YOUR JOURNEY, OUR STORY
Crafting Authentic African Adventures
At Akira Safaris we do not sell tours we craft personal, expert-led journeys into East Africa’s most iconic wilderness. Born around campfires and living-room couches, our company grew from a simple passion: sharing the Africa we know and love with friends from every corner of the globe.
🔥 OUR GENESIS – FROM COUCH-SURFERS TO SAFARI GUIDES
It began with Couchsurfing & Host A Sister. We opened our doors, shared meals, stories and laughter. Guests soon asked: “Can you show us the Africa you know?”
What started as weekend road-trips became our calling. We guided those first travellers into the Mara, Amboseli, the Rift Valley. Their wonder confirmed what we felt all along the best travel is built on authentic human connection.
Today Akira Safaris is that same hospitality, scaled. You arrive as a client; you leave as family carrying the spirit of Endless Discoveries home with you.
🏕️ WHAT WE DO – BOUTIQUE, PRIVATE, CARBON-POSITIVE
- 100 % private vehicles & guides – no mixed groups, no fixed timetable
- Tailor-made itineraries – luxury tented camps, family safaris, photographic expeditions, detox retreats
- Carbon-positive promise – we offset 110 % of your trip’s footprint and plant 10 indigenous trees in your name
- Deep cultural immersion – spend an evening in a Maasai manyatta, learn fire-making, hear origin myths under the stars
🌄 WHY CHOOSE AKIRA?
🌍 Locally Rooted – Our team lives on the ground; safari is our lifestyle, not our side-hustle.
🦁 Bespoke & Private – Every route is built around your pace, passions and budget.
✨ Boutique Care – Dedicated travel concierge from first email to touchdown home.
🤝 Travel with Purpose – Community levies, fair-guide wages, plastic-free camps.
🌅 Endless Discoveries – We open the door to hidden moments: a leopard in a sausage-tree, sunrise balloon silence, river-crossing thunder.
🌱 SIGNATURE EXPERIENCES
- Migration Detox Retreat – 6 days phone-free during the Great Migration (co-branded with One Fire Collective)
- Classic Kenya Highlights – Mara, Nakuru, Amboseli in 7 days; 10 % cheaper than big-group operators
- Gorilla & Chimp Flex-Trek – Uganda primate habituation, permit-guaranteed
- Photographic Safari – off-road permits, professional editing session, 50 edited images delivered before you fly home
📜 OUR COMMITMENT
We reject cookie-cutter tourism. Each safari is:
- Designed by locals who know the secret water-holes and the best sundowner hills
- Operated with fairness—guides, camps and communities earn real value
- Delivered with warmth—your driver is also your storyteller, medic, and new Kenyan friend
🚀 Ready to Start?
Tell us your dreams, fears, bucket-list shots and dietary quirks.
We’ll turn them into a day-by-day adventure that fits you—and the planet—perfectly.
