African Safari Consultants

Elsa's Kopje
Meru National Park (Kenya)
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Location:

Meru National Park in the old Northern Frontier District, is wild Africa at its most alluring. The animals are shy, unused to their human counterparts.

Here we've established a private hideaway perched on top of Mugwongo Hill, site of George Adamson's first camp. We've named our lodge Elsa's Kopje- for Elsa, the orphaned lioness reared by George and Joy Adamson and returned to the wild in Meru, and for the rocky outcropping it sits on.

This park is singular in Kenya for being the driest, with little rainfall, and at the same time resplendent with thirteen rivers and numerous streams running off the nearby mountains. The result is a striped landscape with lush green ribbons running through dry brown valleys.
 
"My little camp under Mugwongo Hill in the Meru National Reserve was built of palm thatch…..I felt a surge of elation as I left the artificial world……for the last time and drove north to Meru. Mugwongo Hill is covered with green scrub and rusty-colored rocks."

- George Adamson

Accommodations:

From your private cottage, placed well away from your neighbor, you'll enjoy a 270" view of the surrounding park with its scattered kopjes and delightful baobab trees.

We've designed the open planned rooms individually, incorporating the rocks into the structure.

Time spent at Elsa's Kopje is certain to be a unique component of your visit to Kenya.

Game Viewing & Activities:

Located within Meru National Park- northeast of Nairobi (7 miles north of the Equator, Hot days, pleasant nights.

Access by road or charter flight, 8 stone and thatched cottages- 2 with twin beds, 6 with king-sized beds.

Swimming pool, Gift shop, Game drives in 4WD open vehicles, Guided nature walks, Night game drives, Fishing, Rafting on the Tana River.

Bush breakfasts, picnics & sundowners, Camping breaks, Excursions to Kora National Park Airstrip- Mugwongo Hill (at camp). 

Rates:
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African Safari Consultants
1042 Willow Creek Road # A101 - 240
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