Nairobi

A capital city with lions inside its limits.

Coordinates: 01°17′S 36°49′E
Elevation: 1,795 m
Area: 117 km² park
From Nairobi: JKIA international hub
Region: Central Highlands
From: $540 pp

[A]Briefing

The only capital in the world with a national park inside its boundary. Giraffes graze in front of the skyline. We use the city as a launch day: orphaned elephants in the morning, then the food and design scene at night.

[B]What you’ll do

01Sunrise game drive against the city skyline
02Sheldrick Wildlife Trust elephant orphanage
03Giraffe Centre and the Karen Blixen Museum
04Chef's table across Westlands and Kilimani

[C]Season curve

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Prime: Jul · Aug · Sep

[D]Expeditions through Nairobi

FT-01Safari

NBO → NKR → MMR

Great Migration Pulse

Built around the Mara River crossings. You spend four nights in a private conservancy, with a balloon flight and a day at the river with a guide who reads the herds.

Days: 7
Intensity
From: $3,480

FT-02Safari

NBO → AMB → TSV

Kilimanjaro Shadow Line

Big tuskers in front of Africa's highest peak, then south into Tsavo's red-earth country. You ride the SGR train back to Nairobi.

Days: 6
Intensity
From: $2,690

FT-03Adventure

NBO → MTK → SMB

Northern Frontier Signal

The quiet north. You cross the equator at Nanyuki, track rhino at Ol Pejeta, then go on to Samburu for species found nowhere else in Kenya and camel-supported walks.

Days: 8
Intensity
From: $3,950

FT-05Adventure

NBO → HGT → NKR

Rift Valley Circuit

A short trip that's active the whole way. You cycle among zebra, walk down a volcanic gorge, take a boat out to the hippos, and finish with rhino at Nakuru. It works well for a long weekend.

Days: 4
Intensity
From: $1,290

FT-00Signature

NBO → SMB → MTK → NKR → MMR → DIA

Zero Latitude Traverse

Our flagship trip covers the whole country in two weeks. You go from the desert north over the equator to the highlands, down through the Rift Valley to the Mara, and finish on the coast, travelling by bush plane, 4×4 and dhow.

Days: 14
Intensity
From: $7,900

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Lamu

Safari vehicle parked beneath a lone acacia on the Mara plains

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