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The Privé Collection 2026 · A Private Experience

Segera Retreat

A conservancy retreat in Laikipia where art, ecology and safari intertwine, timber villas and treehouses among botanical gardens, a major African art collection, and big game on the plains.

Where art meets safari
Laikipia · Kenya 0° 14.97′ N  /  36° 48.56′ E
Satopia Travel presents A cinematic travel experience In partnership with Zeitz / The Long Run
The Camp

A conservancy where the safari comes with sculpture and gardens.

Segera spreads across a Laikipia conservancy founded on the four Cs, conservation, community, culture and commerce, with a botanical garden at its heart and one of Africa’s important art collections through its grounds.

Villas and treehouses in timber and glass look over the plains and Mount Kenya; game drives, riding and community visits fill the days, and the art and gardens make it a safari unlike any other.

Overview Segera · Laikipia
Setting
A conservancy of gardens, art and plains in Laikipia, Kenya
Accommodation
Timber villas and treehouses among botanical gardens
Exclusive use
Villas taken together, or the retreat exclusively
Getting there
Via Nairobi, then a light flight to the conservancy airstrip
The stay
Stay 3 nights or more, and we plan your whole experience
Satopia experience
Tailor-made for you: drives, art and community, arranged end to end
Among the gardens · 4:5
Enquire

Every experience begins with a single click. Tell us when and with who and we'll design a world around you.

Guests From 2 to 20 guests
2
Nights Minimum 3 nights stay
3
The Camp

The only safari where a sculpture walk and a game drive share the same afternoon.

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01 Accommodation

Villas and treehouses, among gardens and plains.

Accommodation runs from garden villas to a treehouse and a stone house, all timber, glass and warm textiles, with private decks, pools and the plains beyond.

Held together they suit a family or party; the retreat can be taken exclusively for a private conservancy stay.

Villas
On confirmation
Sleeps
On confirmation
Outside
Gardens, pools & plains
Use
Villas, or the retreat
Among the gardens · 4:5
02 Culinary

Garden-to-table, and highland flavours.

The kitchens draw on Segera’s own gardens and Kenyan highland produce, refined and seasonal, served in the botanical garden, on your deck, or out on the conservancy.

Sundowners among the sculptures are the ritual; your designer arranges the bush dinners.

The table
The garden & your deck
From the land
Segera’s gardens
In the garden · 4:5
03 Experiences

Drives, art, and the conservancy’s community.

Game drives cross the conservancy for elephant, big cats and plains game; between them, walk the sculpture park and botanical garden, tour the wine tower and art collection, and visit the community projects the model funds.

Riding, walking and scenic flights fill the rest; your designer weaves art and safari together.

On the conservancy
Drives · walks · riding
At the retreat
Art · gardens · community
Drives & art · 4:5
04 Wellness

A spa in the green, and the plains for the rest.

The spa treats among the gardens with Kenyan botanicals; pools, yoga and the sheer greenery of the place, unusual in the bush, do the rest.

It is a safari that restores in more ways than one.

The spa
Among the gardens
Around it
Pools & the plains
In the green · 4:5
05 Service

A retreat team, and one designer over the whole stay.

Segera staffs from the community and pairs expert guiding with curators and gardeners; the ethos is as much the experience as the wildlife.

Behind them sits your Satopia travel designer, who holds the villas, times the light flights and stays one call away throughout.

At the retreat
Guides, curators & staff
Behind it
One Satopia travel designer
Quiet hospitality · 4:5
06 Setting

Laikipia: conservation, culture and plains.

The Laikipia plateau leads a new model of African conservation, and Segera pushes it furthest, binding wildlife, community, culture and commerce into one place.

The result is a safari with depth: game on the plains, art in the gardens, and a purpose behind the whole.

Around you
Conservancy & Mount Kenya
The model
Conservation, community, culture
A safari with purpose · 4:5
Moments

The retreat, in motion.

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Image slot Sculpture in the botanical garden.
Image slot Elephant on the Laikipia plains.
Image slot A villa deck among the green.
Image slot Sundowners among the art.
Plan your Experience

What's the forecast?

Everything here is to help you picture it. Your travel designer handles the arranging: the flights, the cars, the guides, the tents held for you alone.

When to go
Best · June – October & December – March · the dry seasons; long rains April to May
26°
Jan
27°
Feb
27°
Mar
24°
Apr
23°
May
22°
Jun
22°
Jul
23°
Aug
25°
Sep
25°
Oct
24°
Nov
25°
Dec
Rainfall Driest July · wettest April
Dry seasons · ideal Long rains · check dates Rainfall trend
For the curious

Safari with depth.

Game drives, an art collection and a conservation model, all in one place.

For families

Green and active.

Drives, gardens and space, with villas and a treehouse to base from.

For two

Art and wilderness.

Sculpture walks, botanical gardens and plains game, unlike any other safari.

For a gathering

The retreat, held whole.

Villas taken as one for a milestone with purpose.

Plan your journey

How far is it from you?

Choose where you would set out from. We'll estimate the flight and how much the time change is likely to ask of you.

The Satopia Advantage™

You choose the place.
We'll do all the planning.

We hold the relationship with Segera, so we can hold your villas together on your dates, or take the retreat exclusively. From there a single travel designer composes every day around you. You simply arrive.

What we secure

The right villas, among the gardens, matched to your party and the season. The access a direct booking rarely reaches.

What we arrange

Every day composed by one travel designer: the drives and the art, the community visits and the light flights, present when wanted, unseen when not.

People we bring to you, on request
Conservancy guides
Art & garden curators
Camp hosts
Spa therapists
Childminders
Photographers
Satopia Insider

A few things worth knowing.

Drawn from recent guests.

Exploring the wider estate

The airstrip sits right at the camp, making arrival straightforward before guests settle into a relaxed pace across the property. Beyond traditional game drives, visitors find genuine variety in activities ranging from anti-poaching dog demonstrations to vegetable picking and baking alongside staff. Days unfold across a diverse landscape where there is plenty to experience both on and off the vehicles.

Let the guides tailor each drive to you

The real draw is how personal the safari becomes once your guide understands what you actually want to see. Ask early for drives shaped around your interests rather than a fixed route, and mention any conservation curiosity, as the team is genuinely engaged in that side of the property. Meals taken while animals pass close by are what people remember longest.

Extend your stay

Want to stay a little longer?
We'll plan that too.

Kenya offers bush and beach. A few we would pair the retreat with, each arranged as one seamless experience.

Image slotThe Masai Mara · 9:16
The bush

The Masai Mara

The migration and big cats to the south, an easy flight for a second camp.

Add to your enquiry
Image slotThe coast · 9:16
The sea

The Swahili coast

Finish on the Indian Ocean with a private beach house and a dhow.

Add to your enquiry
Image slotMount Kenya · 9:16
The mountain

Mount Kenya

The mountain and its forests, next door to Laikipia.

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Enquire · The Privé Collection 2026

Every experience begins with a conversation.

Tell us who is coming and your dates. We will shape the rest around you. Nothing is booked yet, and we reply within a day.

01

When would you like to come?

Choose one or more months, or tell us you're flexible on dates.

Ideal season · June to October, December to March

02

What's the occasion?

Choose any that apply.

03

An indicative budget?

An estimate of your budget for the whole stay helps us plan your experience. Below is an estimated nightly rate, excluding experience budget, to help you plan.

04

Who shall we reply to?

Included in your experience
  • All meals & drinks (house list)
  • Game/art drives & walks
  • Guaranteed private vehicle
  • Laundry
  • Wi-Fi
  • Gym
Arranged separately
  • Conservation fees
  • Air/road transfers
  • Bird Nest experience
  • Spa
  • Premium wines
  • Tips
  • Visas

Segera Retreat is priced by the villa, by night and by season, all-inclusive, with conservancy fees additional. The figures shown are indicative. Once we check live availability we confirm an exact, all-in quote for your dates, and nothing is booked and no payment taken until you approve it in writing. A deposit then secures your dates, with the balance due before arrival. The full booking terms, cancellation policy and any security deposit are set out in your confirmation.

Private & tailor-made · your villas among the gardens Enquire