GREATER AMBOSELI
The Greater Amboseli Ecosystem is large scale Africa. Often referred to as the Kilimanjaro heartland by conservationists, the Greater Amboseli Region is a critical bridge ecosystem that links the vast Tsavo National Parks in the East to the Great Rift Valley and the Serengeti-Mara Ecosystems in the West.
We place our strongest emphasis on the lives, ecology and behaviour of African elephants because they are so fascinating, so huge and so smart!
Like Chimpanzees and Gorillas, African elephants use extraordinary mammalian intellect and social skill to survive in a natural world challenged to the breaking point by modern human driven growth. Their bodies seem so unlike our own, but by watching their natural behaviour elephants can be the most compelling mentors that people can have to teach us on the value of our own deeply mammalian roots and nature.
At Ol Kanjau Tented Safari Camp elephants are our main focus and the biggest part of a community of wild species that share the whole ecosystem with Maasai pastoralists and their livestock. But not just elephants. Last year we identified over 274 African bird species and watched more than 50 African mammal species in the vicinity of Ol Kanjau Tented Safari Camp.
