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Bespoke Safaris

Kenya, Curated. Fly in, Wake Up Wild.

Fifteen experiences spanning the Mara, the Laikipia plateau, the coast, and the high forests — each one flown or driven to from Nairobi in under three hours.

15 experiences

Flying SafariPeak Season
Flying Incl.
Lolita Hills, Maasai Mara

Maasai Mara Great Migration

The greatest wildlife spectacle on earth, witnessed from a private tented camp on the Mara's outer conservancies. Charter flight from Wilson Airport included.

4 Days
Jul – Oct
From $4,800
Bush Camp
Flying Incl.
Amboseli National Park

Amboseli Elephant Plains

The largest free-ranging elephant herds in East Africa, against the permanent backdrop of Kilimanjaro. One of the few places on the continent where the mountain is reliably clear at dawn.

3 Days
Year Round
From $2,800
Flying SafariMulti-Camp
Flying Incl.
Lewa, Borana & Ol Malo, Laikipia

Laikipia Plateau Circuit

Three private conservancies, one circuit. The Laikipia Plateau holds more black rhino than anywhere else in Kenya. A Pilatus connects the camps — no road transfers.

5 Days
Year Round
From $6,200
Bush Camp
Samburu National Reserve

Samburu Wild North

North of the equator, the wildlife changes. Reticulated giraffe, Grevy's zebra, gerenuk, and Beisa oryx are found nowhere south of here. The Ewaso Ng'iro River runs through it all.

4 Days
Year Round
From $3,400
Bush Camp
Tsavo West & East National Parks

Tsavo Red Earth Traverse

Africa's largest protected wilderness. The elephants here are red from the laterite soil. The landscape is raw, volcanic, and largely unmapped by mainstream safari circuits.

3 Days
Year Round
From $2,200
Highland
Nanyuki, Mount Kenya

Mount Kenya Alpine Retreat

Kenya's highest mountain sits on the equator but holds permanent glaciers. The moorland above 3,500 metres is a different Africa — giant lobelias, ice-cold streams, and views that disappear into clouds.

4 Days
Jan – Mar, Jul – Oct
From $3,600
Coastal
Diani Beach, South Coast

Diani Coral Coast Escape

Fourteen kilometres of white coral sand, a reef that begins twenty metres from the shore, and a Swahili fishing village at the northern end. Kenya's most complete coast experience.

5 Days
Oct – Mar
From $3,200
CoastalUNESCO Heritage
Flying Incl.
Lamu Island, Northern Coast

Lamu Archipelago

A medieval Swahili city with no cars, an archipelago of uninhabited islands, and a pace of life that has changed very little in five hundred years. UNESCO-listed Lamu Old Town is the oldest continuously inhabited city in East Africa.

4 Days
Oct – Apr
From $4,200
Conservation
Ol Pejeta Conservancy, Laikipia

Ol Pejeta Rhino Watch

The largest black rhino sanctuary in East Africa and the last place on earth where northern white rhino exist. The two remaining females live under 24-hour armed guard. You can meet them.

3 Days
Year Round
From $3,000
Flying SafariSignature Experience
Flying Incl.
Maasai Mara National Reserve

Mara Balloon at Dawn

Ninety minutes over the Mara at first light, in a balloon carrying eight passengers and silence. The wildebeest herds are visible from four hundred metres. Nothing below you knows you are there.

1 Day
Year Round
From $950
Bush Camp
Chyulu Hills National Park

Chyulu Hills Lava Walks

One of Africa's youngest volcanic ranges, still geologically active in places. Lava tubes, Maasai-guided walks across Shetani's black rock flows, and a camp that sits in a forest clearing with views to Kilimanjaro.

3 Days
Jun – Oct
From $2,600
Bush Camp
Lake Nakuru & Lake Elementaita, Rift Valley

Lake Nakuru Flamingo Circuit

Two soda lakes in the Great Rift Valley floor, each pink with flamingos at certain times of year. Lake Nakuru also holds Kenya's best-protected white rhino population. A short drive from Nairobi.

2 Days
Year Round
From $1,800
Highland
Naivasha, Rift Valley

Hell's Gate & Lake Naivasha

Kenya's only national park where you can cycle among wildlife. Hell's Gate's gorge was the inspiration for Pride Rock in The Lion King. Hippos and fish eagles on the lake, geothermal steam venting from the gorge floor.

2 Days
Year Round
From $1,400
Bush Camp
Meru National Park

Meru Wilderness

Elsa the lioness lived and died here. Meru is where Joy Adamson wrote Born Free. It is also one of Kenya's least-visited big parks despite holding excellent predator numbers and the Tana River running through it.

4 Days
Jun – Oct
From $3,800
HighlandHistoric
Aberdare National Park

Aberdare Treetop Lodge

A lodge built into the forest canopy above a floodlit waterhole. Leopard, elephant, rhino, and buffalo visit through the night. This is where Princess Elizabeth learned she had become Queen in 1952.

2 Days
Year Round
From $2,400

Bespoke Planning

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Every experience here can be modified — different camps, extended itineraries, private aircraft, or a route we have not listed. Write to us.

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