Exploring Sheldrick Wildlife Trust — Black, Red & Mottled in Kenya 2024

A Scheduled Trip to Kenya

Highlights

This is a safari for those of you who want to peel back the onion skin to reveal the complexity and depth of African wildlife and the excellent conservation projects that are being carried out on this most wondrous of continents!

Scheduled group tour from
May 21, 2024 - May 31, 2024

Starting from
USD 11,080
per person sharing

Duration
11 days / 10 nights

Transport
Fly-in Safari

Accommodation
Tented Camps

Exploring
Arusha, Laikipia, Tsavo East National Park

About this Safari

Sometimes we go to Africa to get our Big Cat & wilderness fix. At other times, we go to marvel at iconic spectacles like the Great Migration. And then there are times we visit because we want to target the rarest of rare animals, or the most extraordinary wildlife stories and experiences. This safari is one of those…

It starts in Tsavo East National Park, at 2 locations where the Sheldrick Wildlife Trust works tirelessly to nurture and re-wild orphaned elephants. You will visit their Voi & Ithumba Reintegration Units, enjoy close encounters with youngsters who are being prepared to once again live out their natural lives in wild freedom. We will stay at camps that belong to the Trust, thus ensuring that your safari contributes in a concrete way to the rehabilitation of these orphans.

https://www.sheldrickwildlifetrust.org/about/

After 5 exhilarating days and many close encounters with both orphans and wild elephants, we will fly to the Laikipia Plateau in northern Kenya where, with some luck, you will get a chance to see some of the rarest animals in all of Africa. This region has lately become home to a few melanistic leopards (aka ‘black panthers’), and from our base here, we hope to see these leopards, as well as endangered wild dogs that a real rarity in East Africa. The wild dog pack that roams this landscape is called the ‘Phoenix Pack’, because of its tenacity and ability to have survived some very tough situations, including a distemper outbreak that had decimated them.

Even though this safari is focused on the story of orphan elephants, black leopards and wild dogs, we hope to enjoy the full breadth of African wildlife on this trip – from lion & cheetah, to more unusual animals like lesser kudu, reticulated giraffe and vulturine guinea fowl!

This trip starts at Kilimanjaro International Airport, and day 1 is at Planet Lodge, Arusha.

Should you want to start in Nairobi, that is easily done, but the logistics will change slightly (please contact Sangeeta)

Dates of Tour – 21 May to 31 May 2024

Rates – USD 11,080 pp

Only 6 seats remaining

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Day By Day Itinerary

Day 1: Tuesday, May 21, 2024

Transfer from Kilimanjaro Airport to Airport Planet Lodge. Overnight stay at Airport Planet Lodge…….