A private Kenya safari company based in Malindi and Nairobi, run by a Kenyan team since 1995.
Ahotsun Safaris was founded in by Kenyan tourism professionals who had already spent years working for other tour firms before starting their own. Three decades on, the company is still owned and run the same way. We've worked with international partners over the years, including a long standing relationship with R.C.I. and with ACME Travel in Italy, alongside several leading hotels in Malindi, for whom we arrange safaris across Kenya, Tanzania and Uganda. Our fleet is maintained and insured, a mix of minibuses and 4x4 Land Cruisers, each fitted with high frequency communication systems so our office stays in contact with every vehicle on the road.
Three decades planning private Kenya safaris, not a startup guessing as they go.
Your own vehicle, your own guide, your own pace. No joining strangers on a fixed schedule.
Begin in Nairobi or right from the coast. We plan either route properly, not as an afterthought.
Our guides live where you're travelling. They know the parks, the roads and the seasons firsthand.
One team from your first message to your last day in Kenya. No handoffs.
Park entries, transfers, accommodation, all handled before you land.
Ahotsun Safaris is licensed by the TRA to operate as a tour operator, which means we meet the legal requirements to run safaris in Kenya.
Registered to operate within Kenya's national parks and reserves.
A local trade body representing licensed tour operators and tourism businesses across Malindi and Watamu.
Local and national bodies representing licensed operators in the coast region and across Kenya.
Keeps every safari running on schedule, from vehicle logistics to on the ground problem solving
Your first point of contact for quotes, itinerary planning and booking questions.
Helps you turn a rough idea into a real itinerary, from choosing the right parks and lodges to confirming every detail before you travel.
To plan safaris the way we'd want one planned for our own family, built around your dates and your pace, not a fixed route with strangers in the vehicle. We tell you honestly what a park will and won't show you, and we handle the details so your only job on safari is paying attention.
To stay the kind of company where the person who answers your first message is still the person following up after you've gone home, as we grow, in Kenya and into Tanzania, without turning into a call center with a bigger logo.
Honesty over a sale.
Private means private.
Local, not outsourced.
No surprises on the ground.
Full board at your chosen camps and lodges, confirmed and booked before you travel.
A private, insured vehicle and an experienced driver guide for the full trip, not a shared shuttle.
All entry fees are built into your quote from the start, no separate payment required at the gate.
The Maasai Mara, Amboseli, Lake Nakuru and Tsavo, Kenya's best known parks, planned as a private trip around your dates.
Photography focused trips, walking safaris, and combinations most operators don't offer, like our Tsavo, Taita Hills and Mzima Springs walking safari itinerary.
Multi-day safaris that start in Nairobi and end on the coast, so you move straight from game drives into a beach holiday without an extra flight.
Call, WhatsApp, email us or send an online enquiry. One of our friendly travel advisors will have you on the road to adventure
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