Mount Kenya Northern Safari
The journey, one day at a time
Arrive in Nairobi
Arrive in Arrival · Nairobi, met and transferred to your accommodation.
To the foot of Mount Kenya
Drive to Mount Kenya to the forested foothills of Mount Kenya, the country's namesake peak, and settle into a lodge with the mountain filling the skyline. Foothill drives or walks with elephant and buffalo in the woodland, the snow-capped summit above, and a rhino sanctuary or trout stream within reach.
Around the mountain
Foothill drives or walks with elephant and buffalo in the woodland, the snow-capped summit above, and a rhino sanctuary or trout stream within reach.
Onto the conservancy
Drive to Ol Pejeta to Ol Pejeta and drive its grasslands — home to the last northern white rhinos and a dense cast of predators.
Rhino and chimps
A full day on the conservancy — black rhino, big cats and the chimpanzee sanctuary — with walking and night drives on offer.
North to the Ewaso Nyiro
Drive to Samburu into Samburu's arid north and drive the river line for the special species found only up here.
The northern specials
Full days tracking Samburu's dry-country specials along the doum-palmed river, with strong odds on leopard.
Arrive in Nairobi
Arrive in Nairobi, met and transferred to your accommodation. Nairobi National Park is the city's one true wonder: a genuine wildlife reserve — lions, rhino, giraffe, hundreds of bird species — with skyscrapers and passing planes as the backdrop. You can be on a real game drive within twenty minutes of a downtown hotel. It's not the Mara, and it's fenced on the city side, but as a first taste of African wildlife on a jet-lagged arrival day, nothing else comes close.
Journey's end
Transfer to the airport for your onward flight home.
The season changes what you see.
The migration window
The wildebeest are in the Mara and the river crossings are on — the headline months, and the busiest. Book well ahead.
Resident game, green plains
The Big Five never leave. Fewer vehicles, lower rates, newborns in the grass and clean light for photography.
Hand-picked camps & lodges
Fairmont Mount Kenya Safari Club
A storied colonial estate on the equator, with manicured grounds and the mountain rising behind.
Giraffe Manor
The famous 1930s manor where resident Rothschild's giraffes lean through the windows at breakfast.
Kicheche Laikipia Camp
An intimate, owner-run tented camp on the conservancy, known for fine guiding and big cats.
Sasaab
A Moroccan-influenced lodge above the Ewaso Nyiro, open and airy with plunge pools and strong community ties.
Saruni Samburu
A striking lodge on a rocky ridge with vast views and a fine eye for design and conservation.
Serena Mountain Lodge
A forest tree-lodge on the slopes, where game comes to a floodlit waterhole through the night.
Make it yours.
Add nights, swap a park, extend to the coast — this route is a starting point, not a fixed menu. Tell us how you travel and we'll route the rest.