Amboseli Elephants and Kilimanjaro Views

Three days with the most photographed elephants in Africa. Amboseli’s big tuskers walk in open country under Mount Kilimanjaro, and when the cloud lifts off the summit at dawn you get the picture everyone comes for: a grey line of elephants crossing in front of a white-capped mountain.

It is a compact park that repays slow drives. The swamps hold hippo, buffalo and hundreds of water birds, and the dry lakebed throws up mirages that make the herds look like they are floating. Perfect either as a short safari on its own or bolted onto a Mara itinerary.