Abercrombie & Kent’s new safari in East Africa not only gets you closer to the action — you’re part of it.
While his friends fled to Kenya’s coast on their time off, Abercrombie & Kent guide Toby Fenwick-Wilson enlisted a couple of camels and local tribesmen and set off into the country’s remote northern boundaries. This new A&K safari unveils the fruits of his 18 years of exploring the East African country and befriending nomadic tribes. “It’s a blended whiskey of unusual highlights,” says the 35-year-old Brit, previously only available to regular clients who requested wilder, customized adventures, and then only in small sips.
Fenwick-Wilson has essentially handcrafted the ultimate Kenyan safari, combining rarely visited wilderness and unique cultural access with such physical pursuits as a blistering 6,000-foot mountain-bike descent down Mount Kenya and horse treks through elephant and leopard territory. Nomadic, spear-toting Lekurruki warriors lead a multiday walk through the Northern Frontier tribal lands, and an open-cockpit, vintage-style WACO biplane is dispatched for elephant-spotting over the Ewaso Nyiro River. From $14,750; abercrombiekent.com
The A&K Itinerary
DAY 1:
Spend a night in Nairobi at the 104-year-old Fairmont Norfolk Hotel
DAYS 2-4:
Head to Laikipia Plateau and the Borana Lodge for mountain biking, horseback riding, trekking, and game-spotting from a biplane.
DAYS 5–6:
Jeep into the Nandanguru Plain and proceed by foot, spying big game, interacting with young warriors, and camping under the stars.
DAYS 7–8:
From the remote Tassia Lodge, run by local Maasai, trek through the Mokogodo Forest, and swim under waterfalls.
DAYS 9–10:
Fly by chopper to Desert Rose for hiking and swimming, and then on to the Great Rift and Suguta Valleys, past crocodile-filled Lake Turkana and flamingo-studded Lake Logipi.
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