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Here s What It s Like Visiting Kenya Right Now

Here’s What It’s Like Visiting Kenya Right Now Mary Holland © Provided by The Daily Beast Tony Karumba/Getty Along the Mara River, where tourists watch as wildebeest and zebras famously pound across gushing waters during the Great Migration, there’s not a car in sight. Even outside of migration season (July to October), the Masai Mara National Reserve is usually crowded with safari vehicles. But this year, the animals have had the grassy plains almost to themselves. I hadn’t intended on traveling to the Mara during COVID. A trip to Kenya during a pandemic–are you crazy? How irresponsible! But when South Africa (where I’m from and was traveling to) announced it wasn’t allowing people in from high-risk countries, I made a plan to spend 10 days quarantining in a low-risk country before entering my homeland.

What It s Like to Travel to Kenya Right Now, According to a Travel Advisor Who Just Went

What It s Like to Travel to Kenya Right Now, According to a Travel Advisor Who Just Went Deborah Calmeyer © Provided by Travel + Leisure TONY KARUMBA/AFP via Getty Images A young male lion sits in a bush at the Ol Kinyei conservancy in Maasai Mara, in the Narok county in Kenya, on June 23, 2020. At the heart of the majestic plains of the Maasai Mara, the coronavirus pandemic has led to economic disaster for locals who earn a living from tourists coming to see Kenya s abundant wildlife. Even before the virus arrived in Kenya mid-March, tourism revenues plummeted, with cancellations coming in from crucial markets such as China, Europe and the United States.

What It s Like to Travel to Kenya Right Now, According to a Travel Expert Who Just Went

Image zoom A young male lion sits in a bush at the Ol Kinyei conservancy in Masai Mara, in the Narok county in Kenya, on June 23, 2020. | Credit: TONY KARUMBA/AFP via Getty Images I’d never been away from Africa for as long as I had over these past 10 tedious months. So, as I watched the blood-orange sunrise from my plane window as we descended into Nairobi recently, I couldn’t hold back the tears. The emotional exhaustion of this year all seemed to release with my arrival home in Africa, this big-sky country, which never fails to grip my soul. I felt a newfound humility and the thrill of simply being alive.

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