![]() ![]() The book was made into a hugely successful movie starring Robert Redford and Meryl Streep. ![]() This book recounts Karen’s life growing up on a coffee plantation in Kenya. Beryl grew up on a farm very close to Kembu Camp, Nakuru, one of our first stops on the Grand Adventurer.Ģ. Ernest Hemingway said of her prose that it made him feel “as though I was a carpenter who could barely cobble together a pig pen”. Beryl was the first person to fly solo across the Atlantic from east to west, was a pioneer in the aviation field and a legend amongst African bush pilots. However, the following list of 16 books is a great place to get started and I think you’ll find your trip even more enjoyable as the written page becomes reality on the Grand Adventurer.ġ. The history of the region is finely woven with that of Europe, India, the Middle East, China, colonialism, and the Cold War, not to mention the rise of man. The land is simply too vast, the flora and fauna diverse beyond imagination, and the cultures you encounter are as different as those of Europe. Nothing can totally prepare you for a seventy-five day Grand Adventurer trip with Oasis Overland. And for those who asked about the Africa books… ![]()
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