Holiday with a difference at Ol Pejeta

The serene Serena Sweetwaters Camp with such a rich and colourful history, and also has so much to offer at the conservancy. PHOTO | KARI MUTU | NMG

A holiday at the Ol Pejeta Conservancy west of Mt Kenya turned out to be educative as well as fun. Since 1988 the 90,000-acre (364 sq km) conservancy has been a sanctuary for white rhino and critically endangered black rhino.

We stayed at the Serena Sweetwaters Camp, a hotel with a colourful history going back to early 1900s. A European oak tree near the main building was planted in 1930 by Prince Edward of Britain.