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