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Type: Luxury Lodge

Summary: The lodge is built just above George Adamson's original camp

Feature: Open-fronted decks offer amazing views of the plains

Rooms: 9 cottages, 1 honeymoon cottage & a private house

Location: Meru National Park, Kenya

Nearest airport: Nairobi International Airport

Transfer: 1 hour, 30 minutes from Nairobi Wilson Airport by light aircraft to Kinna Airstrip and a game-drive vehicle transfer to the lodge.

Luxury Holidays At Elsa's Kopje

Elsa’s Kopje is named in honour of the eponymous lioness portrayed in the film, ‘Born Free’, and the lodge is built just above the site of George Adamson’s original camp. The accommodation is elegant and very luxurious, created using natural materials to blend beautifully unobtrusively into the surrounding rocky crags. Each cottage is open-fronted, with a private deck or sitting room, and all enjoy panoramic views of the majestic African plains stretching away as far as the eye can see. Such proximity to the bush creates a tangible thrill, perfectly complemented by the indulgent pleasures of an infinity-edge swimming pool, butler service, fine dining and even a small spa.

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Why Elsa's Kopje is so special...

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Safari

Elsa's Kopje sits remotely in Meru National Park amongst rugged and untamed terrain. The park has an enormous diversity of habitat and wildlife, and much of the area's success can be credited to the late George Adamson and his workers (past and present) who have, literally, given life back to Meru National Park from the ravaging of poaching in the 1980s and 1990s. Now, the park is home to lions, elephants, buffalo, Reticulated Giraffes, Grevy's Zebra, Gerenuk Antelope, Somali Ostrich and Beisa Oryx, as well as an 84km2 rhino sanctuary. Guests can enjoy day and night game-drives, guided walks, fishing trips and bush sundowners whilst absorbing the infectious spirit of Elsa's Kopje.

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Culture & History

In 1964 Bill Travers and Virginia McKenna first travelled to Kenya to star in the groundbreaking film, 'Born Free', which told the true story of George and Joy Adamson raising an orphaned lion cub. The couple were forced to give Elsa away to a zoo or release the lioness back into the wild. Joy made the courageous decision to release the cub back into the wild, thus changing public perception of zoos forever. The premature death of Pole Pole the elephant in London Zoo, that the couple campaigned to keep in the wild, sparked the formation of the Born Free Foundation in 1984 and in 1999, Elsa's Kopje was opened by Dr Richard Leaky (chairman of KWS) and Virginia McKenna.

Culture & History at Elsa's Kopje

Luxury Family Holidays

Children are welcome at Elsa's Kopje and general camp activities are available for them to enjoy.

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Meru National Park Travel Information

Best Time To Travel

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Getting There

Meru National Park houses an airstrip, making it easily accessible from a number of glorious Kenyan destinations by shared or private charter flight. The flight from Nairobi takes approximately one hour.

As part of your luxury tailor-made tour of Kenya, your Luxury Travel Specialist will ensure that the best transport options for you are arranged.

Wildlife Encounters

Meru National Park features many spring-fed rivers which attract an abundance of wildlife, including herds of elephant and wallowing hippos, and are also great for river fishing. The African Big Five - buffalo, elephant, leopard, lion and rhino - can be found in the park’s diverse landscapes, as well as giraffe, Grevy’s zebra, waterbuck, cheetah, hartebeest, reedbuck caracal and aardwolf. Within Meru, there is also a large protected sanctuary for spectacular black and white rhinos.

Wildlife Encounters
Guided Walks

Take a guided walk to the top of Mughwango Hill, from which you can absorb sweeping views across to Mount Kenya. Along the way, learn to identify tracks and the smaller flora and fauna that all make up this essential ecosystem.

Guided Walks
Bird Watching

Meru is home to over 300 recorded bird species, making it a paradise for bird watchers. Spectacular species include the Somali ostrich, Boran cisticola, vulturine guineafowl, Hinde's babble, and the yellow-necked spurfowl. The rivers also attract a range of water birds - including the African finfoor, heron, and African fish eagle.

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Our Luxury Travel Specialists are an enthusiastic, passionate and committed group of people who are exceptionally well travelled.

Our dedicated Africa experts are ready to help you design your luxury holiday to Elsa's Kopje. Furthermore, we have many Luxury Travel Specialists who've personally visited Elsa's Kopje and can offer you their holiday and travel services as well as first-hand knowledge and experience.

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