Nairobi, Kenya
Arid northern country along the Ewaso Nyiro, home to species you will not see anywhere further south.
Samburu feels like a different country to the Mara. Red earth, doum palms and rocky kopjes along the Ewaso Nyiro river, with the Mathews Range blue in the distance.
The draw is the Samburu Special Five — Grevy's zebra, reticulated giraffe, Beisa oryx, gerenuk and the long-necked Somali ostrich — all northern specialists that do not occur in southern Kenya. Leopard along the river are unusually relaxed, and the elephant herds here are large.
It is hot, it is dry, and it is quiet. Vehicle numbers are a fraction of the Mara's.
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Two ecosystems that could not be less alike — the Mara grasslands and the arid north — linked by a single short flight.
From
USD 7,900
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KES 285,000 residents
Two weeks and four landscapes: the Mara plains, the Laikipia highlands, the northern deserts and the Indian Ocean.
From
USD 14,500
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Southern Rift
Open grassland, the highest predator density in Kenya, and between July and October, the river crossings that draw people back for a lifetime.
Southern Kenya
Big-tusked elephants on open pans beneath Kilimanjaro — the most photographed view in East Africa, and it earns the reputation.
Central Highlands
Private conservancies at altitude, where conservation is the business model and you can walk, ride and track on foot.
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Leave a number and a specialist will ring you back — usually the same day.