Kenya Safari

A Kenya Wildlife Safari offers everything an adventurous spirit yearns for: magnificent game, primordial landscapes, and thriving indigenous cultures. We and our partners help you create a dream safari. A journey that takes you deep into the real heart of Africa: from archetypal, not–to–be–missed sights, and proceed to magical experiences in lesser known, out of the way places. As a special feature, we connect these gems with flights to save precious time and to give you a bird’s eye perspective of this marvelous part of the world. This Kenyan Safari is perfect for families, as at all locations our partners can arrange very special, exciting and meaningful activities for children. The lodges we recommend are owned or managed by Masai or Samburu people, and your visit will help fund projects that directly fund their communities and ecosystems.

This classic African wildlife adventure begins in Nairobi, from where you fly to the world famous Masai Mara National Reserve. Here you witness one of the most staggering wildlife spectacles on the planet: The Great Migration, when over two million wildebeest, zebras and antelopes migrate from the Serengeti National Park in Tanzania to the greener pastures of Kenya’s Masai Mara, crossing the crocodile infested Mara and Talek Rivers. Your base will be the lodge where Barack and Michelle Obama chose to stay with their daughters, because of its eco–friendly pedigree and its involvement with local Masai communities.

Beyond the Mara you venture further into the savannah, escaping the swarms of minivans crowding around lions and other animals, and into the wilds of Naboisho. This is the ancestral land of Masai herders who have set it aside as a land conservancy to protect its habitat and wildlife. Here your skilled Masai guides take you on a night game drives when big cats are hunting, and on walking safaris where you learn how to track animals (and how not to get to close to hippos and herds of elephants).

The Great Rift Valley stretches out beneath you as you fly north up to Samburu and the Kalama Reserve. After a short game drive you arrive in a stunning, remote camp owned and run by the local Samburu community. With only six huge bandas, each completely private, this is a unique lodge in a perfect setting. You wake up to see elephants, giraffe and hyena close to camp, and beyond them the vast savannah stretching to distant hills. Go on guided walks and game drives to see species unique to Northern Kenya; and go deep into local culture as you visit a school get shown around the village and learn about Samburu life and traditions. In the heat of the afternoon, relax by the pool, and by night listen to leopards panting and hyenas laughing as you revel in the isolation and beauty of this truly hidden place.