Karibu · what this is
Wild.
Twelve guests on the whole property. A guide who has tracked the same leopard for six years. Sleep-out platforms under a sky with no light pollution within two hundred miles. A wine cellar of three thousand bottles, none of which you will see on a menu because there is no menu.
This is the tier for travellers who have done safaris before. Who already know which leopard means what, which season favours which crossing. The polish is invisible because it is total. Russel will personally walk every detail with you, six months ahead.
Properties in this tier
A handful of properties on land most travellers never set foot on.
Singita Grumeti private reserve
Singita Faru Faru
Nine suites on a private reserve almost the size of Manhattan. Outdoor sitting rooms, plunge pools, the cellar runs to thousands of bottles. Fly-camping out under the stars on request.
Ngorongoro Crater Highlands
The Highlands
Asilia's eight-room camp at four thousand metres, with dome tents built for the cold and the wind. Above the crater clouds. The closest you get to walking on a different planet.
Mara River, Northern Serengeti
Sasakwa Hill
Single private villa for one party only, on the highest hill in Grumeti. A view that includes three countries on a clear day, a butler, a private chef, your own infinity pool.
Other properties at this tier (Entamanu, Faru Faru sister suites, exclusive-use buyouts of Sayari). Ask Russel directly; this tier is conversation-only.
Honest expectations
This tier is not about the wildlife. The wildlife is the same.
The wildlife at this tier is the same wildlife the boutique guest sees. The same leopard. The same migration crossing. What changes is everything around it. Solitude. The total absence of other vehicles. A guide who knows the individual cats by their facial markings.
For a second or third safari it is the obvious move. For a first safari, the gap between this tier and boutique can read as wasted budget. We have said so to clients and watched them choose two boutique weeks instead. They were right.
Lead times are twelve to fourteen months. Many of the properties have buyout options where you take the whole camp; those need to be booked even further out. If this is for an anniversary or a milestone year, decide twelve months before the trip.
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Indicative pricing
From $28,000 per person, for a seven-night ultra-luxury itinerary.
Includes the property nightly rate, dedicated vehicle and guide, all meals and drinks, internal park and concession fees, and the in-country flights between properties. Premium spirits and helicopter transfers are arranged on request. Excludes international flights and tips.
Plan Your SafariKaribu sana. The land is waiting, quietly.
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