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Grace Kelly, this ridiculous romp through the bush of Uganda and Rwanda was partially
filmed on location. Gardner’s character Eloise “Honey Bear” Kelly is an alluring, gutsy
broad who takes no poop from anybody. She is an accidental tourist in East Africa and
makes the best of it. Honey Bear ain’t no aristocrat. She falls in the mud, she showers
outdoors, she sings at the piano, she bottle feeds baby elephants. She smokes, she
drinks, she survives the bush… and everyone is captivated by her. We love Honey Bear
Kelly. We want to be Honey Bear Kelly. And since we cannot be her, we may as well
name a bush camp after her and strive to be a little more like her in life.

So, the camp is very Honey Beary. With only 5 guest tents (all ensuite, with outdoor Ava
Gardner showers, no less), the camp is private and chic. Beautiful fabrics, vintage
furniture, creative dashes here and there. But the location is the superstar here. On the
banks of the Kazinga Channel in the Kyambura Wildlife Reserve, Honey Bear is the only
accommodation inside the park. Guests can drive in, but most guests arrive at the
private launch site on the Kasenyi side of Queen Elizabeth and get picked up by boat.
The cruise starts here, gliding down the Channel past herds of elephant on both sides,
over pods of hippos, alongside pelicans sailing low, skimming the surface of the water
with their wing tips.
Arriving at Honey Bear you feel like an extra on an episode of White Lotus. The staff are
lined up on the riverbank, waving and smiling, trays of welcome drinks at the ready, the
hint of adventure in their eyes. They’ve just spotted the herd of elephant approaching the
camp. Turns out this is their daily bathing site. They frolic, they play, they spray, they
bathe, all in front of the camp. All in good fun. Just like Eloise “Honey Bear” Kelly, that
saucy minx.

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