Destinations

Kenya, reserve by reserve

Ten destinations worth building a safari around, each with a candid assessment of ideal length of stay, seasonality and what it genuinely does best.

South-west Kenya

Masai Mara

Kenya's most famous reserve: open grassland, resident big cats and, from roughly July to October, the wildebeest herds crossing from the Serengeti.

3 to 4 nights

Greater Mara ecosystem

Mara North Conservancy

A private conservancy on the Mara's northern boundary with limited camps, off-road driving and night drives.

3 nights

Greater Mara ecosystem

Naboisho Conservancy

Rolling grassland and acacia woodland east of the reserve, known for very high lion density and excellent guiding.

3 nights

Greater Mara ecosystem

Olare Motorogi Conservancy

A small, high-end conservancy directly bordering the reserve, with some of the lowest guest-to-land ratios in the Mara.

3 nights

Southern Kenya

Amboseli

Big-tusked elephant herds on open dust flats and swamps, with Kilimanjaro filling the southern sky on clear mornings.

2 nights

Northern Kenya

Samburu

Arid red-earth country along the Ewaso Nyiro river, home to species you will not see further south.

2 to 3 nights

Laikipia

Ol Pejeta

A conservancy on the Laikipia plateau with the highest black rhino density in East Africa and Mount Kenya views.

2 nights

Rift Valley

Lake Nakuru

A compact, fenced Rift Valley park with rhino, Rothschild's giraffe, waterbirds and yellow-barked fever tree forest.

1 night

Rift Valley

Lake Naivasha

A freshwater lake with hippos, boat trips, walking on Crescent Island and easy access from Nairobi.

1 to 2 nights

South-east Kenya

Tsavo

Kenya's largest wilderness, split into Tsavo East and West: red-dust elephants, vast horizons and very few vehicles.

2 to 3 nights

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