Laikipia & Lewa

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On the high plateau between Mount Kenya and the Rift Valley, a patchwork of private and community conservancies has rewritten African conservation — and created Kenya’s most exclusive safari country in the process.

Highlights

Laikipia and Lewa hold East Africa’s healthiest black and white rhino populations alongside northern specialities — Grévy’s zebra, reticulated giraffe, beisa oryx. With no park rulebook, the conservancies offer what reserves cannot: walking safaris, night drives, horseback and camel safaris, and visits to the anti-poaching teams your stay funds. Ol Pejeta, on the plateau’s edge, shelters the world’s last two northern white rhinos.

Best Time to Visit

Laikipia is rewarding year-round thanks to resident game; June to October and December to March are driest. It slots naturally between Nairobi and the Mara or Samburu.

Where to Stay

Segera Retreat is our Laikipia benchmark — art, wellness and 50,000 private acres.

Rhinos, walking and wilderness: our Laikipia Rhino Conservancies & Samburu journey covers it all — or explore every Kenya safari.