KENYA EXPLORED

We have included information on some of the properties we would recommend to you. However please note our recommendations do change and though we do try to keep the web site up to date it sometimes can be a few days out of date.

AMBOSELI National Park

With snow capped Mt Kilimanjaro ever present in the background, Amboseli is justly famous for its big game and scenic beauty. Kilimanjaro rising just over the border in Tanzania the highest single mountain in the world and the highest summit in Africa, dominates Amboseli being ever present as a backdrop. Game viewing is particularly easy in this park, which is basically a flat landscape of low bush; with some swamps from underground springs; a little broken forest and large tracts of grassy Acacia plains stretching over 152 sq miles of the national park. There is also a permanent concentration of animals in the area centered around the dry salt lake at Ol Tukai. Birds are numerous and a special attraction in the lake and marsh areas. Elephants are synonymous with Amboseli some say there are about 5 per square mile but you can also see giraffe, zebra, buffalo, long-necked gerenuk plus perhaps cheetah and leopard too.

Tortilis Camp

Tortilis Camp is a welcoming blend of rustic style and modern comforts. Named after the local Tortilis Acacia trees the luxury tented camp is set in a totally unspoilt setting. Sheltered to the south by a grove of "Umbrella Trees" the camp faces out over a magnificent view of Mt Kilimanjaro. Your accommodation is in luxurious tents each with a private semi-circular verandah. Each tent is supplied with plentiful hot water and electricity powered by solar panels. Set on the gently sloping hillside the camp sits on the edge of Amboseli by the plains owned by the Masai People. Link to web site

Price per person per night Low season US$225 high season US$280

Ol Kanjau

Ol Kanjau, the “Camp of the Elephants” is a traditional style tented camp just three kilometres east of Amboseli National Park. The accommodation is tented and exclusive to groups of 12 visitors or less. In addition to close elephant watching some of the other activities which are possible from Ol Kanjau camp include, day and night game drives through the plains of Amboseli, bush walks, bird watching in the vast wetlands and swamps of Amboseli and the woodlands.
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Price per person per night US$365

Porini Camp

Porini Camp, is located within the Eselenkei Conservation Area. The facilities include 6 spacious guest tents, comfortably furnished and with en suite bathrooms including shower, wash basin and flush toilet. The Porini Camp camp is small and is on the lines of the traditional hunting safari camp but with more comfortable bathroom arrangements than were available to the big game hunters of earlier years! The camp is private and only available to clients on the escorted safari itinerary with a maximum of 12 guests.
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Eselenkei Conservation Area is well off the beaten track and lies a few miles north of Amboseli National Park. It is in the heart of Maasailand and the animals are truly wild and not yet fully habituated to the presence of vehicles. The numbers of tourist visitors are being limited to a maximum of 12 per day to retain the wild and unspoilt nature of the area and to minimise the impact on the environment. Within the Conservation Area the following animals have been seen in recent months: elephant, lion, leopard, cheetah, Thomson's and Grant's gazelles, gerenuk, impala, oryx, eland, lesser kudu, zebra, wildebeest, giraffe, warthog, striped hyena, caracal, jackal, bat-eared fox, African wild cat, serval cat, genet cat, honey badger, porcupine, mongoose, ostrich. Birdlife is prolific especially birds of prey.

Price per person per night high season US$235, low season US$200

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Thorpe Park Cottage, Thorpe Park Lane,
Thorpe Le Soken, Essex, CO16 0HN

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