In 1911, an English aristocrat by the name of Denys Finch Hatton traveled to East Africa and instantly fell in love with it. When he traveled on safari, he took along with him his home comforts and fine cuisine to set up base camp. His guests dined on wonderfully prepared African cuisines with fine wines, slept on comfortable bedding with crisp sheets and had all the creature comforts from hot water for bathing to cold beer after a hot afternoon game drive. In the cool African evenings, they would sit around a bonfire taking pleasure in fine ports and wines while sharing stories about the day’s game viewing. A charismatic host and knowledgeable companion, he kept his enthusiastic audience fascinated and became a legend for his dedication to stylish wilderness safaris. In the twenty first century safaris, this is a long lost way of life.
