Segera Retreat
Uniquely stylish, Segera has crafted its own distinctive approach to safari living – and does so with complete mastery. With a range of beautifully designed houses and villas, including options ideal for multigenerational groups, the accommodation is nothing short of perfection.
Location
The landscape beyond its boma ring of euphorbia cacti consists of the wooded savanna and grasslands of the Laikipia Plateau, a wildlife-abundant region stretching from Mount Kenya in the east to the crustal faults of the Great Rift Valley and Lake Baringo to the west. At 1700 metres in altitude, Segera Retreat is malaria-free and mosquitoes are one of the rarest animals seen.
Access is via its own private airstrip, a transfer of less than an hour from Nairobi, and as you fly in, you’ll have fantastic views of an epic landscape and a reserve that – as of 2025 – is home to black rhino.
Accommodation
From the air, it’s perhaps easier to make sense of. There are five elevated Garden Villas (one larger one perfect for families) sharing a pool and five other individual houses, each with their own private pool. Variations and individual character abound, but the common thread is luxury. Gorgeous architecture, stunning art, seclusion, views, perfection in colour schemes and furnishings, huge bathrooms, spacious living rooms, shady verandas, and so on, are what you can expect.
In an environment this lush, you won’t be surprised to find that there’s an organic garden. It supplies ingredients, farm-to-table style, for sumptuous dining. You can eat on your private terrace or even in the wine tower, but for inspiration and style we suggest the Stables. Once the home for the horses in the days of the ranch, this is now where you’ll find the bar and the art gallery displaying some of the inspiring Zeitz Collection.
More delights and fascinations await you around the grounds, including the indulgent wellness centre and a collection of curiosities that includes letters from Ernest Hemmingway, and the original engine from the biplane in Out of Africa.
Experiences
- Safari excursions here put you into a realm of herds of elephant and buffalo, predators such as lions, leopards and cheetahs, important populations of reticulated giraffe and the endangered Grevy’s zebra, patas monkeys and African wild dogs. As of 2025, there are also black rhinos to spot.
- Take expert-led interpretive tours of the botanical garden, the organic allotment, the solar farm, and one of Africa’s great contemporary art collections.
- Gather wild honey with local beekeepers. You’ll be suited up and learn about how the bees and the vegetation are a vital combination for conservation and the economy of the community.
- Sleep out under the stars like an eagle in the Nay Palad Birds Nest, an elevated nest for two with a 360-degree view over the surrounding savanna. There’s also an indoor bedroom below and a bathroom below that.
- Follow clues while walking with the tracker dog unit and spend time with East Africa’s first all-female ranger team.
- Community experiences include visits to the SATUBO beading collective, shopping in the local market, time on a Samburu manyatta homestead and delightful encounters at Waterbank School.
- With a private airstrip just minutes away, aerial adventures by plane or helicopter are logistically simple. We recommend the exhilaration of an Out of Africa biplane ride.
- Watch an outdoor movie projected onto the side of one of Segera’s intriguing towers.
Why we include Segera Retreat in our journeys
Within this flourishing garden‑island, the privacy of each house is remarkable, with options suited to every group size so that guests enjoy that essential sense of space and seclusion.
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From the Team
Segera Retreat is effortlessly stylish, from its almost impossibly elegant wilderness accommodation to the thrill of taking to the skies in a bright yellow biplane. It is a place of such beauty, imagination, and generosity of spirit that it truly has to be experienced to be believed.
Why Plan Your Safari with Journeysmiths
Every journey we design begins with listening. Whether you’re travelling as a family, a couple, or across generations, we take time to understand how you want your safari to feel – not just where you want to go. From there, we carefully weave together exceptional places, trusted guides, and seamless logistics to create journeys that flow naturally and feel entirely your own.Every journey we design begins with listening. Whether you’re travelling as a family, a couple, or across generations, we take time to understand how you want your safari to feel – not just where you want to go. From there, we carefully weave together exceptional places, trusted guides, and seamless logistics to create journeys that flow naturally and feel entirely your own.
Positive Impact
We prioritise working with properties that collaborate with local communities and address location-specific needs from education to anti-poaching. We assess our partners to ensure the people we work with share our values of ensuring our trips continue to act as a force for good. Here we share some of the positive impacts your stay here contributes to.We prioritise working with properties that collaborate with local communities and address location-specific needs from education to anti-poaching. We assess our partners to ensure the people we work with share our values of ensuring our trips continue to act as a force for good. Here we share some of the positive impacts your stay here contributes to.
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