In the Mara, the silence at dawn is the kind that changes you. The light arrives slowly, and with it everything — impala, the distant sound of a river, the particular stillness that makes you aware of your own breathing. The people who have protected this land for generations deserve to share in what travelers spend coming here. Every Wanderpact booking in Kenya funds So They Can — a charity that works with rural government schools to train teachers, keep girls in classrooms, and give children in some of East Africa's most underserved communities a real education.
Impact partner
Empowering communities through education in Kenya and Tanzania
So They Can partners with rural government schools to train teachers, keep girls in classrooms, and give children in East Africa's most underserved communities access to quality education. They work through local governments, not around them.
55,000
children reached
55
partner schools
28,000
girls supported since 2009
1,056
teachers trained
76%
increase in girls' enrolment in remote Kenya
Curated stays
Where to stay.
Langata, Nairobi
Giraffe Manor
A 1932 ivy-clad manor on twelve-acre grounds, home to a resident herd of endangered Rothschild's giraffes. Twelve rooms — the giraffes appear at the dining room window for breakfast and again at dusk.
Starting at
From A$2,200/night per person
Maasai Mara
Fairmont Mara Safari Club
Thirty-eight tents along an oxbow bend of the Mara River, where hippos surface within yards of the deck. Game drives on the reserve, hot-air balloons at dawn, sundowners on the riverbank.
Starting at
From A$1,200/night
Central Nairobi
Fairmont The Norfolk
Nairobi's oldest hotel, built in 1904 and a colonial-era waypoint for everyone from Roosevelt to Hemingway. One hundred and seventy rooms in the city centre, an obvious first or last night on either side of a safari.
Starting at
From A$450/night
Karen, Nairobi
Hemingways Nairobi
Forty-five suites in a plantation-style hideaway in leafy Karen, fifteen minutes from the Giraffe Centre and the David Sheldrick elephant orphanage. Butler service, two restaurants, the calmer alternative to staying downtown.
Starting at
From A$700/night
Olare Motorogi Conservancy
Olare Mara Kempinski Maasai Mara
Twelve tented suites in a private conservancy on the northern edge of the Maasai Mara. Off-road driving, night drives, and walking safaris — all impossible inside the main reserve. Game density rivals anywhere in Africa.
Starting at
From A$2,100/night per person
Stay in Kenya.