Samburu & the Mathews Range
Northern desert rivers, reticulated giraffe, gerenuk, Grevy's zebra — and the emptiest country you'll ever sleep in.
Our Mobile Camp
Nigel Archer Safaris Mobile Camp.
A classic, fully-staffed mobile camp in the old East African tradition — pitched where the wildlife is, taken down when we move on, run entirely by our own team, and offered on exclusive use only. It is the way safari used to be, and the way we still do it best.
The Mobile Camp travels the length of Kenya, from the remote north of Samburu and the Mathews Range, through the foothills of Mt. Kenya, out to the Chyulu Hills, and down into the Mara. In Tanzania it can follow the great migration across the Serengeti. It takes a day to strike, a day to pitch, and is yours alone for the nights it is up.
Exclusive use only
2 to 36 guests
Fully-staffed
Kenya & Tanzania
The tents
Canvas, comfortable beds, hot bucket showers, and a proper loo.
We pitch as many spacious guest tents as your party needs — from a single tent for a couple to a full camp for up to thirty-six — each with its own en-suite bathroom: a flushing loo, a hot bucket shower under an open roof of stars, and a hand-basin filled each morning. Beds are layered for cold nights, and a hot water bottle arrives at turn-down.
- En-suite bathroom
- Hot bucket shower
- Solar lighting
- Daily laundry
- Hot water bottles
The mess
A fire, a bar, a long table, and the kind of cooking people drive to find.
Dinner at the Mobile Camp is one of the things past guests talk about most. The cook travels with us; the menu is built around what is fresh, what's in season, and what the day has been — grilled meats, beautifully dressed salads, slow stews for cold nights in the hills, and always a pudding somebody will remember.
Before dinner there's a fire and a bar. After dinner there's a fire and the stars.
Where we pitch it
Nine of our favourite places for the Mobile Camp.
Mt. Kenya foothills
Cold nights, bright stars, horse rides through forest, and the best early-morning light on the mountain.
Chyulu Hills & Amboseli
Elephant country with Kilimanjaro for a backdrop. Some of the great walking of East Africa.
Mara private conservancies
The Mara ecosystem, no shared vehicles. Ideal as a finale to a mobile itinerary.
Tsavo West
Volcanic landscape, red-dust elephant, and very few other vehicles.
Laikipia plateau
Private conservancies the size of small countries. Cheetah, painted wolves, black rhino on horseback.
Meru National Park
Joy Adamson's country. Lush, well-watered, genuinely off the beaten track, and rich in specialist species.
Aberdares & the Solio rhino sanctuary
Cold forest, bongo, salt-licks, and Solio — the most reliable black & white rhino viewing in Kenya.
Serengeti migration
A follow-the-migration mobile in northern Tanzania, across the river crossings and calving grounds.
Mobile safaris
We usually suggest 6 to 10 nights in the Mobile Camp.
Often combined with a few nights at Seringet at the start or end — the contrast is what makes the trip.