From your first night in the wooden cabin of legendary conservationists, Iain & Oria Douglas-Hamilton, to their research base in Samburu and Elephant Watch Camp, then a visit to Sirocco wildlife sanctuary or close elephant allies in parks across Kenya, it's an all-in-one if you love pachyderms.

Cross the expansive Laikipia plateau on horseback, sleep under the stars, visit the cradle of mankind and swim in the Jade Sea. Or walk for days through the bush in the company of camels and nomads, via Samburu's most sacred places, for a timeless way of life that sets exactly the right pace for the soul.

Rising from an ocean of semi-arid desert, the sky island mountains of north Kenya have been isolated for millennia, preserving unique endemic species among plants once enjoyed by dinosaurs. Many are sacred sites for the nomadic people, that one can only access on foot or with a helicopter.

Experience the great wildebeest migration, from the short grass plains of the Serengeti to the madcap annual race across the rounded hills of the Maasai Mara. Hounded by predators along the way - as powerful lion prides defend territories, leopards colonise riverbanks and cheetahs stalk the plains - there's never a dull moment.

Climb East Africa's magnificent high altitude mountains from Kilimanjaro, Mt. Meru, Hanang or the active volcano Lengai in Tanzania, to the Mountains of the Moon, Virunga Volcanoes, and Mt Kenya. Then head off to explore Ngorongoro Crater, the Serengeti or the less visited reserves like Selous (Africa’s largest), Katavi or the Mahale mountains.

Visit Rwanda’s ‘thousand hills’ for sublime encounters with gorillas or as guests of great ape researchers in Bwindi Impenetrable Forest, Uganda. Walk with chimpanzees in the Kibale Forest or Chambura Gorge in Uganda, or Mahale Mountains of Tanzania. Top and tail Uganda with visits to Kidepo, Murchison Falls or the Mountains of the Moon, and Akagera or the Rugezi wetlands of endangered crowned cranes in Rwanda

Explore East Africa's coast, from the 1000 year old ports in the Lamu Archipelago and Zanzibar to the Comores - an archipelago of islands like a necklace of pearls between Madagascar and Mozambique - each shaped by the seafaring traders of the Monsoon winds, where you can see turtles hatch on remote beaches, dive on coral reefs, feast on seafood, and relax in the warmth of the sun and ocean currents.