kenya
big tuskers safari
Thirteen nights across Kenya, linking Amboseli under Kilimanjaro, the Mara North plains and Borana's rhino country.
- Private Safari
- From $14,820 pp
- 4 guests
- 13 nights
trip highlights
- On the Kimana Group Ranch you can walk with a Maasai guide, drive after dark and take meals in the bush, on private conservancy land that the park itself does not permit.
- At Severin Safari Camp red-dusted elephants come to drink at a floodlit waterhole, with Mzima Springs and the Shetani lava flow an easy drive away.
- Tsavo West holds the sunken viewing chamber at Mzima Springs, where hippos and crocodiles drift past the glass, and lookouts that show Kilimanjaro on the western horizon.
- On Manda Island the days centre on the water, with deep-sea and creek fishing, coral gardens off the beach and a resident buffalo herd near the airstrip.
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Amboseli, Tsavo and the Lamu Archipelago
This ten-night route runs from the highland edge of Nairobi down through the elephant country of southern Kenya and out to the Indian Ocean. You begin in the Karen suburb, then move to the Kimana Group Ranch on Amboseli’s corridor to Tsavo, where large-tusked elephants cross between the basin and the parks. Tsavo West follows, volcanic ground with a floodlit waterhole and the spring-fed pools of Mzima, before the trip settles on a remote peninsula of Manda Island in the Lamu Archipelago.
You travel by road and light aircraft, with resident guides on drives, walks and after-dark outings on the conservancy. The four stays run from a garden estate outside the city to tented camps in the bush and a barefoot beach lodge, each chosen for its ground and its guiding rather than for formality.
Daily Itinerary Breakdown
Nairobi on Karen Blixen's Coffee Land
A soft landing on the highland plateau before safari, at around 1,795 metres where days sit between 18 and 26 degrees and nights stay cool. You rest on a five-acre garden estate in the Karen suburb, on land that once formed part of Blixen's coffee farm, with the museum in her former farmhouse a short walk away and the Langata Gate into Nairobi National Park about ten minutes' drive. Karen Blixen Cottages holds thirteen en-suite rooms across seven single-storey cottages under century-old jacaranda, croton and bottle brush trees, with check-in at Swedo House and dinner at Babette's.
- Accommodation at Karen Blixen Cottages
Elephants Crossing the Amboseli Corridor
Two nights on the private Kimana Group Ranch conservancy, twenty to thirty minutes from Kimana Gate, on the route large-tusked elephants use between the Amboseli basin and Tsavo. Because this is conservancy land rather than the national park, you can walk out with a guide, drive after dark and eat in the bush, with giraffe, zebra, buffalo and impala grazing near the decks and Kilimanjaro clearest after the morning mist lifts. Elephant Gorge Camp is unfenced and built around a natural lava rock formation; to leave a suite after dark you ring a beaded cowbell and a Maasai guide walks you across.
- Accommodation at Elephant Gorge Camp
Red Elephants in Tsavo West
Two nights in the Kitani area of Tsavo West, volcanic country where laterite dust turns the elephants rust-red. Morning and afternoon drives run in open 4x4s with resident guides, night drives worked with the Kenya Wildlife Service pick out leopards, genets and bushbabies, and the Shetani lava flow, Chaimu crater and the underwater viewing chamber at Mzima Springs lie within reach. At Severin Safari Camp octagonal canvas tents stand under high thatch in a wide arc facing the plain, with elephants drinking at the floodlit waterhole and Maasai warriors walking guests between tent, restaurant and spa after dark.
- Accommodation at Severin Safari Camp
The Water's Edge on Manda Island
Five nights on a secluded peninsula of Manda Island in the Lamu Archipelago, reached by boat from the airstrip. The days centre on the water, with deep-sea fishing from the 33-foot Cheza from September to May for marlin, sailfish, tuna and wahoo, closer-in bottom fishing and fly-fishing in the creek and bay, and coral gardens off the beach; Lamu Old Town and Shela village lie a boat ride away as occasional outings. Manda Bay runs closer to a family house-party than a resort, its cottages open to the air with palm floors and swing beds, sundowners around a beach fire and a resident buffalo herd near the airstrip.
- Accommodation at Manda Bay
Ed Charles, BBC Producer
Fitzroy are true specialists in accessing the wilderness. They know where to go and importantly, when to go there. Highly recommended.
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active safari
Thirteen nights across Kenya, from Laikipia rhino country and the Mathews Range forest to Naboisho and the Loita Hills.
- Private Safari
- From $15,885 pp
- 2 guests
- 13 nights
kenya
helicopter safari
Twelve nights across Kenya by helicopter, from the Borana rhino conservancy over the Suguta Valley to Turkana, then Laikipia and the Kilifi coast.
- Private Safari
- From $37,100 pp
- 4 guests
- 12 nights
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Whether by phone or in person, we work with you directly to shape a journey that is both thoughtfully considered and expertly delivered.
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