Things to Do in Kenya

From the Air

Lift off before dawn and drift over the plains as the light arrives, landing to breakfast laid out in the grass.

On foot with a Maasai or Samburu guide, learning the tracks, the medicinal plants and everything a vehicle drives straight past.

Riding out across Laikipia among giraffe and zebra, which accept a horse far more readily than a vehicle.

Following black rhino across Laikipia with the rangers who monitor them daily — one of the most affecting hours in African travel.

Coral gardens inside two of the oldest marine parks in Africa, with whale sharks passing between November and February.

Vehicles configured for cameras, guides who understand light, and the patience to sit with one sighting for three hours.

Arranged directly with the communities themselves, not through a middleman — including the Samburu singing wells.

A table, lanterns and dinner set up somewhere with a view, arranged quietly by the camp.