Kenya Fly-in Safari

Drive north from Nairobi to Aberdare National Park, where you’ll encounter a unique landscape of forests and moorlands filled with bamboo, waterfalls, and dense highland cloud forests. Spend your evening watching a floodlit waterhole from the lodge, where you might see elephants and buffalo, and if you’re fortunate, even catch a glimpse of a black rhino or the rare bongo antelope after dark.

A full day exploring Aberdare’s moorland and forest — Karuru Falls, the highest in Kenya, and terrain that rewards patience rather than long game drives. A second night at the waterhole, since the sightings change every night.

Transfer to Samburu National Reserve, where the Ewaso Ng’iro river cuts through dry, red-earth country that looks nothing like the highlands you’ve just left. Afternoon game drive on arrival.

A full day in Samburu tracking the species that make the north worth the detour — Grevy’s zebra, reticulated giraffe, gerenuk, and Beisa oryx — alongside strong numbers of elephant and the reserve’s resident lion and leopard.

A short flight from Samburu to the Masai Mara rather than the better part of a day on the road — Edward will be waiting for you at the airstrip. Afternoon game drive on arrival in Kenya’s best-known reserve.

The whole day given to the Mara — the highest concentration of predators in the country, worked around whichever part of the reserve is producing the best sightings that week rather than a fixed loop.

Transfer back to Nairobi for your onward flight, timed to your departure.