From your first night in the wooden cabin of the legendary conservationists, Iain & Oria Douglas-Hamilton, to their research base in Samburu - staying at Elephant Watch Camp - then a visit to their private wildlife sanctuary or conservation-led locations of close elephant allies in parks across Kenya, this is an all-in-one for those that 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 in some of Samburu's most sacred places, for a timeless way of life that sets exactly the right pace for one's 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 calving on the short grass plains of the Serengeti to their madcap annual migration across the rounded hills of the Maasai Mara, staying at our favourite and most ethical eco-camps. 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 in the Virunga volcanoes, or stay with great ape researchers and meet their suin 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 national park in the north, Murchison Falls or the Mountains of the Moon, and Akagera National Park or the Rugezi wetlands of the endangered crowned cranes in Rwanda

Explore the East African 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, and 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.