'Kulafumbi' is our family home in Kenya, East Africa. 'Kulafumbi' is a play on the Kiswahili words "kula vumbi", which mean "eat dust", because it was so hot and dusty building our house in this remote, wild, wonderful place. Kulafumbi borders the Tsavo National Park - with no fences between us and the Park, the wildlife comes and goes of its own free will and treats our land as its own, which is exactly how we like it. In turn, we provide a protected area for the wild animals to do as they please. This protected area also creates an important buffer for the river, which forms the boundary between us and the park.
House & Land - more info
My Family & I - more info
Look how many species of animals & birds we've spotted to date at Kulafumbi:
MAMMALS: 43+
REPTILES &
AMPHIBIANS: 18+++
BIRDS: 199+
INSECTS: Too many to count
"We are the music-makers,
And we are the dreamers of dreams,
Wandering by lone sea-breakers,
And sitting by desolate streams;
World-losers and world-forsakers,
On whom the pale moon gleams:
Yet we are the movers and shakers
Of the world for ever, it seems..."
This Martial Eagle killed a dik-dik in the riverbed just below our house, on 09 October 2007. After eating about a third of the antelope, it abandoned its kill overnight. Amazingly, the carcass was not stolen by a scavenger and the eagle was able to return to feed in the morning.
Once you've looked at this gallery, why not read the whole story...
