Kanzi House

Kanzi House is a thatched villa in a private conservancy at the foot of the Chyulu Hills in south-east Kenya, with views across the plains of Amboseli to Mt Kilimanjaro. Although the surrounding areas are some of the most famous in East Africa, these green hills receive relatively few visitors. This means you'll have the wilderness pretty much to yourself – apart, that is, from the local Masai, whose people have occupied this land for generations. There's a close partnership between the community and the conservancy, which transfers a significant portion of its income to the Masai Wilderness Conservation Trust.