Your Safari Experience

Safari is quite a charming word. It is exotic and iconic at the same time. Safari means "voyage" or "expedition" in Kiswahili. With us your safari will translate into a unique authentic experience: you will discover a vanishing Africa, explore an incredible wilderness, while being deeply immerse in an iconic culture.
We will tailor-make your safari to meet your needs. At other safari camps, guests frequently find themselves tied to an inflexible, predetermined safari schedule. Not so at Campi Ya Kanzi: our guests really appreciate that they can work directly with their professional guide to design each day's safari and activities, with the knowledgeable suggestions of your guide.
All will depend on your desires, the time of the year (game moves within the reserve and certain safaris are better in certain time of the year) and the length of your stay.

By choosing a walk in the savanna or in the cloud forest with your Maasai tracker, or a more traditional game drive in our open Land Rover, you will experience a connection with the local culture which is unique, profound and genuine, while enjoying pristine wilderness and observing amazing wildlife.

Imagine a day that begins with the aroma of Kenyan coffee or tea brought to your tent by your personal Maasai attendant. On your veranda, enjoy your coffee or tea and the view of Mt. Kilimanjaro, wrapped in the pink light of dawn. Then head out for your morning walk or game drive.
After your safari, return to the camp for a breakfast that includes fresh local fruit such as mango and pineapple or enjoy a picnic breakfast in the middle of the savanna, complete with eggs and bacon cooked on a bush fire.
Following breakfast, you can enjoy an escorted safari on foot, or just relax at the camp. At lunchtime, we can organize a grand picnic for you, under a huge ficus in the plains, or in the fascinating cloud forest of the Chyulu Hills; or you could dine at Tembo House and then take an afternoon siesta. In the afternoon you will be able to walk from camp to one of the nearby hills, enjoying a superb sunset, or you may decide to explore more distant parts of the 280,000 acres reservation on a game drive, looking for the thrill of finding cats. At dusk your drive back to camp will feature a "night game drive", with your tracker using a spotlight to find the shy leopard or the fierce lion.
Back at camp a drink next to the bush fire under the starry African sky will be the perfect ending to an unforgettable day.
A candlelit dinner will spoil you with home made pasta or risotto, choices of meat or fresh lake fish, organic vegetables from our garden, home-made ice cream or tiramisù made by Antonella, and wine from her vineyards. This sample gives you an idea of the menus we offer: home made lasagne, as a starter; roast duck with lionnaise potatoes and backed fennels, as main course; mixed Kenyan cheeses; home-made ice cream, with hot chocolate sauce, for dessert.

Read our section on Activities and our section Safari Diary, to know more about how your safari experience will unfold.