Kenya safari, experience the exceptional at Ithumba

Ithumba is a unique place in Kenya. An elephant sanctuary created by David Sheldrick, a longstanding champion of wildlife conservation.
The Sheldrick elephant calves have endured dramatic early lives, most having lost their mothers to poaching, but were fortunate enough to be rescued by the Sheldrick Trust in Nairobi. A caring and skilled foster family, before their return to the wild in Tsavo National Park, at the heart of Ithumba.

During your stay at Ithumba, you'll be right alongside these adolescents as they're reintroduced to the wild. Each morning and evening, you can observe the invaluable feeding time. At 11am, it's time for the essential mud bath the Sheldrick elephants love to wallow in. They're usually joined by other elephants - already reintroduced - curious about the newcomers.

The rest of your day is free to enjoy the park. Guided walks with an armed ranger and 4x4 safaris are organised.

Ithumba offers several types of accommodation, from a simple camp close to nature to a fully private, full-comfort camp just for you (8 people maximum). Here too, environmentally respectful and perched atop a hill for a breathtaking view over the savannah and the elephants.

This singular experience lets you share, for a few days, the new life of these mammals, endlessly hunted for their tusks. An unforgettable interaction.

The Great Migration is one of the most remarkable natural phenomena in the animal kingdom, to the point that it merits a safari entirely of its own. This immense movement of wildebeest and zebra herds, accompanied by gazelles, hartebeest and elands, sees two and a half million animals cross more than 3,000 kilometres each year.
As the dry season arrives, the herbivores move up through Tanzania around March–April, reaching the Serengeti around June–July, where mating season takes place. They arrive at the Mara River, in Kenya, between July and August. This is when the dramatic spectacle unfolds: tens of thousands of animals crowd along the banks, waiting for the right moment to cross, risking being swept away by the current, seized by crocodiles lying in patient wait beneath the surface, or cornered by a pride of lionesses. It is nature's theatre, in all its raw and sometimes brutal truth.
At journey's end lie the vast grass plains of the Masai Mara. The animals remain in Kenya for around two months before heading back south around October, returning to their starting point, where the females will give birth.
A loop — the loop of life.