Most safari camps don’t allow children, but at &Beyond’s new Kichwa Tembo Tented Camp in Kenya’s
Masai Mara National Reserve, kids between the ages of 5 and 12 are welcome with
the WildChild program.
The initiative includes a ranger at the camp
giving young participants a different expedition plan for each day of their
stay.
Mornings usually begin with a game drive in
which rangers engage the entire family by giving them a chance to step out
their vehicle to study wildlife tracks and letting them try to identify various
kinds of animal dung.
And while parents enjoy an afternoon of
relaxation or massages, kids can partake in a range of activities such as
collecting colorful bugs in large jars, pressing seeds and pods in a scrapbook
and tasting leaves and herbs that grow in the bush.
Culture excursions to nearby villages to see
residents perform traditional dances are also possible, and all children leave
with a backpack that includes a memory book and tools, like magnifying
glasses and compasses, that they used during their visit.
Joss Kent, who is &Beyond’s chief
executive, helped create WildChild because he has three young children of his
own and wanted them to include them in the safari experience.
“There are few things as wonderful as a child’s
face the first time they watch a dung beetle at work or put their small hands
in the tracks where a lion recently passed,” he said. “We think this kind of
adventure is the ultimate luxury a parent can give to their child.”
Rates start at $380 per person per night
(children under 6 stay free; 6 to 16 years old are half-price).
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