A Safarini journey
Cultural Camel Adventure
Camels carry the camp. You walk. The route runs north through the Mathews Range and into the Ndotos, between Samburu settlements, with the people who have lived in this country for generations.
This is the journey that best explains why Safarini exists. There are no vehicles for most of it and no fixed camp — the animals carry tents, food and water, and the day ends wherever the walking ends. The Samburu families who travel with us are not guides hired for the week; they are people we have worked alongside for more than a decade, in the country their families have always moved through.
Duration
Typically 10 to 14 days
Best months
June to October, and January to March
Style
Mobile camp, travelling mostly on foot
Pricing
Quoted per journey, after a conversation
The shape of it
Arrive and acclimatise
A night on a private conservancy north of Mount Kenya to shake off the flight, meet the team and get the pace of the place.
Into the forest
Indigenous cycad forest and elephant paths on the flanks of the range, with the camels bringing camp up behind you.
Sky islands
Granite domes rising out of the desert. Days without seeing another traveller, and some of the clearest night skies in Africa.
The lugga
The sand river that gives the region its water and its name — and the Milgis Trust, one of the grassroots organisations the Safarini Foundation supports.
Out to the reserve
A final stretch of classic wildlife country before the flight south.
The other journeys
Great Rift Valley Discovery
A sequence of Rift Valley ecosystems — soda lakes and flamingos, escarpment, conservancy walking country and star beds above a wildlife corridor.
View the journey
Bush & Swahili Classic
Big-game country first, then down to the coast: dhows, coral-rag alleys and Swahili cooking on a UNESCO island with no cars on it.
View the journey
Northern Kenya Conservation Highlights
The conservancy model at close quarters — rhino, elephant research, and the community conservation work the Safarini Foundation supports.
View the journey
Start a conversation
Tell us who is travelling, when you're thinking of going, and what you want the journey to feel like. We'll take it from there, designing something entirely around you. And if we're not the right fit, we'll tell you honestly and point you towards someone who is.
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