Northern Kenya is a different world from the popular southern circuit. This four-day safari takes you into the semi-arid beauty of Samburu National Reserve and the pioneering Ol Pejeta Conservancy, delivering wildlife encounters you won’t find anywhere else on the planet.
Samburu is home to the “Special Five” — five species found nowhere else in Kenya’s southern parks: the Grevy’s zebra (endangered, with thinner stripes than the common plains zebra), the reticulated giraffe (a stunning network pattern unlike the Masai giraffe), the Beisa oryx, the Somali ostrich, and the gerenuk (the “giraffe gazelle” that stands on its hind legs to browse). Add to these large numbers of elephants, lions, leopards, and wild dogs, and you have one of Kenya’s most rewarding game-viewing destinations.
Ol Pejeta Conservancy is home to the last two northern white rhinos on Earth — Najin and Fatu — making it a pilgrimage site for conservation-minded travellers. The conservancy also operates East Africa’s largest black rhino sanctuary and a chimpanzee sanctuary, the only place in Kenya where you can see these great apes.