The new four-night Budding Conservationist family experience invites parents and children to join female conservation rangers on their daily patrolling, de-snaring and game counting. Cottar’s Safaris is located in the private Olderkesi Conservancy, which borders the Maasai Mara. 

They will also have the chance to visit and identify vulture nests. In 30 years, more than half the vulture population of the Maasai Mara has been decimated, and seven out of Africa’s 11 vulture species are on the brink of extinction.

Other activities include walking with an expert hunter-gatherer, participating in reforestation seed balling, stargazing, visiting a local school and joining a Maasai warrior school.

Louise Cottar, co-owner of Cottar’s Safaris, said: “As a family-run business, it was important for us to develop a safari experience for families which is not only enjoyable for children, but also provides values, purpose and impact. 

“We want families to travel more consciously and we hope that these new experiences will have long-lasting effects not only on our guests, but ultimately on the complex and unique biodiversity that surrounds Cottar’s Safaris.”

The four-night experience starts at £10,670, based on a family of four sharing an open-plan family tent on a full-board basis.