Cottar's Safari Services has launched a range of new purpose-driven experiences that contribute to sustainability in the Masai Mara in Kenya.
According to Louise Cottar, co-owner of Cottar's 1920s Camp, luxury safaris and the Big Five game experience has become commonplace.
"We believe that travelers still value these elements, but that they also want to participate in a safari that provides values, purpose and impact," she said. "As such, we have spent the last year developing impact experiences that have a positive effect to the client, to the complex and unique biodiversity that surrounds us and to the local Masai community as we move forward into the next 100 years of providing safari and conservation services."
Some of the experiences include engaging and learning about vulture rehabilitation (seven of Africa's 11 vulture species are endangered, and 90% of reported vulture deaths in Africa are from medicinal use and poisoning), spending time with the only all-female conservation ranger unit in the Masai Mara, learning about the unique medicinal plants of the area, foraging and tasting wild food, touring the community-owned private conservancy and participating in a reforestation seed disbursal bush walk.
The Cottars have also developed a 'Full Circle' safari experience that enables guests to stay longer in the Masai Mara and move from the 1920s Camp to the Conservancy Camp to a mobile camp, all while maintaining the same support team to minimize Covid-19 risks.