5-Day Samburu, Solio & Ol Pejeta Rhino Safari departing Nairobi

Karibu! Meet your guide in Nairobi for a warm welcome and a short briefing on the five days ahead — a safari centred on rhinos and Kenya's wild north — before you set off.

Head north from Nairobi on the long, scenic drive to Samburu National Reserve, watching Kenya change from highland farmland to dry, dramatic bushveld, with comfort stops whenever you need them.

Arrive at your Samburu lodge or camp, check in and settle into your room, then enjoy lunch and a short rest before your first game drive on safari.

Head out on a guided afternoon game drive through Samburu National Reserve, a starkly beautiful northern wilderness famed for species found almost nowhere else in Kenya — Grevy’s zebra, reticulated giraffe, gerenuk and more. Routes are planned around wildlife movements, light and road conditions.

Make your way back to your lodge or camp to freshen up, enjoy dinner and soak up the sounds of a Samburu night.

Start the day with a relaxed breakfast at your Samburu lodge or camp before the reserve's golden hours begin.

Be out early on a guided morning game drive, when Samburu is coolest and busiest — the hour when elephants head for the river, antelope stand in the open, and the light is the kind photographers dream about.

Return to your lodge or camp for a relaxed lunch and a rest from the midday heat, recharging while the bush does the same.

Head out again for an afternoon game drive across new stretches of Samburu National Reserve, with your guide reading the reserve's rhythm to locate the best late-afternoon action.

Return to your lodge or camp for dinner and a relaxing evening beneath a vast northern sky ablaze with stars.

A final Samburu breakfast at your lodge or camp before the safari heads south towards rhino country.

Check out at a relaxed pace and load up — the road ahead exchanges Samburu's dry plains for the rhino sanctuaries of the Laikipia highlands.

Drive south from Samburu towards Solio Ranch, climbing back into greener highland country — with Mount Kenya on the horizon on clear days — and comfort stops whenever you need them.

Spend the morning inside Solio, one of Kenya's most celebrated rhino sanctuaries, where decades of careful protection have helped rhinos breed and thrive. Rhino viewing takes centre stage, with plains game and the sanctuary's conservation areas rounding out a memorable morning.

Break for a relaxed lunch near Solio Ranch and a chance to freshen up before the next leg of your rhino trail.

Continue across the highlands from Solio Ranch to Ol Pejeta Conservancy — a short, scenic hop between two of Kenya's most important rhino strongholds — with comfort stops as required.

Arrive at your Ol Pejeta Conservancy lodge or camp, check in and settle into your room — the afternoon game drive is next on the itinerary.

Take a guided afternoon game drive through Ol Pejeta Conservancy, East Africa's largest black rhino sanctuary and home to the world's last two northern white rhinos. Beyond the rhinos, lions, elephants and plains game share this acclaimed conservancy, with routes guided by wildlife movement and light.

Start the day with a relaxed breakfast at your Ol Pejeta lodge or camp, with a full day in the conservancy ahead.

Head out in the early morning on a guided game drive across Ol Pejeta Conservancy, where rhinos are often grazing out in the open and the morning light turns the plains to gold.

Return to your lodge or camp for lunch and a midday rest — the classic safari rhythm — before the afternoon game drive.

Explore further on an afternoon game drive through new corners of Ol Pejeta Conservancy, your guide tracking the day's animal movements to find the best sightings at dusk.

Head back to your lodge or camp for dinner and a relaxed evening under the wide Laikipia stars.

A final conservancy breakfast at your Ol Pejeta lodge or camp before the final morning's game drive.

Check out at a relaxed pace and get set for one more game drive — five days in, the safari still has sightings to offer.

Take a final guided morning game drive through Ol Pejeta Conservancy — a last opportunity to encounter rhinos in the morning light before the road turns south.

Begin the return drive from Ol Pejeta Conservancy toward Nairobi, dropping out of the highlands through farmland and small towns, with comfort stops as required.

Break the journey with a relaxed lunch and a chance to stretch your legs before the final stretch into the city.

Rejoin the road for the final stretch to Nairobi as five days of rhinos, northern rarities and highland scenery settle into memory.

Your safari concludes with drop-off in Nairobi at the agreed hotel, residence, airport or collection point — the rhino trail complete, from Samburu to Solio and Ol Pejeta.