{"id":9571,"date":"2019-03-04T11:07:09","date_gmt":"2019-03-04T11:07:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.somak.com\/AFRICAtime\/?p=9571"},"modified":"2020-07-07T11:59:06","modified_gmt":"2020-07-07T10:59:06","slug":"african-safari-diaries-a-porini-camps-safari-experience","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.somak.com\/inspiration\/african-safari-diaries-a-porini-camps-safari-experience\/","title":{"rendered":"African Safari Diaries : A Porini Camps Safari Experience"},"content":{"rendered":"

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We are delighted to share Sian’s highlights and some fantastic photos of her most recent trip to Kenya with her mother for a safari, which they booked after receiving an email about our Porini Camps Safari experience in Amboseli and the world -renowned Masai Mara. Sian has an affiliation with Kenya, having been born there, and has returned a few times for safaris.<\/p>\n

1. Was this your first time visiting Kenya? What made you decide to visit?<\/strong><\/p>\n

\"Lion

Lion<\/p><\/div>\n

My parents lived in Kenya in the early 1970\u2019s (my Dad was a teacher at Lenana School) and I was born in Kenya. We left Kenya when I was just a toddler and I don\u2019t have any memories of this time. My first trip back to Kenya was in 2014; my mother and I decided on a safari together. We have since visited in 2015 and our recent trip in 2019.<\/p>\n

2. How did you choose your itinerary and who did you book with?<\/strong><\/p>\n

\"Colourful

Porini Camps Safari<\/p><\/div>\n

My mother had an email from Somak Holidays advertising the Porini Camps experience in Amboseli and the Mara. We booked through Meeta Tailor, as with our previous safaris.<\/p>\n

3. Where did you stay whilst on your trip and what was your favourite property and place?<\/strong><\/p>\n

We stayed at Porini Amboseli Camp<\/strong><\/a>, Porini Mara Camp<\/strong><\/a> and Porini Lion Camp<\/strong><\/a>. Our favourite was Porini Mara Camp at Ol Kinyei. We thought this was a lovely camp in terms of location, comfort and brilliant game viewing.<\/p>\n

4. What were your highlights from your trip?<\/strong><\/p>\n

\"Four

Cheetahs<\/p><\/div>\n

\"Elephant\"

Elephant<\/p><\/div>\n

Seeing a cheetah with her four semi-adult cubs on a fresh kill and being within close proximity to a leopard for approximately an hour.<\/p>\n

The sundowners at the 3 camps were a memory to treasure especially whilst watching lion cubs playing one evening.<\/p>\n

5. Do you have any advice or tips for anyone thinking of going on a Safari?<\/strong><\/p>\n

We would recommend tented camps on the conservancies, which are quieter than the main lodges on the game reserves, and to appreciate whatever you see.<\/p>\n

\"Cheetah\"

Cheetah<\/p><\/div>\n

If after reading Sian Pomfret’s experience you would like to book a similar itinerary, you can read about our Porini Camps Safari.<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

We would love to work with you to plan the safari holiday of a lifetime. For more information on how our safari experts can help you, call Somak Holidays today on 020 8423 3000 or enquire here.<\/p>\n

Please note all photos featured are credited to Sian Pomfret.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":39,"featured_media":9576,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[437,603,440,604,11,600,1,580],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-9571","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-adventure","category-african-safari-diaries","category-culture","category-inspiration-africa","category-kenya","category-testimonials","category-uncategorized","category-wildlife-and-safari"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.somak.com\/inspiration\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/DSC09743.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.somak.com\/inspiration\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9571","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.somak.com\/inspiration\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.somak.com\/inspiration\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.somak.com\/inspiration\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/39"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.somak.com\/inspiration\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9571"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/www.somak.com\/inspiration\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9571\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":10889,"href":"https:\/\/www.somak.com\/inspiration\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9571\/revisions\/10889"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.somak.com\/inspiration\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/9576"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.somak.com\/inspiration\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9571"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.somak.com\/inspiration\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9571"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.somak.com\/inspiration\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9571"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}