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Travellers Mwaluganje Elephant Camp

Set in the heart of the Mwaluganje Elephant Sanctuary, in the Mwaluganje Hills and a 45 km drive from Mombasa, Kenya’s city seaport and Coast capital, the camp is set along the shoulder of a low hill facing a traditional elephant trail, allowing guests to watch the elephants from the comfort of their well-appointed luxury tents.
 

 Accommodation:

• The camp, with all the comforts one would expect from a four star hotel, consists of 20 twin bedded tents (there is provision for an extra bed), each tent with its private timber verandah, shower with hot and cold water, toilet and wash hand basin. The tents are comfortably furnished to a very high standard. There is a private power supply, 220/240 V.
  
• It is the only tented camp in this new sanctuary, and guests have the entire 6,000 acres to themselves. The bird life is prolific and amazingly varied and birdwatchers will find the camp area and sanctuary full of interest.
  
• The days may be hot, reaching 28 degrees centigrade (approx. 85 degrees Fahrenheit) but the evenings are welcomingly cool. The conventional rainy seasons are May and June and October and November and the climate may best be described as tropical and fairly humid.

Activities and Relaxation

• The sanctuary is close to the South Coast beach resorts and offers virtually guaranteed sightings of large numbers of elephants, in perfect safety. Professionally, escorted game drives take guests through forest and bush, where a variety of animals may be watched and photographed. Among the many animals that reside in the sanctuary, which is not fenced, so that wild animals live natural, free lives as much as they have done for centuries, are zebra, bushbuck, warthog, Colobus and Sykes’ monkeys and, with luck, leopard.
• The traditional African evening campfire is the highlight of the day, after an enthralling game drive. Over a cocktail or cool drink, it is a time to recall the marvels of Africa’s nature, and to wonder at the majesty and dignity of the stars of the show of elephants.
• Round off the day with a superbly cooked meal under the stars, with the background music - the hoot of an owl, the yelp of a jackal, the trumpeting of an elephant and occasionally the cough of a distant leopard. For entertainment, local Digo and Durama dancers occasionally perform.
• As a conservation area for elephants, Mwaluganje Elephant Sanctuary is a shining example of a private conservation campaign to preserve the African elephant, which suffered enormous population losses over two decades. A magnificent and unique animal, Mwaluganje offers unrivalled opportunities to observe them at close quarters.