Before booking a Kenya Safari vacation, maybe even a honeymoon in Kenya, you must do your homework.
It is possible you may never have heard of Campi Ya Kanzi which is in the Chyulu Hills state Park, but this would be the perfect place for a luxury African safari.
Campi Ya Kanzi means ‘Camp of The hidden Treasure’, but effectively for you the hidden treasure is the sheer quality of this luxury tented safari camp in Southern Kenya, which is almost in the shadow of Mt. Kilimanjaro which is only 35 miles away, and it lies within a four hundred square mile private ranch.
There are excellent features concerning Campi Ya Kanzi making it an impressive base for a luxury African safari and some of them are as follows.
The maximum number of guests is limited to 14 in 6 thatched roof tented cottages, and the 2 suites called Hemingway and Simba. Each tented cottage is formed of stones fabric and wood.
The tented cottages all have different perspectives and are extremely private, just one reason that Campi Ya Kanzi is a complete must visit on a honeymoon in Kenya.
The suites all feature a king size bed, a dressing room, and the bathrooms have double wash hand basins.
The cottages have either twin or king size beds, and have like the apartments a fullsize bath, shower, bidet, flush toilet and cold and warm running water. Electricity is supplied by a solar system to each cottage.
Elegance is added to by the indisputable fact that the plumbing fixtures are brass, and fresh flowers are replaced each day.
Each cottage as Camp Ya Kanzi has a wide veranda with superb views of Mt. Kilimanjaro and the Tsavo Hills.
Each guesthouse has a designated Maasai attendant, and at night the camp is patrolled by guards so you can feel safe and absolutely secure at Campi Ya Kanzi.
The meals are all served at Tembo House which is the clubhouse at the epicentre of the camp. Like the cottages it is formed of local materials and thatch. It is open to the outside and the views of Kilimanjaro from the patio are to put it mildly spectacular. It also has a huge lounge for relaxing reading and having a quiet drink.
Tembo House is more like being a guest in a friend’s’s home than an hotel. Even dining is at a giant wooden family dining table, set with fine china, silverware and crystal to further this impression, and food which has an Italian theme, and is of course home cooked by specifically trained cooks is fantastic, but stands alongside local and global dishes, and veggies from the vegetable garden, local fresh milk and eggs from the chickens.
Campi Ya Kanzi has 2 goals, the first of which is to help the Maasai preserve their wildlife heritage. The second is to offer you the most memorable holiday of your life.
Your safari day will commence with tea or coffee brought to your cottage by your Maasai attendant, and then after enjoying the view from the verandah you will have a morning game drive, or if you would prefer a walk. Breakfast follows with fresh local fruit, then possibly an escorted safari on foot. Campi Ya Kanzi is famous and rightly so for its foot safaris. The Maasai game trackers will go out first, then you’ll follow in your own car, getting close enough to whatever game you have indicated you need to see. It is then on foot, with your armed pro guide and the trackers. In this manner you will get close and personal, whilst remaining safe at any time.
All of this is so far as you can get from the mass auto pursuit of animals in the Masai Mara, and indeed you may never need it another way in the future.
all of the activity in the bush is what you need and not part of a rigid program. You will almost surely see all of the giant 5, but on foot, and what might be more exciting than that.
if you would like to take a luxury African safari, or have your honeymoon in Kenya, then Campi Ya Kanzi might be the only answer and the fact each buck you spend helps the Maasai preserve their wildlife heritage.
Where do you want to travel in the world? For an idea of where to go on your next vacation, visit famouswonders.com. While you are on the site, also take a look at Mt Kenya National Park.
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