise à 2500 $US est-elle un peu
au-dessus de vos moyens ? Allez chez
Smythson, papeterie britannique
classique où vous pouvez acheter des
porte-clés de luxe et des ordinateurs
portables à partir de 60 $ US.
3Pour les amateurs de culture:
King’s Road
Cette longue avenue commerçante
de Chelsea fut autrefois le cœur battant
5 endroits festifs supplémentaires
à ne pas manquer
Le musée d’histoire naturelle
Après avoir fait les boutiques sur King’s Road,
laissez-vous guider vers le nord en direction
de Kensington pour évoluer sur la patinoire
extérieure installée face à cet immense palais
qui héberge le musée. Ses arbres scintillants
sont l’un des endroits les plus photographiés de
Londres au moment des fêtes.
nhm.ac.uk
La rive sud
Quoi de plus agréable que de longer le fleuve
dans les odeurs de marrons grillés, avec autour
de soi quelques-unes des structures les plus
emblématiques de Londres (le Théâtre national,
la tour OXO, le London Eye) à votre gauche ?
Au départ de la grande roue (The Eye), mettez
cap à l’est et arrêtez-vous à l’agréable Gabriel’s
Wharf pour le dîner.
southbankcentre.co.uk
Covent Garden Piazza
Ce marché aux pommes victorien présente de
magnifiques illuminations de Noël et des sapins
géants et – bien que souvent bondé – vous
laissera toujours un peu de d’espace pour
vous réchauffer. Arrêtez-vous un instant pour
regarder les artistes de cirque de rue qui font le
spectacle devant l’église Saint-Paul.
coventgarden.london
Somerset House
Cet ancien bâtiment gouvernemental de la
rive nord de la Tamise dispose d’une cour
magnifique, écrin d’une immense patinoire de
plein air entourée d’échoppes de spécialités et
de boissons hivernales. Une petite exposition
arty à l’intérieur, peut-être ?
somersethouse.org.uk
Les ballets
Aller voir un classique tel que Casse-noisette
ou La Belle au bois dormant pendant la
période des fêtes est une élégante tradition
londonienne – les salles les plus courues sont
la Royal Opera House (roh.org.uk), l’English
National Opera (eno.org) et Sadler’s Wells.
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« Entrez dans l’hôtel
cinq étoiles Claridges
pour jeter un coup d’œil
sur son célèbre arbre de
Noël, création
scintillante et saugrenue »
des Swinging Sixties, quand des artistes
comme les Rolling Stones ou Jimi
Hendrix s’habillaient dans ses boutiques
et buvaient de la bière dans le pub The
Chelsea Potter (encore ouvert aujourd’
hui). Passée de bohème à coin chic – en
même temps que le reste du quartier –
cette artère reste l’une des plus animées
de la ville pour un après-midi d’hiver.
Des arbres éclairés de façon féerique
illuminent Sloane Square et Chelsea
Farmer’s Market, tandis que des boutiques
comme Anthropologie et The
Shop at Bluebird vous accueillent avec
un bon service et des assortiments
soigneusement choisis. Voulez-vous
réconcilier shopping et culture ? Entrez
dans la galerie Saatchi sur Duke of York
Square (saatchigallery.com).
Notre meilleur conseil
Pour observer dans la rue les derniers
vestiges de la culture punk, dirigez-vous
vers l’ouest jusqu’au magasin World’s
End de Vivienne Westwood, petite maison
excentrique décorée d’une grande
horloge (worldsendshop.co.uk).
4Pour les perfectionnistes:
Marylebone
Juste au nord d’Oxford Street, le
flot épais des chalands de Noël se tarit
pour devenir un petit filet plus local
d’acheteurs avertis cheminant vers la
plus tranquille grande rue de Marylebone
pour des cadeaux de qualité. Des
boutiques nettes, moins onéreuses comme
The White Company, Matches ou
encore Space NK y scintillent dans
l’obscurité et les enseignes indépendantes
so british y abondent : Daunt Books
n’est pas seulement une simple librairie,
mais une véritable institution historique
menée par un personnel extrêmement
qualifié, évoluant dans un univers de
céramiques signées Emma Bridgewaterqui
ne sauraient évoquer autre chose
qu’un cadeau venu de la vieille Angleterre.
Le plus de Marylebone réside dans
le plaisir du shopping calme et raisonnable,
du choix et du test de parfums fait
en compagnie de connaisseurs de grand
styleau minimaliste Le Labo, ou encore
dans celui de s’enivrer des fragrances des
bougies de chez Diptyque (n’importe
quel cadeau de cette bonne maison étant
d’une senteur divine).
Notre meilleur conseil
Si vous souhaitez éviter la cohue
d’Oxford Street et de Bond Street, venez
jusqu’ici et repartez-en via les stations
de métro Baker Street ou Regent’s Park.
5Pour les rebelles:
Carnaby Street
Autre incontournable sur le plan
rock’n’roll de Londres, Carnaby Street
était l’autre destination shopping des
Beatles, des Stones et des Kinks;
rendue aux piétons, elle reste une artère
commerçante cosy et haute en couleur
pour y effectuer ses achats d’hiver.
L’endroit est bien souvent éclairé par
des décorations de Noël plus osées et
plus énergiques que celles de la concurrence
(gros casques d’écoute et boules
de discothèque depuis quelques années)
tandis qu’une impression festive énorme
Lunch time!
DERRIÈREOXFORD CIRCUS
les restaurants de St Christopher’s Place
stchristophersplace.com
DU CÔTÉ DE BOND STREET
Jinjuu Korean, jinjuu.com
SUR KING’S ROAD
Bluebird Café, bluebird-restaurant.co.uk
THE IVY CHELSEA GARDEN
theivychelseagarden.com
À MARYLEBONE
The Providores, theprovidores.co.uk
A L’OUEST DE CARNABY STREET
Le marché de Kingly Court food hall
AUX ENVIRONS DE SEVEN DIALS
Bistro britannique Native, eatnative.co.uk
Hôtels
OXFORD STREET
The London EDITION, editionhotels.com
BOND STREET
The May Fair Hotel, themayfairhotel.co.uk
KING’S ROAD
Blakes Hotel, blakeshotels.com
MARYLEBONE
Z Hotel, thezhotels.com
CARNABY STREET
The Courthouse Hotel, courthouse-hotel.com
SEVEN DIALS
Covent Garden Hotel, firmdalehotels.com
est entretenue par la musique jouée en
live à fond sur le pavé. Quant à votre
liste d’emplettes, c’est aussi l’endroit
rêvé pour le style urbain : baskets funky
et jeans griffés de marques cultes adorées
des ados comme Monki, Vans ou
encore Ben Sherman. Cerise sur le
gâteau c’est qu’on est ici à deux pas
seulement de certains des plus beaux
restaurants du centre, sur Kingly Court,
Kingly Street et Brewer Street (voir
notre encadré “Lunch time!” et sa liste).
Notre meilleur conseil
Élégant, le grand magasin Liberty de
style architectural Tudor se situe à
quelques mètres de Great Marlborough
Street ; l’endroit à piller pour les meubles,
accessoires, parfums et articles
de beauté - tous emballés dans leurs
emblématiques sachets violet et or
(libertylondon. com).
6Pour les romantiques:
Seven Dials
Le secret commercial le mieux
gardé du centre de Londres est un petit
réseau de rues situé juste au nord de
Covent Garden. Traversez Long Acre et
enfilez Mercer Street pour rejoindre le
centre de Seven Dials (mince colonne
surmontée d’un cadran solaire) et
admirez cette petite place, ses arbres
alignés et leurs délicates illuminations;
remarquez la chaleur et les bavardages
s’échappant jusqu’à l’extérieur de son
pub, The Crown. Ensuite, empruntez
l’une des étroites allées qui partent à
l’oblique - toutes débordantes de
magasins de mode et de boutiques
minimalistes, généralement de marques
britanniques. Sur Monmouth Street,
des accessoires jeunes et rock’n’roll
vous attendent chez Tatty Devine, de la
lingerie mode et provoc’ chez Coco de
Mer et des paquets odorants des meilleurs
cafés de Londres chez Monmouth.
Sur Earlham Street, dégotez d’anciens
vinyles chez Fopp ou des mocassins
homme faits main – comme ceux
portés par Justin Timberlake ou Eddie
Redmayne – chez Duke and Dexter.
Notre meilleur conseil
Aux alentours de la première semaine de
décembre, gardez un œil sur les Seven
Dials “Christmas Shopping Party”. Il
y a 20 % de réduction dans tous les
magasins, des stands de nourriture et de
boissons et de la musique live.
~ Lucy Thackray est directrice éditoriale au The
Sunday Times Voyage Magazine, Royaume-Uni.
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中 文
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大 道 , 选 择 从 开 普 敦 到 伊 丽 莎 白
港 的 乡 间 小 路 。 您 将 希 望 这 八 小
时 旅 程 能 够 持 续 数 天 。
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事 。 在 一 座 经 常 因 其 壮 美 的 海 滩 、 雅 致
的 咖 啡 店 、 原 始 的 葡 萄 园 和 雄 伟 的 桌 山
而 登 上 “ 世 界 最 美 ” 榜 单 的 城 市 里 , 您
很 容 易 产 生 永 远 留 在 这 里 的 想 法 。 但 如
果 必 须 离 开 , 您 可 以 这 样 安 慰 自 己 : 城
外 有 一 条 令 人 心 旷 神 怡 的 特 殊 路 线 。
站 在 十 字 路 口
旅 行
在 路 上
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直 平 坦 的 高 速 公 路 , 穿 过 南 非 中 部 的 干
旱 平 原 , 通 往 南 非 的 司 法 首 都 布 隆 方
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堡 。 这 是 一 段 灵 魂 之 旅 ; 离 不 开 摇 滚 音
乐 、 广 阔 天 空 和 孤 独 之 路 。 相 比 之 下 ,
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乔 治 市 , 在 这 里 ,N2 高 速 公 路 与 印 度
洋 交 汇 , 因 此 称 为 “ 花 园 大 道 ”; 蜿 蜒
穿 过 森 林 , 同 时 傍 着 海 岸 , 直 到 伊 丽 莎
白 港 , 在 这 里 ,N2 转 向 东 北 方 向 , 通
往 德 班 。
在 您 刚 驶 出 开 普 敦 后 , 在 这 两 条 高
速 公 路 之 间 的 某 个 地 方 有 一 个 由 乡 间 小
路 组 成 的 交 错 公 路 网 , 将 带 领 您 穿 过 陡
峭 的 山 路 、 肥 沃 的 山 谷 和 迷 人 的 小 镇 ,
小 镇 上 街 道 宽 阔 、 教 堂 尖 顶 高 耸 。
通 往 惊 喜 之 路
作 家 兼 Racontours 向 导 David
Bristow 称 :“ 从 高 速 公 路 上 下 来 , 在
这 里 , 您 将 发 现 魔 力 。”David Bristow
有 着 惊 人 的 探 索 激 情 , 并 且 十 分 擅 长 讲
( 名 副 其 实 的 ) 精 彩 的 故 事 。Bristow
的 使 命 始 终 是 选 择 人 烟 稀 少 的 路 。 他
说 :“ 这 就 是 我 的 快 乐 生 活 法 则 , 我 的
光 荣 事 迹 可 不 少 呢 。”
Bristow 所 说 的 “ 这 里 ” 是 指 一 个
名 为 62 号 公 路 的 地 区 , 该 地 区 以 R62
省 道 命 名 , 这 条 省 道 将 美 丽 的 蒙 塔 古 村
庄 与 世 界 鸵 鸟 之 都 奥 茨 胡 恩 相 连 。 长
达 650km 的 62 号 公 路 位 于 开 普 敦 和 伊
丽 莎 白 港 之 间 , 途 径 克 林 卡 鲁 , 这 是 一
片 雨 影 沙 漠 , 拥 有 世 界 上 种 类 最 多 的 多
肉 植 物 ; 出 产 优 质 葡 萄 酒 、 白 兰 地 和 波
特 酒 ; 开 辟 了 许 多 广 阔 的 羊 场 , 还 有 大
量 适 合 拍 照 的 风 车 。 公 路 穿 过 狩 猎 保 护
区 、 徒 步 路 线 、 高 山 、 河 流 、 森 林 和 鸵
鸟 农 场 – 无 论 您 是 热 爱 公 路 旅 行 , 还 是
您 已 深 刻 认 识 到 这 是 一 段 纯 粹 的 旅 程 ,
这 条 路 线 绝 对 不 会 令 您 失 望 。
Bristow 说 :“62 号 公 路 非 常 奇
怪 , 现 代 化 的 餐 厅 和 旅 馆 能 够 迎 合 乡 间
小 路 旅 行 者 的 需 求 。 您 必 须 停 下 来 , 做
完 所 有 奇 怪 的 事 情 , 否 则 您 就 会 完 全 失
去 这 条 路 线 的 意 义 。” 当 您 驶 出 开 普
敦 , 开 始 穿 过 从 帕 尔 到 伍 斯 特 再 到 罗 伯
特 森 的 整 齐 葡 萄 园 ( 这 里 的 建 筑 物 通 常
被 粉 刷 成 白 色 , 层 峦 叠 嶂 的 山 峰 定 义 了
地 平 线 ) 时 , 您 将 会 穿 过 一 些 农 场 , 农
场 上 设 有 小 酒 馆 和 路 边 摊 – 也 就 是 南 非
人 所 说 的 padstalle。 如 果 您 想 要 购 买 旅
途 所 需 的 小 吃 、 食 物 , 就 必 须 在 这 些 农
场 摊 位 前 停 留 , 这 里 售 卖 新 鲜 农 产 品 、
自 制 美 食 和 干 肉 片 , 干 肉 片 是 南 非 人 最
喜 欢 的 腌 肉 零 食 。
神 秘 的 蒙 塔 古
Bristow 建 议 :“ 在 蒙 塔 古 停 下 来
喝 杯 酒 – 这 里 就 像 是 城 镇 上 的 一 个 葡 萄
庄 园 式 法 国 乡 村 – 并 在 巴 里 代 尔 找 个 凉
爽 的 地 方 吃 顿 饭 。 在 小 镇 巴 里 代 尔 , 您
可 以 把 所 有 欲 望 抛 诸 脑 后 : 香 醇 的 咖
啡 、 友 好 的 玩 笑 、 甚 至 是 卡 鲁 艺 术 酒
店 的 一 些 相 当 奇 特 的 艺 术 。” 蒙 塔 古
的 Mulligan’s Pub 是 休 息 的 好 去 处 , 还
可 以 品 尝 手 工 酿 造 的 啤 酒 , 与 当 地 人 闲
聊 。 艺 术 家 Joni-Leigh Doran 说 道 :
“ 您 在 这 里 遇 到 的 每 个 人 都 有 一 段 故
事 。 无 论 是 移 居 此 处 寻 找 简 单 生 活 的 城
市 夫 妇 , 还 是 甘 心 出 售 部 分 农 场 的 第 四
代 恩 古 尼 牧 民 。 这 里 的 交 谈 非 常 有 趣 ,
而 且 关 系 真 诚 。”
Doran 选 择 把 家 安 在 蒙 塔 古 和 巴 里
代 尔 之 间 的 某 个 地 方 , 以 该 地 区 令 人 惊
叹 的 风 景 为 灵 感 , 创 作 漂 亮 的 水 彩 画 和
油 画 。Doran 表 示 :“ 那 里 有 一 种 原 始
美 。 岩 石 形 成 为 一 代 又 一 代 的 艺 术 家 带
来 创 作 灵 感 , 而 每 一 分 钟 , 山 峰 的 颜 色
似 乎 都 会 变 化 。”
群 山 之 王
62 号 公 路 位 于 平 行 的 开 普 褶 皱 山 脉
之 间 , 当 非 洲 与 冈 瓦 纳 大 陆 ( 古 代 超
大 陆 ) 分 离 后 , 山 脉 像 布 料 一 样 形 成
褶 皱 。 经 过 这 种 构 造 活 动 , 便 形 成 了
壮 观 逶 迤 的 山 坡 和 高 耸 的 山 峰 , 让 穿
梭 其 间 的 游 客 显 得 十 分 渺 小 。Bristow
称 :“ 真 正 的 重 点 在 于 路 线 本 身 。
您 将 穿 过 无 数 条 历 史 悠 久 的 山 路 , 其 中
许 多 路 仍 然 保 留 着 19 世 纪 中 期 建 造 时
的 模 样 。”
从 巴 里 代 尔 出 来 , 公 路 穿 过 一 片 半
干 旱 地 区 , 通 往 徒 步 者 的 天 堂 莱 迪 史 密
斯 , 然 后 到 达 南 非 波 特 酒 生 产 的 中 心 地
区 卡 利 茨 多 普 。 从 那 里 , 公 路 通 往 奥 茨
胡 恩 , 上 世 纪 初 , 这 座 小 镇 繁 荣 昌 盛 ,
« 从 高 速 公 路 上 下 来 ,
在 这 里 , 您 将 发 现
魔 力 »

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« 建 筑 物 通 常 被 粉 刷 成
白 色 , 层 峦 叠 嶂 的 山 峰
定 义 了 地 平 线 »
当 时 羽 毛 比 黄 金 更 贵 重 。 直 到 现 在 , 这
里 的 鸵 鸟 农 场 、 蛋 壳 雕 刻 纪 念 品 和 鸵 鸟
肉 排 仍 然 非 常 有 名 – 具 有 2000 万 年 石
灰 岩 形 成 历 史 的 甘 果 洞 也 广 为 人 知 。
Bristow 建 议 :“ 虽 然 游 客 较 多 , 但 甘
果 洞 不 容 错 过 。 景 色 非 常 壮 观 。”
奥 茨 胡 恩 北 部 的 斯 瓦 特 山 路 蜿 蜒 曲
折 , 令 人 叹 为 观 止 , 堪 称 19 世 纪 工 程
史 上 的 壮 举 , 这 条 路 将 带 您 进 入 斯 瓦 特
山 脉 深 处 , 饱 览 大 卡 鲁 沙 漠 的 壮 丽 风
景 。 山 脚 下 是 艾 伯 特 亲 王 城 , 这 座 小 镇
树 木 葱 郁 , 铁 皮 屋 顶 建 筑 物 别 具 特 色 。
放 弃 城 市 生 活 来 到 这 里 定 居 的 摄 影 记 者
Sam Reinders 说 :“ 艾 伯 特 亲 王 城 是 喧
闹 世 界 里 的 一 处 绿 洲 。 这 里 的 静 谧 和 夜
空 是 许 多 其 他 地 方 所 不 具 备 的 。”
复 杂 的 现 状
与 62 号 公 路 上 的 许 多 村 庄 一 样 , 正
是 因 为 有 了 人 , 这 个 地 方 才 变 得 如 此 特
别 。Reinders 经 常 在 Instagram 发 布 该
地 区 的 令 人 回 味 的 照 片 , 他 说 :“ 这 里
的 人 将 是 您 遇 过 最 真 诚 、 最 乐 于 助 人 、
最 古 怪 的 群 体 。 这 里 有 天 体 物 理 学 家 在
养 鸡 , 有 医 生 为 小 镇 供 应 蔬 菜 , 而 且 在
当 地 合 作 社 , 您 还 有 可 能 会 遇 到 作 为 牧
羊 人 的 世 界 著 名 古 生 物 学 家 。 蓄 着 长 胡
须 的 佛 教 徒 成 为 了 开 卡 车 的 农 民 , 艺 术
家 成 为 奶 酪 生 产 者 , 作 家 成 为 备 受 赞 誉
的 马 海 毛 农 民 。”
Reinders 补 充 道 , 艾 伯 特 亲 王 城 天
气 炎 热 – 这 里 的 人 们 非 常 重 视 午 休 – 最
好 在 日 出 或 日 落 时 去 街 道 走 一 走 , 那 时
的 小 镇 最 有 生 命 力 。“ 在 碎 石 路 面 上 ,
灰 尘 的 颜 色 闪 闪 发 光 。 光 线 明 快 迷 人 ,
晚 上 还 承 载 着 美 丽 夜 空 的 承 诺 。”
极 速 冲 浪
当 公 路 到 达 奥 茨 胡 恩 东 部 的 尤 宁
代 尔 时 , 景 色 开 始 变 化 。Bristow 解 释
道 :“ 海 洋 开 始 影 响 这 里 的 气 候 和 植
被 , 因 此 这 里 变 成 克 林 克 鲁 盆 地 比 较 湿
润 的 地 区 。” 穿 过 Joubertina 到 达 杰 弗
里 湾 , 高 耸 的 山 峰 赫 然 笼 罩 着 南 非 主 要
水 果 种 植 区 域 的 果 园 。
翻 过 尤 宁 代 尔 南 部 的 齐 齐 卡 马 山 ,
便 来 到 了 克 尼 斯 纳 – 如 果 花 园 大 道 的 诱
惑 力 太 强 , 让 您 难 以 抵 抗 , 您 可 以 经 由
阿 尔 弗 雷 德 王 子 山 口 离 开 克 林 卡 鲁 。 在
克 尼 斯 纳 , 您 可 以 重 新 踏 上 N2, 这 条
高 速 公 路 将 沿 着 海 岸 带 您 来 到 度 假 天 堂
普 利 登 堡 湾 、 圣 弗 朗 西 斯 湾 的 码 头 和 垂
钓 小 屋 , 最 后 到 达 南 非 的 冲 浪 圣 地 , 杰
佛 瑞 湾 。 这 时 , 距 离 伊 丽 莎 白 港 只 有 数
步 之 遥 , 但 您 可 能 会 忍 不 住 调 转 车 头 ,
朝 齐 齐 卡 马 山 驶 去 – 还 有 许 多 令 人 无 法
抗 拒 的 乡 间 小 路 等 待 探 索 。
克 尼 斯 纳 火 灾
2017 年 6 月 , 克 尼 斯 纳 发 生 毁 灭
性 火 灾 ,600 多 间 房 屋 及 当 地 大
部 分 景 观 均 遭 到 摧 毁 和 破 坏 。 尽 管
如 此 , 在 克 尼 斯 纳 , 一 切 正 常 。 虽
然 弗 雷 庇 德 自 然 保 护 区 遭 到 严 重 破
坏 , 但 标 志 性 克 尼 斯 纳 海 滨 以 及 克
尼 斯 纳 和 普 利 登 堡 湾 之 间 备 受 欢 迎
的 动 物 保 护 区 仍 照 常 营 业 。
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旅 程
伦 敦 的
圣 诞 饼 干
冬 日 的 严 寒 笼 罩 着 伦 敦 , 天 色
逐 渐 变 暗 , 在 皎 洁 月 光 的 映 衬
下 , 闪 耀 璀 璨 的 瑰 丽 夜 景 将 英
国 首 都 最 美 的 一 面 展 示 出 来 。
下 面 介 绍 六 个 充 满 节 日 气 息 的
街 区 。
1
适 合 家 庭 : 牛 津 街
这 是 伦 敦 市 中 心 的 一 条 传 统
商 业 街 道 , 众 多 百 货 商 店
(Selfridges、House of Fraser、John
Lewis) 和 时 尚 潮 牌 (Topshop、
Nike、Uniqlo) 在 此 云 集 , 备 受 追
捧 。 许 多 当 地 人 会 在 圣 诞 假 期 前 夕 避 开
这 里 ; 这 里 无 疑 是 适 合 所 有 人 的 理 想 购
物 中 心 , 对 游 客 的 吸 引 力 十 足 , 所 以 您
会 很 容 易 迷 失 在 拥 挤 的 人 群 中 。 尽 管 如
此 , 在 这 里 , 您 将 观 赏 到 伦 敦 最 盛 大 、
最 漂 亮 的 圣 诞 彩 灯 , 还 可 以 拍 摄 典 型 的
度 假 照 片 , 更 不 必 说 Selfridges 吸 引 眼
球 的 橱 窗 展 示 , 符 合 主 题 场 景 的 高 级 定
制 时 装 宛 若 画 中 景 一 般 , 美 轮 美 奂 。
John Lewis 的 趣 味 小 装 置 和 玩 具 楼 层 以
及 迪 士 尼 商 店 贩 售 的 电 影 中 的 魔 法 商 品
备 受 儿 童 喜 爱 ; 尤 其 是 海 德 公 园 附 近 搭
建 的 热 闹 非 凡 的 游 乐 场 和 溜 冰 场 冬 日 仙
境 (2017 年 11 月 17 日 至 2018 年 1 月
18 日 开 放 )。
重 要 提 示
担 心 人 潮 拥 挤 ? 在 周 内 上 班 时 间 ( 周
一 至 周 五 , 上 午 10 点 至 下 午 5 点 ) 前
往 , 在 此 期 间 , 大 部 分 伦 敦 人 在 工 作 。

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适 合 有 钱 人 : 庞 德 街
11 月 初 , 伦 敦 的 圣 诞 彩 灯 已 经 高
高 挂 起 。 这 些 彩 灯 能 够 悬 挂 在 市
里 最 顶 尖 的 购 物 街 上 空 并 非 巧 合 。 其 中
最 漂 亮 的 一 种 彩 灯 悬 挂 在 庞 德 街 和 新
庞 德 街 的 设 计 师 精 品 店 上 空 ( 去 年 是
发 光 的 精 美 孔 雀 羽 毛 ), 通 常 搭 配 从
高 高 的 橱 窗 里 缓 缓 飘 出 的 人 造 雪 。 在
这 里 消 费 的 购 物 者 值 得 这 样 的 炫 耀 :
云 集 了 伦 敦 最 顶 级 的 珠 宝 商 与 制 表 商
及 Louis Vuitton 和 Burberry 等 高 端 设
计 师 店 铺 , 如 果 您 想 要 购 买 永 恒 经 典 的
项 链 、 夹 克 或 手 提 包 , 这 里 便 是 您 的 不
二 之 选 。 离 开 之 前 , 顺 便 去 五 星 级 酒 店
Claridges 看 一 看 那 里 著 名 的 圣 诞 树 ,
每 年 会 有 一 名 不 同 的 时 装 设 计 师 负 责 打
造 一 个 闪 闪 发 光 、 天 马 行 空 的 创 意 作 品
(claridges.co.uk)。
重 要 提 示
无 意 购 买 2,500 美 元 的 行 李 箱 ? 光 临 英
国 经 典 文 具 店 Smythson, 这 里 的 豪 华
钥 匙 扣 和 笔 记 本 起 价 60 美 元 。
3
适 合 文 化 爱 好 者 :
国 王 路
切 尔 西 的 这 条 漫 长 的 购 物 街 曾 是
伦 敦 摇 摆 六 十 年 代 的 中 心 , 当 时 , 滚 石
乐 队 、 吉 米 · 亨 德 里 克 斯 等 艺 术 家 都 在
这 里 的 精 品 店 购 物 , 在 Chelsea Potter
酒 吧 ( 至 今 仍 在 营 业 ) 豪 迈 畅 饮 。 这 条
路 与 周 边 其 他 地 区 一 同 经 历 了 从 放 荡 不
羁 到 高 贵 优 雅 的 转 变 , 但 是 要 想 在 冬 季
下 午 消 磨 时 光 , 这 里 仍 然 是 伦 敦 最 有
气 氛 的 街 道 之 一 。 充 满 童 话 氛 围 的 树
« 伦 敦 市 中 心 最 鲜 为 人
知 的 秘 密 购 物 地 点 是 考
文 特 花 园 北 面 的 这 片 面
积 不 大 的 区 域 , 这 里 的
街 道 呈 蛛 网 状 辐 射 »
« 顺 便 去 五 星 级 酒 店
Claridges 看 一 看 那 里
著 名 的 圣 诞 树 , 一 个 闪
闪 发 光 、 天 马 行 空 的 创
意 作 品 »
木 照 亮 了 斯 隆 广 场 和 Chelsea Farmer’s
Market, 而 Anthropologie 和 The
Shop at Bluebird 等 舒 适 商 店 用 热 情 的
服 务 和 精 心 挑 选 的 产 品 系 列 欢 迎 您 的 光
临 。 想 要 在 您 的 购 物 旅 途 中 感 受 文 化 熏
陶 ? 光 临 约 克 公 爵 广 场 前 卫 的 萨 奇 美 术
馆 (saatchigallery.com)。
重 要 提 示
要 想 找 寻 这 条 路 上 那 段 离 经 叛 道 的
辉 煌 岁 月 的 最 后 一 丝 痕 迹 , 向 西 前
往 Vivienne Westwood 的 世 界 末 日
(World’s End) 店 , 这 是 一 间 用 巨 大
时 钟 装 饰 的 古 怪 小 屋 (worldsendshop.
co.uk)。
4
适 合 完 美 主 义 者 :
马 里 波 恩
马 里 波 恩 位 于 牛 津 街 南 面 , 人 潮
如 织 的 圣 诞 节 购 物 者 分 散 到 人 数 较 少 的
当 地 人 群 体 中 , 因 为 只 有 熟 知 内 情 的 购
物 者 才 会 前 往 安 静 的 马 里 波 恩 商 业 街 道
挑 选 优 质 礼 品 。The White Company、
Matches 和 Space NK 等 知 名 精 品 店 位
于 低 层 建 筑 物 内 , 在 黑 暗 中 熠 熠 生 辉 ,
云 集 了 众 多 独 立 的 英 国 品 牌 :Daunt
Books 不 只 是 一 家 书 店 , 也 是 一 个 历 史
地 标 , 里 面 的 工 作 人 员 博 学 多 才 , 而
Emma Bridgewater 提 供 绘 制 精 美 的 陶
瓷 产 品 , 这 是 只 有 在 英 格 兰 才 能 买 到 的
礼 品 。 在 马 里 波 恩 , 重 点 是 在 时 尚 专 家
的 陪 同 下 , 购 物 者 能 够 以 平 静 理 智 的 态
度 购 物 , 在 极 简 主 义 派 Le Labo 喷 涂
香 水 , 在 Diptyque 感 受 时 尚 蜡 烛 的 香
气 ( 这 里 的 每 份 礼 品 都 让 人 感 受 到 精 致
细 腻 )。
重 要 提 示
要 想 避 开 牛 津 街 和 庞 德 街 的 拥 挤 人 潮 ,
可 经 由 开 往 北 边 的 贝 克 街 或 摄 政 公 园 地
铁 站 到 达 那 里 并 返 回 。
5
适 合 叛 逆 者 : 卡 纳 比 街
卡 纳 比 街 是 伦 敦 摇 滚 乐 史 上 的 又
一 个 地 标 , 这 里 曾 是 披 头 士 、 滚
石 乐 队 和 奇 想 乐 队 的 另 一 个 购 物 目 的
地 , 到 了 冬 天 , 这 条 步 行 街 仍 然 是 舒 适
且 丰 富 多 彩 的 购 物 地 点 。 这 里 的 圣 诞 彩
灯 光 彩 夺 目 , 比 其 他 街 道 更 加 引 人 注
目 、 更 加 别 出 心 裁 ( 近 几 年 有 巨 大 的 耳
机 和 迪 斯 科 球 形 灯 ), 而 且 还 会 举 办 节
日 气 氛 浓 厚 的 盛 大 启 动 派 对 , 现 场 音 乐
演 奏 在 鹅 卵 石 路 面 上 传 出 阵 阵 声 波 。 至
于 您 的 购 物 清 单 , 这 里 是 购 买 街 头 风 格
衣 物 的 地 方 : 来 自 备 受 青 少 年 欢 迎 的
品 牌 的 时 髦 运 动 鞋 和 另 类 牛 仔 裤 , 如
Monki、Vans 和 Ben Sherman。 最 妙
的 是 , 您 距 离 伦 敦 市 中 心 的 一 些 最 可 爱
的 餐 厅 仅 数 英 尺 远 , 并 且 金 利 商 场 、 金
利 街 和 布 鲁 尔 大 街 均 近 在 咫 尺 ( 请 参 见
我 们 的 “ 午 餐 时 刻 !” 列 表 )。
重 要 提 示
典 雅 的 都 铎 式 百 货 商 店 Liberty 位 于 数
米 外 的 大 万 宝 路 街 ; 在 这 里 购 买 家 居 软
装 饰 物 、 配 饰 、 美 容 用 品 和 香 水 – 所 有
产 品 均 采 用 标 志 性 的 紫 色 和 金 色 包 装 袋
打 包 (libertylondon.com)。
6
适 合 浪 漫 主 义 者 : 七 面
钟 地 区
伦 敦 市 中 心 最 鲜 为 人 知 的 秘 密 购
物 地 点 是 考 文 特 花 园 北 面 的 这 片 面 积 不
大 的 区 域 , 这 里 的 街 道 呈 蛛 网 状 辐 射 。
穿 过 长 亩 街 , 沿 着 默 瑟 街 一 直 走 , 便
能 找 到 七 面 钟 地 区 的 中 心 ( 一 根 细 长
的 柱 子 , 顶 部 是 日 晷 ), 在 这 里 好 好
欣 赏 小 广 场 , 柔 和 的 冬 日 光 线 穿 过 树
叶 , 投 射 出 斑 驳 的 树 影 , 阵 阵 暖 意 和
人 们 的 悠 闲 聊 天 从 The Crown 酒 吧 传
出 。 然 后 , 从 斜 对 角 延 伸 出 去 的 狭 长
巷 子 中 选 择 一 条 – 这 里 汇 聚 了 大 量 时
尚 、 新 潮 且 简 约 的 精 品 店 , 主 要 为 英 国
品 牌 。 在 Monmouth 街 , 您 将 在 Tatty
Devine 找 到 活 力 动 感 的 摇 滚 配 饰 , 在
Coco de Mer 找 到 性 感 的 时 尚 内 衣 , 在
Monmouth 找 到 伦 敦 最 好 的 咖 啡 , 包 装
袋 香 气 四 溢 。
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the most successful agricultural
production regions in Africa.
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The KLM & KQ Seminar
On 16 September, as part of the KLM
Golf Open, KLM & Kenya Airways
(KQ) held a seminar for Flying Blue
Corporate platinum members who travel
often to Africa.
Representatives from both airlines
described the partnership between KQ
& KLM and explained how the airlines
work together. COO Jan De Vegt and
General Manager Commercial Sales
Julius Thairu represented KQ.
The presentation was followed by a
guest speaker: photographer and worldtraveller
Jimmy Nelson, who took the
team on a journey of Africa and
revealed some of the continent’s hidden
treasures.

Real GDP growth in Kenya
has averaged over five
percent for the last eight
years.
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✈ Kenya Airways accommodates
over 11,000 passengers daily, and
over 160 tonnes of cargo.
Sports
KQ Now Carrier for all Kenyan Teams
Work experience
Young Aviators
On 25 September, Kenya Airways’ female pilots and engineers
hosted over 100 girls between the ages of 8 and 17 at the
airline’s hangar in Embakasi.
The students were involved in various activities to familiarise
them with the aviation world, and give them inspiration for a
future career. The girls, who were drawn from schools in
Nairobi and neighbouring counties, visited Kenya Airways’
(KQ) technical workshop, the hangars and went onboard an
aircraft.
“With the spirit of inspiring interest in aviation, we are proud
to encourage the next generation of women towards a lifelong
curiosity in science and technology. Today was an unforgettable
event, which has shown these young girls the wonders they can
achieve in the field of aerospace and aviation,” said Women in
Aviation International, Kenya Chapter Chairlady Amelia
Omollo.
The visit was part of the Women in Aviation International
(WAI) annual event, which aims to bring the passion,
exploration, learning and excitement of aviation and aerospace
to young girls’ attention.
Kenya’s Ministry of Sports
and the National Sports
Fund have signed a deal with
Kenya Airways (KQ), which
aims to provide the best
available fares for national
teams competing abroad.
It’s understood that this will
benefit all sports teams,
including those that are “self
sponsored”, by reducing the cost of travel to competitions,
while at the same time flying the Kenyan flag abroad.
“It’s a major milestone on how we do sports in this country,”
said Ministry of Sports Principal Secretary Kirimi Kaberia,
who was part of the signature team.
“We’re proud to be working with the Ministry of Sports on
this venture, and believe it will make it easier for Kenyan
sportsmen and sportswomen to travel. We also promise to
offer the most competitive fares,” said KQ’s Regional General
Manager Grant Onyango.
The first team to benefit will be the women’s national football
team who will travel to Addis Ababa for their next World Cup
qualifying match. They will be followed by the national hockey
team, who will head to South Africa for their World Cup
qualifiers.
Improved service
Terminal Changes
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As part of its customer services improvement plan, Kenya
Airways has moved its operations in Paris and Khartoum.
Passengers will now enjoy a more convenient and spacious
environment with easier connections to European and
transatlantic cities, following the move from Terminal 2C to
2E at Charles de Gaulle Airport in Paris.
Meanwhile, the change from Terminal 1 to Terminal 2 at
Khartoum International Airport, will help to improve
departure performance, while providing a better overall
airport experience for passengers.

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carbon calculator.
News
Kenya Airways launched
a carbon offset programme in
2011, the first African airline
to do so.
Award
KQ Captain is Top Female Pilot
Kenya Airways Captain Irene Koki Mutungi was among those
honoured at the African Travel 100 Women Awards held in
Lagos. The Awards seek to celebrate women who are making a
tremendous impact in promoting Africa as a choice destination
within their catchment areas.
Mutungi is the first female captain of a passenger jet in Africa,
and the first black woman in the world to be captain of a
Boeing 787 Dreamliner. In 2009, she was honoured as the first
African Lady Captain of a Commercial Airliner. She also
received the award, African Legend of Travels at Akwaaba
African Travel Market, in Lagos in 2014.
Born to Kenyan parents, Mutungi attended Moi Girls School
in Nairobi. After graduating from high school in 1992, she
enrolled in flight school at Nairobi’s Wilson Airport, where
she obtained her Private Pilot’s Licence. She continued her
pilot education in Oklahoma City in the US, where she was
awarded the Commercial Pilot’s Licence by the Federal
Aviation Authority.
Mutungi continues to inspire hope and encourage more women
to consider aviation as a career, while helping to motivate other
pilots to reach extraordinary heights in the Aviation industry.
Sustainability
Children’s Day
“African women are
doing a lot of
extraordinary things
across the continent”
− Irene Koki Mutungi, KQ Pilot −
Organised to celebrate children’s rights, build a better world
for children and improve their welfare, Universal Children’s
Day takes place every year on 20 November.
Wildlife Works, Kenya Airways’ carbon offsetting partner,
recognises that access to education is a key part of children’s
rights, and is therefore distributing bursary funds to students
in need throughout the Kasigau Corridor REDD+ project
communities.
As part of its REDD+ project, to date Wildlife Works has
awarded over US$368,000 in scholarship money to students in
the project area. Recently, Wildlife Works awarded bursaries to
2,906 students going to university, college, polytechnic and
secondary school. These students are either orphans or from
single-parent families, and they receive the funding through
income made from carbon offsetting.
In rural parts of Kenya, most families cannot afford to educate
their children, but these bursaries allow less fortunate students
to take a step into a brighter future. Wildlife Works would like
to thank all of its customers and partners for giving these
children the support they deserve.
~ The KQ offset programme, run by ClimateCare, is approved by the
International Air Transport Association as a way to take responsibility
for unavoidable carbon emissions during your flight. If you want to offset
your flight on landing, visit wildlifeworks.com/shopcarbon.

How many Miles did you
earn while flying to your
current destination? Find out
online with the Flying Blue
Miles Calculator.
Flying Blue
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✈ There are new discounted award
tickets, or Promo Awards, available
every month, saving you up
to 50 percent on Award Miles.
Membership levels
Redeem
Your
Miles!
The Flying Blue frequent flyer programme allows you to earn
Award Miles for every flight you take with Kenya Airways or
a SkyTeam partner.You can redeem your Miles to fly with
KQ-operated flights or upgrade your seats to Business Class.
There are four membership levels in Flying Blue and with each qualifying
flight you take, you earn Level Miles. When you first enrol, you will be
awarded Ivory status, which progresses to Silver, Gold and ultimately
Platinum. The more you travel with KQ or one of our partner airlines,
the higher your level becomes, which results in you earning more Award
Miles and enjoying more benefits.
Award Miles can be redeemed for flights to destinations selected by
Kenya Airways or our SkyTeam partner airlines. Your accumulated
Award Miles remain valid for 20 months, which can be extended every
time you fly with Kenya Airways or one of our SkyTeam partners, if you
fly at least once every 20 months. The total number of Miles credited to
your account depends on the distance you have flown and travel class
that you have chosen.
~ Enrol now and start to enjoy the benefits Flying Blue has to offer.
Go to flyingblue.com for more information and to sign up.
1
Exchange
Award Miles can be redeemed for a flight to
any Kenya Airways destination or an upgrade to
Business Class.
2
Check
Your choice of destination determines the
number of Miles required for your Award ticket. So
please check if you have sufficient Miles for your
choice. You can check this on flyingblue.com. It is
advisable to have flexible date options in case your
initial choice is not available.
3
Redeem
Once you have made your choice, you can
redeem your Award Miles in several ways:
A. Call the Kenya Airways contact centres in
Nairobi on +254 20 327 4747; +254 734 104747
or +254 711 024747.
B. Visit kenya-airways.com and go to
Flying Blue and then Award Booking.
C. Visit flyingblue.com and go to Spend Miles.
For further information, you can always contact us
at kenya-airways.custhelp.com.
4
Tax
Award Miles do not cover tax charges. These
will need to be paid for by you, and can be done so
via credit card, M-Pesa or a cash payment at any
Kenya Airways office.
5
Easy Does It
Five steps to make
the most of your Miles.
Ticket
Once payment has been received, your e-ticket
will be sent to you by email.
~ Award tickets are subject to seat availability. In the
event that no seats are available, you can opt for a Flex
Award, which gives you a confirmed ticket for double the
Award Miles.
~ Award Miles can be used to upgrade to Business
Class when you have already purchased an Economy
Class Kenya Airways ticket on B, Y, M and U classes for
all routes. All upgrades are subject to seat availability in
Business Class.

SkyTeam operates more than
17,000 departures a day to 1,062
destinations in 177 countries, and
offers SkyTeam members 673
lounges in airports worldwide.
SkyTeam
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✈ Founded in June 2000, SkyTeam is a
major airline alliance that consists of
twenty carriers from five continents.
Next destination
SkyTeam’s
Vancouver Lounge
There’s now another reason to stop in Vancouver: SkyTeam’s latest
airport lounge. It’s our first in North America and the seventh in our
growing network of branded airport lounges. Step inside and you’ll
experience a warm welcome infused with the Pacific Northwest vibe
that makes this city one of the world’s coolest destinations. Here are
some highlights.
DESIGN IS IN THE DETAIL
An elevator transports you to an oasis of calm where glass walls offer panoramic
views of the Rockies and the runway. The lounge is set across two separate wings,
with spectacular views from every seat in the house.
There are plenty of spaces to work or unwind in. Choose from the lap-top bar, a
dining table, a chaise longue. Alternatively, freshen up with a pre-flight shower.
LOCATION, LOCATION, LOCATION
The lounge is located in the airport’s newest spot: Concourse D’s new retail area.
Situated close to Gate 53, it’s close to luxury designer outlets, so you can combine
retail therapy with pre-flight relaxation.
If you’re an Elite or Elite Plus member, why not take advantage of the extra baggage
allowance available across all SkyTeam members?
SkyTeam now offers more branded lounges around the world than any other alliance.
In addition to Vancouver, we’ve lounges in Beijing, Dubai, Hong Kong, Istanbul,
London Heathrow and Sydney. They all feature SkyTeam’s signature sleek design that
makes our lounges a home away from home wherever you are. Plus, First, Business
and Elite Plus customers have access to more than 600 member and partner lounges
across our global network. We look forward to welcoming you soon.
Local Flavours
We love Vancouver’s vibrant food
scene so much, we’ve brought
it airside. SkyTeam has worked
with local suppliers to source an
abundance of fresh, seasonal
ingredients, ensuring that you can
experience a different flavour every
time you pass through the lounge.
For a true taste of Canada, try our
selection of the country’s best wild
Pacific smoked salmon products.
Furthermore, an in-house chef is
on hand at our noodle bar to create
freshly cooked-to-order meals
throughout the day.
Wine bars are a popular feature
across our lounges, and
Vancouver’s is no different; except
here you’ll find a selection of
regional wines from the Pacific
Northwest area, which are
guaranteed to please every palate.
~ Follow our tips next time you fly and
you’ll discover how getting there can
be as enjoyable as your destination.
Visit skyteam.com to find out more.

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Amsterdam
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THE CONGO
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BURUNDI
TANZANIA
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Kenya Airways Fleet
Boeing 737-700
Aircraft 2; Seats Economy 100, Premier 16; Crew 7;
Seat pitch Economy 32”, Premier 40”; Max. take-off weight
70,080kg; Fuel capacity 26,020 litres; Range 6,225km;
Typical cruising speed at 35,000ft Mach 0.785;
Thrust per engine at sea level 26,400lbs; Wing span 34.3m;
Length 33.6m; Interior cabin width 3.53m
CHINA
Hanoi
VIETNAM
Bangkok
THAILAND
Guangzhou
Hong Kong
HONG KONG
Boeing 787 Dreamliner
Aircraft 7; Seats Economy 204, Premier 30; Crew 14;
Seat pitch Economy 32”; Premier 75”; Max. take-off weight
227,930kg; Fuel capacity 126,903 litres; Range 14,500km;
Typical cruising speed at 35,000ft Mach 0.85; Thrust per
engine at sea level 69,800lbs; Wing span 60.1m; Length
56.7m; Interior cabin width 5.49m
Boeing 737-800
Aircraft 8; Seats Economy 129, Premier 16; Crew 8;
Seat pitch Economy 32”, Premier 47”; Max. take-off weight
79,015kg; Fuel capacity 26,020 litres; Range 5,665km; Typical
cruising speed at 35,000ft Mach 0.78; Thrust per engine at
sea level 26,400lbs; Wing span 34.3m; Length 39.5m;
Interior cabin width 3.53m
Embraer 190
Aircraft 15; Seats Economy 84, Premier 12; Crew 7;
Seat pitch Economy 31”, Premier 38”; Max. take-off weight
51,800kg; Fuel capacity 16,153 litres; Range 2,935km;
Typical cruising speed at 35,000ft Mach 0.82; Thrust per
engine at sea level 20,000lbs; Wing span 28.72m;
Length 36.24m; Interior cabin width 2.74m

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Kenya was voted Africa’s
leading meetings and
conference destination
at the 2016 World Travel
Awards.
Welcome to Kenya
✈ Passengers travelling in
a group of at least ten
(economy cabin), or five
(business cabin), can
request for a group fare.
Practical tips
What & How
Getty Images
Getting around
On Arrival
TO THE CITY
Jomo Kenyatta International Airport is about a 30-minute drive away
from Nairobi city. Moi International Airport, Mombasa is a 20-minute
drive to Mombasa city. More time is needed during rush hour.
VISA
Most visitors to Kenya require a visa. Multiple and single entry visas are
available. You can apply at any Kenya High Commission or Embassy
prior to travelling. The single entry visa (obtainable upon arrival at the
airport) is US$50 (correct at time of print) or the equivalent in local currency.
You will also require a passport that is valid for three months from
the moment of entry.
Health
Emergency services
Dial 999. Note that
ambulance services are
mostly private. Services
include: St Johns
Ambulance +254 72 161
1555 or Kenya Red
Cross Ambulance
+254 71 771 4938.
Hospitals
Nairobi and Mombasa
have good hospitals.
Medical expenses
Make sure you have
adequate travel health
insurance and accessible
funds to cover the cost of
any medical treatment.
Consultations and
treatments will have to
be paid for at the time,
and the costs claimed
back later.
General
Voltage
240 volts AC, using
three-square-pin,
13-amp-type plugs.
Security
It is advisable not to walk
alone in isolated areas
in towns or on beaches,
particularly after dark.
Tipping
Tips are appreciated. Most
hotels/restaurants add a
10 percent service charge.
Water
It is wise to drink or use
only boiled or bottled water,
and to avoid ice in drinks.
Self-drive
Traffic adheres to the lefthand
side of the road, and
most cars are right-hand
drive. A current driving
licence with photograph is
accepted for up to a threemonth
stay.
Public transport
Nairobi is the only city with
an effective municipal bus
service. Local (private)
matatus are the main
means of getting around.
Taxi service Uber operates
in Nairobi and Mombasa.
Photography
Taking photographs of
official buildings, including
embassies, can lead to
detention. Photography is
also prohibited at airports.
Embassies & consulates
All embassies are
located in Nairobi.
ID
You must carry a valid form
of ID with you at all times.
Post office
Open 8 a.m. to 5 p.m.,
Mondays to Fridays; and 9
a.m. to 12 noon Saturdays.
Telephone/internet
Phone cards may be
bought from post offices
or international call
offices. Emails can be sent
from most hotels.
Money matters
Currency
Kenyan shilling (KES)
Currency regulations
There are no restrictions on
the movement of currency
into or out of Kenya for
currency transactions.
Banking
Banks are generally open
from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m.,
Mondays to Fridays;
and 9 a.m. to 12 noon
Saturdays. Banks in
coastal towns open
and close half an hour
earlier. Most ATMs accept
international VISA cards.
Credit cards
Visa and MasterCard are
widely accepted.
Hotel bill payment
Pay in Kenyan shillings or
convertible currency.
Most hotels also accept
credit cards.
Gulu

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SOUTH-
SUDAN
ETHIOPIA
Lokichokio
Muruasigar
2149 m
Songot 1755 m
Central
Island
National
Park
Namoratunga
Stones
Lodwar
LAKE
TURKANA
Sibiloi
National
Park
CHALBI DESERT
Moyale
Malka Mari
National
Reserve
LAKE
VICTORIA
UGANDA
Nasolot
National
Reserve
TANZANIA
South
Turkana
National
Reserve
Masai Mara
National Reserve
South
Island
National
Park
RIFT VALLEY
Nairobi
National
Park
LAKE
MAGADI
Shompole
Conservancy
Loiyangalani
Mt Kulal 2285 m
Marsabit
National
Reserve
Losai
National
Reserve
Marsabit
Marsabit
National
Park
Maralal
Saiwa
National Matthew’s Peak
Swamp
Sanctuary 2375 m
Mt Elgon
National
National Park
Kaisungua
Maralal
Reserve
Kitale
3167 m
Samburu
National
Mt Elgon
Kerio Valley
Reserve
Shaba National
4322 m
National Reserve
Reserve
ELDORET
Archer’s Post
LAKE BARINGO
Kakamega
Buffalo Springs
Forest Reserve
Lake Bogoria Isiolo
National
Meru
Reserve
Kakamega
National Reserve
National
Park
Ndere Island
Nanyuki
National Park
KISUMU
Meru
Mt Londiani
Rusinga Island
Kericho
3000 m
North
Nakuru
Mt Kenya Kitu
Lake Nakuru
5199 m
National
Mfangango
National
Park
Nyerri Embu
Reserve
Island
Kisii
Muranga’a Mwea
Ruma
Hell’s Gate
National
National
National Park
Mt Longonot 2777 m Reserve
Park
RIFT VALLEY
Longonot National Park
Thika
Migori
Narok
NAIROBI
Oi Donyo National Park
Chantal van Wessel
OFFICES & AGENTS
Head Office Airport North Road, Embakasi
P.O. Box: 19002 – 00501 Nairobi, Kenya, Tel +254 (0)20 6422000,
Safaricom +254 0711 02 2000, Airtel +254 0734 10 2000
Contact Centre (24 hours) Tel +254 (0)20 3274747
Safaricom +254 0711 02 4747, Airtel +254 0734 10 4747
Email: customer.relations@kenya-airways.com
JKIA Sales Office Terminal 1C – International Departures
Tel +254 (0)20 6423506/8,
Terminal 1D – Domestic Departures Tel +254 (0)20 6423570
Baggage Services Tel +254 0737 33 3954
Email: delayedbaggage.nbo@kenya-airways.com
KENYA
Voi
Kora
National
Park
Kajiado
West
Chyulu Game
Conservation
Area
Amboseli
National Park
Tsavo
East
National
Tsavo West
Park
National
Park
Mt Kilimanjaro 5895 m
Rahole
National
Reserve
Mwaluganje
Elephant
Sanctuary
Shimba Hills
National
Reserve
Garissa
MOMBASA
Wajir
Tana River
Primate National
Reserve
Arabuko
Malindi Marine
Sokoke
National Park
National
Park
MALINDI
Watamu Marine
National Park
Kilifi
Diani
Kisite Marine National Park
Kisite Marine National Park
Boni
National
Arawale Reserve
National
Reserve
Dodori
National
Reserve
SOMALIA
INDIAN
OCEAN
100 km

Over two million wild animals take
part in the Great Migration from the
Serengeti to the Maasai Mara.
Magical Kenya
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✈ Read more about the best
places to visit in Kenya:
magicalkenya.com
Alamy
African highlight
Land of Magical Adventures
Text: Nils Elzenga
Welcome to Kenya, a land of
endless magical adventures that
happen against a backdrop of
charming views and wildlife. Here,
you’ll find activities that range
from leisure to heart-thumping
adventure, trekking or horseback
safaris, and the most surreal
moments for all.
GET A RUSH AT THE COAST
Nothing beats visiting the 500-km coast.
Located along the Indian Ocean, it’s a
haven for all things magical. Tall, green
palm and coconut trees sway in the
wind, welcoming visitors to a region
that’s rich with activities.
Dive into the deep blue ocean, snorkel
and get up close with Kenya’s secret sea
life. Go deeper by scuba diving in the
Malindi Marine Park, where you can
see splendid marine life thriving in our
waters. For a thrill, try sky-diving and
take in the incredible views of the
expansive coastline from angles rarely
seen. Wind down with a scenic sunset
stroll along white sandy beaches.
GO BACK IN TIME
Rich in history and culture, Kenya
provides an opportunity to walk back
in time. For instance, Fort Jesus – built
between 1593 and 1596 in Mombasa – is
one of the most outstanding and wellpreserved
examples of 16th-century
Portuguese military fortification.
Further north, explore market town
Maralal, where you can visit historical
landmarks such as the Kenyatta House.
Built in 1959 – and famed as Kenya’s
first president’s halfway house between
freedom and imprisonment – the house
immortalises the suffering of Kenyans
who fought for independence.
ADVENTURE IN THE HOME OF SAFARI
Kenya has many national parks and
reserves that are packed with wildlife
and birds in exquisite settings. Take a
safari drive and marvel at the flamingos
that inhabit the edges of Lake Nakuru.
Watch as wildebeest thunder across the
savanna during the Great Migration.
Come face-to-face with an elephant at
the David Sheldrick Park or a buffalo in
Amboseli; spot the King of the Jungle at
Nairobi National Park, the only national
park that lies within a city.
INDULGE IN CULTURE AND CUISINE
Take a detour and interact with people
from Kenya’s 44 tribes, which include
the Waswahili, Borana, Kalenjin and
Masai. Learn their crafts and songs, and
enjoy stories of old by the fireside.
Feast on delicacies such as coconut rice
from the Waswahili, saucy tilapia from
the Luo, njahi (black beans) from the
Kikuyu and chicken from the Luhya. If
you’re keen, you might even leave with a
recipe or two.
One thing’s for certain: once you’ve been
to Kenya, you’re bound to return.

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Cargo
Live animals
Pigs Can Fly
Text: Ben Clark Photo: Shutterstock
Air travel is considered to be the
most humane way to transport
live animals, and Kenya Airways
understands how to make flying a
comfortable experience for them.
“KQ Live is our safe and caring service
for the transportation of animals,” says
Patricia Odida, Cargo Sales Manager
Kenya Airways (KQ). “We offer
continuous care for animals before,
during and after flights by specially
trained staff.”
KQ Live is available to all destinations
that KQ flies to. Animals are kept in
optimum conditions of safety, comfort
and hygiene. As well as accompanied
and unaccompanied pets, wild animals
(monkeys that are rescued from
poachers and are in the care of wildlife
associations for instance) are also
allowed to travel. Because they’re not
domesticated – and are, therefore, not
used to being kept in restricted spaces
(as pets are) – wild animals are loaded
last and kept next to the entrance, where
air circulation is optimal and off-loading
time is at a minimum. In most cases, a
vet will be present before take off and
on arrival as an extra measure. This is
sometimes necessary for wild animals.
KQ strictly adheres to a fail-safe process
that helps to prevent the illegal trafficking
of wildlife, particularly endangered
species. KQ also provides a consistent
communications apparatus; a dedicated
sales and customer service team attends
to all questions or concerns, while
information about the movement of
animal shipments is available via KQ’s
track and trace system on its website
after flight departure.

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KQ won the Best
Business Class in
Africa for five years
in a row from World
Travel Awards.
Get Comfortable
✈ KQ received an International
Safety Award in 2016 and 2017
from the British Safety Council.
What you need to know
Flight Mode
Safety
Please watch the safety demonstration before
take-off and refer to the leaflet in your seat
pocket. Smoking is prohibited on all flights.
Electronic devices including laptops, tablets
and mobile phones may not be used during
take-off and landing.
Hand luggage
Place hand luggage in the overhead storage
or beneath the seat in front of you. Cabin crew
will remove hand luggage from passengers
seated in exit rows for take-off and landing.
1 Get a good night’s sleep, eat a light
meal and take some gentle exercise
before your flight.
Travel
On The Move
Six top tips for a healthy and comfortable journey
2 Wear comfortable clothing and shoes.
3 Keep your circulation going by standing
up and walking in the aisle when
possible. Flex muscles in your feet, arms,
shoulders and neck.
4 Low cabin humidity on longer
journeys can cause dry eyes, nose and
throat. Remove contact lenses and apply
“The new leadership is
about working together”
– Jack Ma –
Chinese business man
moisturiser and lip balm. Avoid salt,
drink plenty of water and moderate
your intake of alcohol, tea and coffee.
5 When travelling across time zones
your body’s sleep rhythms can become
disrupted, leading to insomnia, loss of
appetite and fatigue. Try to give yourself
some time to adjust to new night and
day cycles when you arrive.
6 On arrival spend as much time as
possible outside. Sunlight helps your
body to adjust to a new time zone.
Seat adjustments
Ensure your seat is upright for take-off and
landing.
Infants
Baby-changing tables can be found in
selected toilets. The crew will help prepare
baby food. Cots are available on some flights.
Inflight service
A hot meal is normally served during longhaul
flights. Special-diet or vegetarian meals
are available when pre-ordered. There is a
courtesy inflight bar service for wine, beer,
spirits and soft drinks.
Entertainment
Seat-back entertainment featuring a range of
movies and music is available on our long- and
medium-haul flights. Please refer to the IFE
guide in Msafiri.
Take-off
The aircraft climbs steeply immediately after
take-off. Shortly afterwards you will hear
a reduction in the engine sound, while the
aircraft continues to climb. All aircraft cabins
are pressurised. Due to a change in pressure
during take-off and landing, some passengers
may experience slight discomfort in their ears.
Relieve this by swallowing, yawning or pinching
the nostrils gently, while keeping lips sealed.
Landing
After touchdown you may hear an increase in
engine noise due to the reverse thrust applied
to assist braking. Remain seated until the
engines are off and the doors are open.