Sirikoi is a lovely collection of tents and thatched cottages that all look out onto sprawling lawns dotted with iconic acacia trees. The home-from-home feeling is only enhanced by comfy armchairs overlooking the popular waterhole, games of croquet on the grass and strolling the thriving organic kitchen garden that supplies the just-picked fruit, vegetables and herbs that go into every farm-to-plate meal.

The surrounding bush of Lewa Wildlife Conservancy thrives too, from herds of reticulated giraffe and beautiful Grevy’s zebra to a sizable population of black and white rhino found on drives and walks. Fun activities include braving the swing bridge in Ngare Ndare Forest Reserve to soaring the craggy mountains and unexpected lakes of northern Kenya on a helicopter flip.