Sundowner: Autumn/Winter 2018

KENYA & SEYCHELLES
KENYA
Can you name the Big Five? By the time you leave the sprawling
plains of the Masai Mara in Kenya, you’ll know which animal is
missing from this list: lion, elephant, leopard, buffalo…
Experience the home of safari with an overland journey into the
heart of Africa and enjoy the intoxicating mix of adventure by day
and more than a touch of bush luxury by night.
Watch in awe as the annual Great Migration takes place, with
more than a million wildebeest, zebra, and gazelle sweeping
from Tanzania to the safe grasslands of the Mara. From August to
September, you can witness the iconic sight of the travelling herds
leaping for their lives over the crocodile-infested Mara River.
Enjoy front row seats of this natural wonder from Sanctuary
Olonana, which is perched on the banks of the river in the Great
Rift Valley. The family-friendly camp harks back to the romance
of a bygone era. Sleep soundly in a four-poster bed inside your
luxury canvas tent after enjoying a bush dinner under the stars in
an African boma. Life doesn’t get any better.
STAY
Sanctuary Olonana
FLIGHT TIME
Direct flight from Nairobi to Seychelles: three hours, 15 minutes
SEYCHELLES
Time to dust yourself down from the African savannah and swap
your khakis for a colourful kaftan as you become a castaway on
your own desert island.
Share the beach with turtle and a passing population of giant
tortoise on Félicité, one of the 115 ancient atolls which make up
one of the world’s most alluring destinations, the Seychelles. This is
a land of Creole heritage where prehistoric palm forests shelter the
legendary coco de mer.
Dubbed the original Garden of Eden, this archipelago nestling
in the middle of the Indian Ocean, more than 1,000 kilometres
from the East African coast, is home to the finest beaches and
natural wonders, just waiting to be explored.
Stay at Six Senses Zil Pasyon and adjust to island living with a
relaxing treatment in the spa rooms built into the unique granite
boulders. After basking under the equatorial sun on the palmfringed
beach, take a cooling dip in the cerulean sea. Grab a
snorkel and flippers and swim among the iridescent corals and
shimmering shoals of fish.
You’ll discover that the Seychelles is easy to get to – but
extremely hard to leave.
STAY
Six Senses Zil Pasyon
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