Stellar safari in the Kenyan sun

Avoid the tourist hoards on a spectacular safari in Kenya's Meru National Park, writes Isabel Conway.

Elephants in Meru National Park, northern Kenya.

The herd of impala, slender necks bent to graze the lush grass, look up shyly as if posing for the National Geographic Channel. The lone male, resplendent with his headpiece of bendy horns, lords it over a harem of females, framed by acacia trees and a flame African sunset.

We are in the depths of Meru National Park, on Kenya's northern game circuit, where legendary big cat lovers Joy and George Adamson released ...