Our approach
A small safari house, deliberately
PolarSteps Safaris is Kenyan-owned and run from Raphta Road in Nairobi — close enough to the camps, guides and pilots we work with that we can pick up the phone rather than send an enquiry through a wholesaler. We take on a limited number of parties each season, and every one of them travels privately.
Luxury, in our reading, is not a thread count. It is a guide who has worked the same conservancy for fifteen years, a vehicle no one else climbs into, a chef who already knows how your family eats, and the freedom to sit with a leopard until the light goes rather than turn back for a group lunch.
We do not publish fixed departures, we do not pool guests to fill seats, and we do not quote a single lump sum. You receive a written day-by-day proposal with camps, guides, flights and conservancy fees itemised, and you shape it with us before anything is confirmed.
We are represented on SafariBookings.com, where you can read verified traveller reviews and find us listed alongside Kenya's leading safari operators.
What we hold to
Fewer guests, deeper access
We would rather turn a booking away than put two parties in one vehicle or place you in a camp we have not slept in ourselves.
Where the money goes
Conservancy leases and local teams
The conservancy fees in your quote pay Maasai landowners and ranger teams directly. Our guides, chefs and camp crews are Kenyan and employed year-round, not per departure.
What comes as standard