The view of Mount Kilimanjaro at the beginning of the film is as it appears from the north, from the area ranging from the Ambosei to the Chyulu national parks in Kenya. For those familiar with the film, La mia Africa (1985), this would place the action approximately one hundred miles south-southeast of Karen Blixen's farm. In the mid-nineteenth century when the Royal Geographic Society first received reports of the snow-capped Kilimanjaro, the reports were rejected because the Society believed that such mountains could not exist in equatorial Africa. The mountain has one remarkable yet little-known feature in that at certain times of year, on the cusp of the rainy seasons, there can be tall billowing clouds at high altitudes with clear sky below that can stretch for great distances. In such circumstances, the setting sun can strike the snowy peak of Kilimanjaro, which will reflect the light so that it strikes the tall, high-atmosphere clouds, having the effect of a movie projector. When this happens, the reflection of Kilimanjaro can be seen from as far as eighty miles away, despite its being below the horizon.

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