Kenya understands safari instinctively. It is there in the quality of the guiding, the atmosphere of old camps, and the ease with which the wild seems to fold itself into everyday life.

n the Maasai Mara National Reserve, cheetahs scan the plains from termite mounds while great herds move across the grasslands during the migration. Elsewhere, private conservancies offer slower, more intimate experiences — breakfasts under acacia trees, long conversations beside the fire, and nights filled with the sound of hyenas calling in the distance.

Kenya has romance in the truest sense of the word.