Location:

Encompassing some 8,069 square miles, Tsavo is Kenya's largest national park, comparable in size, remoteness and wildlife to ANY wilderness area left in Africa. You will revel in the experience of walking in spectacular country impenetrable to vehicles. Finding, reading and following animal spoor will open up the fascinating world so often overlooked on a more conventional safari.

Taita / Rukinga Wildlife Conservancy encompass an enormous 170,000 acre stretch of unspoilt private wilderness that is nestled between Tsavo East and West which forms a vital corridor route for a population of almost one thousand elephants as they migrate between the Galana River in Tsavo East to Lake Jipe in Tsavo West.

Accommodation:

4 permanent, luxury tented accommodations in 'our unique "Savannah Style" En-suite flush toilet, hot & cold running water 12 volt Solar lighting.. Sole and exclusive use of The Taita Ranch. 4x4 Game Drive Vehicles & professional guides.Four comfortable en-suite twin tents are perched some 80 feet up on a huge rock kopje overlooking the Tsavo wilderness, below we have a small waterhole where Elephant, Cheetah, Impala, Warthog, Buffalo, Lesser Kudu, Baboons and Vervet Monkeys come to drink, and occasionally Lion and Leopard, may be seen.

Each day & night small silent herds of Elephant come to the waterholes, and by digging small wells in the soft sand they gain access to the water below. Their actions open up this scarce water source to other smaller, weaker animals.

Activities:

At night the sounds of Africa take over and range from the hooting of the tiny Scops Owls to the thundering roar of a male Lion patrolling the limits of his territory. The day starts at 5.45 am with tea, coffee and biscuits, by 6.30 am you should be on the trail, on foot or by car, to explore the happenings of the previous night. Following footprints, discovering in detail exactly what happened - possibly the signs of a confrontation between Lions - each dropping and footprint will tell you an intricate tale...

This is considered by many to be the finest wilderness experience available in Kenya.

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