Samburu and Ol Pejeta Northern Kenya Safari

The Samburu and Ol Pejeta Northern Kenya Safari is designed for discerning travellers seeking a safari experience beyond the conventional circuit, exploring the remote and spectacularly beautiful wilderness of northern Kenya alongside one of Africas most important conservation achievements. Samburu National Reserve in the Northern Frontier District is famed for the Special Five species that are either exclusive to northern Kenya or exceptionally rare elsewhere in the country. The reticulated giraffe with its large bold geometric markings is the most visually striking, the Grevy zebra with its narrow pencil stripe pattern is the largest wild equid on earth, the gerenuk stands permanently on its hind legs to browse from the tips of acacia trees, the Beisa oryx with its dramatic straight horns is a creature of extraordinary grace, and the Somali ostrich displays brilliant blue neck colouration in the breeding season. The Ewaso Nyiro River running through the reserve creates a permanent wildlife corridor that concentrates lion, leopard, elephant and crocodile along its banks. Ol Pejeta Conservancy on the Laikipia Plateau provides a very different but equally extraordinary experience. This is East Africas most successful conservancy, home to over 100 black rhinos, a thriving cheetah population, African wild dog and the global conservation focal point of Najin and Fatu, the last two northern white rhinos remaining on earth. A dedicated ranger accompanies all northern white rhino visits and provides a deeply moving and important briefing on the conservation crisis facing this subspecies.