Kenya · Remote & Wild
8-Day Northern Kenya Wilderness
Conservancy country, from Samburu to Meru
Photo: David Clode / UnsplashDuration8 days
Price (pp)$2,650–6,200
Best timeJun–Oct, Dec–Mar
Stops3
Overview
About this safari
The quieter, wilder side of Kenya — the northern reserves and the community and private conservancies that have become the front line of the country's rhino and wildlife recovery.
Highlights
- Northern specialists
- private walking safaris
- rhino & conservation up close
- Lewa community model
- remote Meru
Day by day
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Day 1
Fly Nairobi to Samburu. Afternoon river drive for the arid-country specialists. Day 2: Full day in Samburu, tracking leopard along the riverine forest and the Special Five on the plains. Day 3: Transfer to a Laikipia conservancy. Afternoon walking safari on private land. Day 4: A day given to conservation up close — a rhino sanctuary and, at one site, a sanctuary for rescued chimpanzees (a refuge, not a wild population, and described as such). Day 5: Continue to the Lewa landscape, a conservancy whose tourism revenue directly funds its anti-poaching and community programmes. Day 6: Drive to Meru, the remote park made famous by the Born Free lioness Elsa, and now recovered from decades of neglect. Day 7: Full day in Meru's varied country of rivers, doum palms and open savanna. Day 8: Final drive, then fly back to Nairobi.
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