Kenya Conservation Safari | Guardians of the Wild

Your journey begins in Nairobi, Kenya’s vibrant capital and the gateway to East Africa’s conservation movement. Upon arrival, you are met and transferred to the leafy suburb of Karen, where the pace slows, and the story of wildlife protection comes to life.

This afternoon or the following morning, depending on your arrival time, you visit Giraffe Manor, home to endangered Rothschild’s giraffes. Here, conservation feels immediate and personal as giraffes wander freely across the grounds, often appearing at breakfast windows. A visit to the Giraffe Centre deepens the experience, revealing decades of conservation education and breeding programs that have helped restore giraffe populations across Kenya.

This first day sets the tone for the journey ahead: conservation is not something you observe from a distance but something you step into.

Overnight in Giraffe Manor, Nairobi.

Meals: Dinner

After breakfast, you fly north to Ol Pejeta Conservancy, one of Africa’s most important wildlife protection landscapes. Spread across 90,000 acres, Ol Pejeta is globally recognized for its groundbreaking work in rhino conservation and is home to Kenya’s only chimpanzee sanctuary.

Your stay at Asilia Ol Pejeta Bush Camp places you at the heart of this conservation effort. Days here are shaped by meaningful engagement rather than rigid schedules. Guided game drives introduce you to the conservancy’s rich wildlife, but the focus quickly shifts to the work happening behind the scenes.

You choose to spend time either with the teams protecting the world’s last two northern white rhinos or learning how armed patrols, monitoring technology, and international cooperation come together to keep these animals alive. At the Sweetwaters Chimpanzee Sanctuary, rescued chimpanzees live out their lives under expert care, and their individual stories offer a powerful insight into the long-term commitment conservation requires.

Lion tracking experiences allow you to accompany researchers as they follow radio-collared prides, contributing to ecological monitoring efforts that inform predator management across the conservancy. A visit to the anti-poaching bloodhound unit reveals how trained dogs play a vital role in wildlife protection, turning scent tracking into a frontline conservation tool.

Night drives and guided walks highlight how conservation is a 24-hour responsibility while evenings at camp are spent reflecting on the privilege of witnessing conservation in action.

Two nights at Ol Pejeta Bush Camp

Meals: Breakfast, Lunch Dinner

From Ol Pejeta, you travel north into one of Kenya’s wildest and most inspiring regions: Namunyak Conservancy. Owned and managed by the Samburu people, this vast landscape is a powerful example of what community-led conservation can achieve.

Your five-night stay allows for a truly immersive experience. At the heart of the experience is Reteti Elephant Sanctuary, Africa’s first community-owned elephant sanctuary. Multiple visits to Reteti give you time to understand the rehabilitation process in depth, from feeding orphaned calves to learning how they are prepared for eventual release back into the wild. Encounters are respectful, educational, and deeply moving.

Beyond Reteti, days unfold through guided game drives across 850,000 acres, sunrise walking safaris that teach you to read tracks and landscapes, and horseback safaris that offer a quiet, exhilarating way to move through elephant country. Cultural experiences are woven naturally into the stay, including visits to the Singing Wells, nomadic schools, and healthcare initiatives supported by the conservancy.

Time is also spent simply being present, sharing bush meals, watching wildlife gather beneath Sarara’s treehouses, and sleeping under the stars during a fly-camping experience that reconnects you to the rhythms of the land.

Here, conservation is not theoretical. It is lived daily by the people who call this place home.

Five nights in Sarara Camp, Fly Camp or Sarara Treehouses

Meals: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner

Your journey continues south to the legendary Maasai Mara ecosystem, where you settle into Olderkesi Conservancy, a privately protected area owned by Maasai landowners and managed through a pioneering conservation model.

Staying at Cottar’s 1920s Camp, guests are invited to shape their own experience. Wildlife drives and guided bush walks explore varied habitats teeming with life, while conservation-focused activities offer insight into the work being done to protect predators, raptors, and migratory corridors.

Guests may choose to spend time with female conservation rangers, participate in reforestation efforts, or join educational experiences focused on the protection of cheetahs and elephants. Cultural exchanges with local Maasai communities reveal how conservation directly supports livelihoods, education, and land stewardship.

Rather than following a fixed program, these days allow for choice, reflection, and deeper understanding, thus reinforcing that conservation succeeds when communities are empowered, and landscapes remain wild.

Accommodation: Three nights at Cottar’s 1920s Camp

Meals: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner

After a final morning in the bush, you fly back to Nairobi. Day rooms are available on arrival, allowing time to refresh before international departures.

You leave Kenya not only with unforgettable wildlife encounters, but with a deeper understanding of the people, places, and purpose behind conservation, having played a small but meaningful role in protecting Africa’s most iconic species.

Meals: Breakfast