| rican Safari Vacation must include Kenya. A | | | | The only difference between the Amboseli Porini |
| Kenyan Safari should if possible include a few | | | | Camp of the 21st Century and the old fashioned |
| days in Amboseli Game Reserve, and one of the | | | | bush camps is the bathrooms in the tents. The |
| best places to stay is the Amboseli Porini Camp. | | | | tents themselves are very spacious, and very |
| This part of your Arican Safari Vacation at | | | | comfortably furnished with a double and single |
| Amboseli Porini Camp will in fact be spent in the | | | | beds, lit by solar power, and each has an ensuite |
| Selenkay Conservation Area which is a fifteen | | | | bathroom with shower, wash basin and very |
| thousand acre private game reserve just above | | | | importantly for guests used to modern comforts |
| the northern boundary of Amboseli National Park. | | | | a flush toilet!! By the way the camp accepts |
| Selenkay is owned by Maasai people, and is an | | | | children from the age of six, although perhaps this |
| important dispersal area for wildlife as it moves in | | | | is a bit young to appreciate the wonders of an |
| and out of Amboseli, and so there is much more | | | | African Safari Vacation. |
| and different game to be seen here than in | | | | Too many people take an African Safari vacation, |
| Amboseli itself. | | | | and they go to Kenya, and they even visit |
| To have an idea of what it was like to take an | | | | Amboseli, but sadly their experience is somewhat |
| African Safari Vacation back in the 1920’s | | | | marred by the fact that they travel in Tour |
| you need to firstly stay in a proper camp. What | | | | Operator’s mini buses. No so at Amboseli |
| that means is tents in the bush with no fences, | | | | Porini Camp where all game drives are taken in |
| and very few guests as opposed to a fenced in | | | | open sided four wheel drive vehicles, which make |
| lodge overlooking a water hole as happens too | | | | for great viewing. In addition because Selenkay is |
| often. | | | | a private conservancy you won’t be |
| Amboseli Porini Camp fulfils this objective and | | | | surrounded by other safari vehicles, your game |
| more, consisting of just nine spacious tents sitting | | | | viewing will be exclusive to you and your family. |
| amongst shady Acacia trees. There can therefore | | | | You will see elephant in Selenkay because the |
| never be more than eighteen guests at any one | | | | population is growing, and undisturbed by mass |
| time, so it is small and Porini is also exclusive. | | | | tourism. The Selenkay Conservancy limits the |
| It is also real old fashioned camping in the bush | | | | number of people to eighteen per day thus |
| with no swimming pool, in fact nothing permanent | | | | keeping the wild and unspoilt nature of the place. |
| at all, not even a bar or restaurant building. Of | | | | You can expect to see the following animals on |
| course there is food and drink in abundance, and it | | | | this part of your African Safari Tour to Amboseli |
| is all inclusive including beer and wines, but meals | | | | Porini Camp, and this is what makes it so |
| are taken under the shade of the trees, and | | | | worthwhile. |
| there is a campfire to sit around and discuss the | | | | Elephant, lion, leopard, cheetah, Thompson's and |
| adventures of the day. | | | | Grant's gazelles, gerenuk, impala, oryx, lesser |
| By the way Amboseli Porini Camp is staffed | | | | kudu, zebra, wildebeest, giraffe, warthog, striped |
| mostly by the local Maasai people. In addition the | | | | hyena, jackal, bat-eared fox, caracal, African wild |
| Selenkay Maasai receive an income from all | | | | cat, serval cat, genet cat, honey badger, |
| tourism activities which is important to everyone | | | | mongoose and ostrich. |