A former Channel Nine reporter has swapped her lucrative television career for the safari life by opening a retreat in East Africa.
Carrie Greenbank was Network Nine’s European correspondent for almost four years before leaving the broadcaster earlier this year amid mass redundancies.
She has now announced on Instagram that she is a “photo safari host” in Kenya with her partner, Dr. John Haskew, in their Mlima country house.
Carrie’s other half, who is a wildlife photographer and documentary filmmaker, built the property on the edge of the Maasai Mara National Reserve.
Sharing a selfie of the loved-up couple posing in Africa, Carrie wrote: ‘Hello from Maasai Mara.
‘We look forward to welcoming visitors to our private residence, Mlima Cottage.’
Photographers and wildlife enthusiasts alike can rent one of three large en-suite bedrooms at Mlima Cottage for USD$250 (AUD$384.80) per night, per person.
Or you can book exclusive use of the entire house for USD$1400 (AUD$2154.89) per night.
Former Channel Nine reporter Carrie Greenbank (pictured) has swapped her lucrative television career for the safari life by opening a retreat in East Africa.
She recently announced on Instagram that she is “hosting a photography safari” in Kenya with her partner, Dr. John Haskew (left), at their Mlima Cottage.
Mlima’s website states that Carrie and her partner have “partnered with local Masai safari guides who are extremely knowledgeable and in high demand in the Mara.”
These guides can take photographers on day safaris on and off the beaten track, allowing for great flexibility in getting those precious wildlife photographs.
Carrie, who spent 16 years in television news, left the Nine Network in June this year after becoming its European correspondent in 2021, it reported. Television Tonight.
Carrie’s other half, who is a wildlife photographer and documentary filmmaker, built the property on the edge of the Maasai Mara National Reserve.
Photographers and wildlife enthusiasts alike can rent one of Mlima Cottage’s three spacious en-suite bedrooms for US$250 (AUD384.80) per night, or they can rent exclusive use of the entire cottage for US$1,400 (AUD2,154.89) per night.
Carrie, the twin sister of ABC investigative journalist Amy Greenbank, began her career at WIN News in Queensland.
In the following years he joined Nine’s newsrooms in the Gold Coast, Brisbane and Melbourne.
In 2021, Carrie landed a role in Nine’s London office, where she covered the deaths of the Queen, Prince Philip, the Russian invasion of Ukraine and the war between Israel and Hamas.
Carrie’s incredible work in the industry earned her a Melbourne Press Club Quill Award and a Walkley nomination.
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