Having already spent a night at the Ark, a quirky Noah's Ark-like lodge tucked into the thick, verdant forests of Kenya's Aberdare National Park, I was familiar with the drill: one bell meant elephants arriving to the salt lick and watering hole that the back of the lodge overlooks.

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With your belly full of meat and your head swarming with Raiders of the Lost Ark quotes, get ready for a cosy night at the Chateau Versailles.

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