| Undoubtedly, we would have all come across the | | | | drinking far more than he should, but his love for |
| life and the work of the famous writer Ernest | | | | the area beckoned him. This period was a |
| Hemingway. Certainly, nobody could make a | | | | dangerous period as there were rebellions against |
| connection between Hemingway and a hunting | | | | the British colonists in these areas. But these |
| expedition in the wilderness. All those who read his | | | | were not the dangers that Hemingway had to |
| books will be more familiar with his swashbuckling | | | | face. They suffered two almost fatal plane |
| stories on bull fighting, hard living and drinking. He | | | | crashes that plagued him for the remainder of his |
| was an ardent sportsman who even wrote the | | | | life. True at First Light was written by him on his |
| famous book 'The Sun Also Rises' about the | | | | returned, and though written as a fiction, is |
| annual bull running in Spain. What you may not be | | | | considered to be autobiographical. It is a story |
| aware of is that Ernest Hemingway twice | | | | about his second trip and his relationship with an |
| traveled to Africa in his life and even wrote many | | | | African girl. |
| novels and short stories on his experience. The | | | | There are a number of companies seeking to |
| credit of the inclusion of the Swahili word 'Safari' in | | | | emulate the safaris. There are quite a few |
| the English vocabulary also goes to him. Although | | | | packages available for Kenyan tours, for taking |
| not a very good hunter, he loved the experience | | | | pictures and enjoying the wildlife. These modern |
| so much that he was propelled to understand | | | | tours usually involve good high quality lodges as |
| better the Kenyan people's lifestyle, something | | | | opposed to the traditional camping experience. |
| that was never done during him time. | | | | Although it is expensive, these modern safaris |
| He made is first visit to Africa in the year 1933 | | | | boast of fine lodges as well as private guides for |
| along with Pauline, his second wife. They visited | | | | tourists who wish to experience the Dark |
| Tanzania and Kenya together. During this trip, | | | | Continent. There is also the availability of private |
| before he even went out for a hunt, he became | | | | itinerary and trial guides and cars. Although |
| sick due to dysentery. For many weeks, he was | | | | connected to the beautiful African landscape, only |
| lying in Nairobi, in a hospital where he met many | | | | controlled environments are offered, mostly |
| adventure seeking European and American men. | | | | consisting of national parks and preserves. Touring |
| He returned home to write the book, The Green | | | | the continent brings to memory Hemingway's |
| Hills Of Africa, which did not sell well. This | | | | famous books. There is a company that offers a |
| depressed him but his other two short stories | | | | three thousand dollar tour of Kilimanjaro for |
| The Snows of Kilimanjaro and The Short Happy | | | | fourteen days. There are also offers to visit |
| Life of Francis Macomber, proceeded to become | | | | Uganda to see the gorillas. |
| classics. | | | | One cannot help but recall the things Hemingway |
| Hemingway made his second trip to Africa in | | | | has written about Africa and the African life, and |
| 1954 with Mary, his fourth wife. By this point of | | | | it would be a good bet to read some of his work |
| time, he had become addicted to alcohol and was | | | | before embarking on a tri p of your own. |