A quarter-century on the ground
Operating in East Africa since 1999. Most of our team has been with us for fifteen years or more — which is why we can get you into camps, corners and experiences that simply aren't on other itineraries.
Twenty-five years in East Africa
Your own private Africa, guided by people who live it.
Hand-crafted, fully-guided safaris across Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda and Rwanda — built around the lives of the guides, conservationists and communities who call this part of the world home.
What makes us different
Not a safari you book — a safari we build around you.
We are a small, family-run outfit. Our guides are long-serving friends, and we operate our own camps in the Mara and out in the bush, so the whole safari — from the welcome to the last sundowner — belongs to us.
Our own camps
Seringet Mara Camp sits in the heart of the famous Maasai Mara National Reserve. Our Mobile Camp follows the wildlife into remote Samburu, the Mathews Range, Mt. Kenya and the bush beyond. No middlemen, no hidden mark-ups.
Senior guides, every day
You'll travel with one of our long-serving senior guides — not whoever is free that morning. They know these ecosystems the way a fisherman knows a river.
Hand-written, never copy-pasted
Every itinerary is built for one family, one couple, one group at a time. We ask the questions that actually matter — what wakes you up, what tires you out, what would feel like a story worth telling.
Where you'll stay
Two camps, one family that runs them both.
Maasai Mara · Kenya
Inside the National Reserve
Seringet Mara Camp
Our permanent tented camp in the heart of the famous Maasai Mara National Reserve. Nine guest tents, a single long table at the mess, and the great migration passing your canvas door from July through October.
Explore Seringet →
Samburu · Mara · Mathews Range
Fully mobile
The Nigel Archer Safaris Mobile Camp
A classic, fully-staffed mobile camp built on the original East African tradition. We pitch it wherever the wildlife, the river, the view or the story demands — exclusively for your party, and only yours.
Explore the Mobile Camp →A proper, private safari
Built for the families, couples and friends who want something that is theirs.
You won't share a vehicle. You won't share a guide. You won't share a camp table with strangers unless you choose to. Every day is yours — the route, the pace, the pause for a long breakfast in the grass when the cheetah finally moves off the rock.
We plan for guests who have travelled before and want the next thing to feel genuinely new — whether that's a private walking safari from our Mobile Camp, a helicopter to a volcanic crater the road can't reach, or a quiet morning on a Maasai ridge with a guide who grew up there.
How a tailor-made safari works →What you can do
A safari is only as good as its personalised itinerary.
Game drives, walking safaris, hot-air balloons, conservation visits, cultural days, helicopter flights, fly-camping nights, horseback riding, and quiet long lunches with the windows open. A handful of our most loved.
An ordinary Mara morning
This is the light you fly in for.
A journey of giraffe — the collective noun is perfect — moving across the Mara in front of camp in the late afternoon. No vehicles. No fences. Just the light and the grass and the giraffe, and the odd acacia.
This is what most safari days at Seringet feel like. Not the dramatic moments you expect to see on a brochure — those come, but they are the exception. It is the long, slow, endlessly framed East Africa that is the real reason to come.
From the field
Short films from this season.
A few minutes' worth from our cameras this year — the kind of small moments that fill out a day on safari.
Cheetah, in hunt mode.
Lion cubs at the pride.
Elephant juveniles, play and dominance.
Hyena cubs at the den.
A Maasai morning — making fire.
Secretary bird, hunting on foot.
Lionesses, allogrooming.
A goofy giraffe, close up.
"The safari is not just a journey across a landscape, it is a journey into a way of seeing."
— Brian Jackman
In the press
- The Telegraph Read →
- ATTA Seas4Life partnership →
What guests say
The safari of a lifetime, told in their own words.
Before you ask
A few quick questions, answered.
Are your safaris genuinely private?
Yes — every safari we run is private. You'll have your own vehicle, your own guide, and your own itinerary. You never share a game drive with people you don't know.
When is the best time to go on safari in East Africa?
The dry seasons — late June to October, and late December to early March — give the strongest game viewing. The Great Migration passes through the Maasai Mara roughly July to October, and the Serengeti calving season is in February. We build every itinerary around where the wildlife is at the time you travel.
Which countries do you cover?
Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda and Rwanda. We'll combine them in a single itinerary where it makes sense — Mara & Serengeti, a classic Kenya loop, or safari plus mountain gorillas in Uganda or Rwanda — always guided by the same team throughout.
Speak to a specialist
Shall we begin?
Tell us a little about who's travelling and what matters. We'll come back within 24 working hours with ideas — not a brochure.
Nigel Archer
Founder & Lead Safari Designer
Nigel will reply personally to most first enquiries. If he's out on safari — which he often is — Lolo or a member of the planning team will be in touch the same day.