Visit Ol Kanjau Camp At Amboseli On Your Kenya Safari

A Kenya safari should             and understand their culture. The  include stays at lodges and     large area of bush around the      tented camps, and one place     camp is owned by the Kisongo       you should consider is Ol Kanjau      Maasai pastoralists, and they      Tented Camp adjacent to Amboseli      receive a direct benefit from      National Park.                        your stay at Ol Kanjau.                                                                                     Ol Kanjau is very close to Mount      At Ol Kanjau you will learn a      Kilimanjaro and around this area      great deal about the animals       in Amboseli National Park are a       themselves particularly the        growing number of elephant, so        elephants, their habits and        much so there are now 52 known        movements to build up a far        matriarchal families and over         bigger picture of what makes them  1000 elephants.                       tick. Even more than that, Ol                                            Kanjau is known as the Camp of     To reach Ol Kanjau you can fly in     the Elephant and you will be       to Amboseli by schedule flights       given a unique opportunity for a   every day, or by private charter      close encounter with some of       to Lilimanjaro Buffalo Airstrip.      these utterly magnificent          It is a four hour drive from          animals, and even an introduction  Nairobi or two hours from the         to several of the families and     Tanzanian border.                     this is something you will never                                         forget.                            A Kenya safari isn’t just about                                          seeing game it should also be         Ol Kanjau is a very traditional    about the culture of the local        camp consisting of six very        tribes, and one of the great          spacious twin tents made of        things about Ol Kanjau Camp is        lightweight pale brown canvas      that you get the opportunity to       with large and very comfortable    visit nearby Maasai Settlements       beds. The bathrooms are safari     style with hot bucket showers,        In the middle of the camp is the   with ample hot water whenever you     tent which acts as the dining      need it. The tents also include a     area, and included with your       dressing table and somewhere to       three course meals are freshly     hang your clothes.                    baked breads. Accommodation                                              naturally enough is full board to  Privacy is taken care of by the       include soft drinks beer and       positioning of the tents, and         wine.                              because there is of course no                                            electricity lanterns are used at      Ol Kanjau is described as a        night to light the tents and this     mobile tented safari camp, and     creates a really old fashioned        this is because the tents are      romantic Kenya safari feel to the     tents and not a permanent          place.                                structure. In this way your Kenya  The fact that there are only six      safari is somehow much closer to   tents of course means there are       the natural world than a           never more than twelve guests,        permanent lodge, and because of    and so the attention at all times     that the quality and quantity of   is very personal.                     the game is much much better                                             because there is so much less      Everything at Ol Kanjau is kept       disturbance to their way of life.  as simple as possible which only      You will also discover almost      adds to the wilderness feel. You      immediately that the pace of life  can sit out at night around the       here is totally unhurried but the  fire and count the stars              access to game viewing is almost   unspoiled by pollution, and           unsurpassed anywhere else. You     listen to to the wildlife of          will meet few if any other         Kenya as it goes about its            people, but lots of animals, and   business.                             that surely is what a Kenya                                              safari should be all about, so Ol  Kanjau succeeds totally in this                                      respect.                                                                                                                                          For more information on In Kenya       om/pages/Site-Map.html"               border-color: #FFFFFF;             title="http://www.in-kenyasafari.     background-color: #F5F7FB;         com/pages/Site-Map.html"              border-left: #BAC9FF 1px solid;    target="_blank">color="#001000"                       margin-top: 5px; margin-bottom:    size="-2">http://www.in-kenyasafa     10px;" valign="top"                ri.com/pages/Site-Map.html     align="center">                    About the Author: Peter Stewart writes about in Kenya Safaris as well as authoring several articles about Worldwide Vacation Spots and he recommends Caribbean Vacation Spots Published At: www.Isnare.com