Kenya safaris – for those seeking more than just a wildlife safari!

This country offers a wealth of experiences – from a traditional African safari, to a week’s walking around Mount Kenya when the heather is all in flower, to a walking safari with a top guide through the Kakamega forest, to a cultural safari, staying at community managed lodges where the funds go directly to the community and one learns all about the Samburu or Masai tribes.  Then you can stay at a farmhouse with a Kenyan family, stay in a tented camp with views across the savannah plains in the Masai Mara, or visit an elephant research centre in Samburu. Marvel at the snow capped peaks of Kilimanjaro from the Chuylu Hills or take a riding safari there or alongside the wildebeest migration in the Mara, which occurs from July through to October.

Have a privact camp set up for you or stay at a gorgeous, Bohemian tented camp or lodge with Aran daybeds and hammocks scattered outside. Take over a private house or villa. Fly up to Lake Turkana for a few days and see the great Jade Sea as it is also referred to. Take  a helicopter and go fishing around Mount Kenya, staying in a log cabin. Then fly to the coast and hire an Arab Dhow and sail between the islands or take a villa in Lamu or stay at a Robinson Crusoe lodge, where you never wear shoes, but just your kikoy and  a bikini and let your hair down!

Whatever is right for you, we have the knowledge and expertise to tailor your safari perfectly – expertly – by Kenyans!

A luxury safari in Kenya will encapsulate the essence of what a safari should be all about as the country is such a broad-ranging and capable African safari destination. Kenya has a reputation for being “busy” but a properly planned trip will eschew any mass market influences and remain true to tradition, thus being a genuine adventure whilst cocooning travellers within a very high quality experience.

Luxury safari Kenya accommodation will be lovely yet, again, down to earth and genuine as we usually choose camps and lodges which are owner-run for our clients. This ensures highly personable hosting with some of the best guiding in Africa. We have many favourites amongst the plethora of places available in the bush but Richards Camp and Serian in the Mara and Sosian up on the Laikipia Plateau are very special to us.

Activities available in the bush are legion: from gameviewing, including special interest such as elephant research or lion tracking, to horse riding, mountain biking, hiking/walking, fishing, rafting, photography, flycamping, camel riding, art classes, archery, swimming in mountain streams or just relaxing…….Kenya has enough to satisfy any aficionado of the bush.

On the coast the same applies, every conceivable watersport is there but the offshore waters, including the Pemba Channel (which is actually mostly off Tanzania), are home to some of the world’s best sportfishing. Lamu is (still) an unspoiled example of ancient Arah-Swahili architecture and trading culture with the beaches north of this ancient trading town being superlative; Kiwayu is one of our favourites up here.

Finally, Kenya’s culture is a very important part of the whole; the country’s peoples and tribes, which include the nilotic Masai and Samburu as well as many other tribes and immigrants from both the Indian subcontinent and Europe, are friendly yet proud and it is their personality that gives Kenya its immense character.

Call us now to talk about an utterly individual luxury safari in Kenya on 01993 822443 or email us at info@africanexploratons.com