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This was our third visit back to Elsa’s and we were greeted at the airstrip by our favourite bushman, Joel. We were so excited to back. Greeted at reception by Grace, Jane, Sylvia and the rest of the team and we settled in. Shadrack, our lovely room attendant showed us to our room, cottage number 5. The cottage was lovely, had everything you needed along with stunning views across Meru. The food at Elsa’s and other Elewana properties is always top notch. Flavourful and plentiful along with a great drinks selection. Our waiter Solomon, was charming and funny. When we asked if the genet cats still came in to the bar area he took us back to the kitchen to see them sitting on their rock eyeing up any potential dropped food. The pool area is beautiful, that pool is simply stunning. Really warm and a great way to cool off after a morning drive. You don’t necessarily go to Meru for the sightings but we’ve always been so lucky when we’ve been. We didn’t see so many lions as last time but were lucky to spend time with a lovely female on her morning walk, a leopard at night just walking along the road, rhinos, giraffes and so many elephants. The Ellie’s in Meru are always so interesting due to previous poaching back in the day they are still mistrustful of humans but they’re slowly learning that we aren’t there to hurt them and simply admire their beauty. We also saw lots of birds and my one of my husbands favourites, the e gerunuk. Every time we go back the landscape is so different, this time it was so green because of the recent rains. It’s such a beautiful park and so untouched, you often won’t see another vehicle and with Elsa’s being the only camp in the park, it feels very special. Thank you especially to Grace for always being so accommodating and friendly and to Joel for being funny, interesting and our friend. We will be back!

This is a lovely little hotel. The rooms are clean and comfortable and the staff are super-friendly and helpful. For examplr, we had to check out very early in the morning on our last day so the staff organised for breakfast to start 30 minutes early, just for us! My only slight complaint was that there is no gym (there is a lovely outdoor pool). I understand that the htel was recently refurbished and that there will eventually be a gym.