Kenya · Tanzania · The Mara–Serengeti
Beyond sightings, into the meaning of the wild.
Wander Beyond Boundaries is a private safari company based in Kenya, with a sister company in Tanzania. We run guided safaris in the Maasai Mara and the Serengeti: your own vehicle and guides, full days out in the field, and everything included from the moment we pick you up.
One ecosystem, read properly.
The Maasai Mara and the Serengeti are one unbroken stretch of country that happens to run across a border. The same soils, the same grasses, the same herds moving through the year, and the prides that live alongside them. We work the whole of it, with a company in each country, and we stay in one place long enough for it to make sense. We don’t move you between parks with a night or two in each.
How we do it
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Guides first
Guiding is where our depth lies. We don’t own camps, and we choose them on one thing only: whether their position makes for a good game drive. Our guides read the land to find the animals, and help you understand what you are watching: why a lioness waits, why the herd moves, what happens next.
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Full days in the field
We carry breakfast and lunch with us rather than returning to camp at midday. Sightings can take hours to develop, and a full day reaches parts of the reserve a morning drive never gets to.
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Always private
The vehicle and the guiding team are yours alone. We never put separate parties together, so you stay with a sighting as long as it takes, at the pace that suits you.
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All-inclusive, end to end
Transfers, camps, all meals, park fees, your vehicle and guides. From the moment we receive you until we drop you back, everything is taken care of.
Five safaris, one ecosystem.
Each one stays long enough for the place to start making sense. The shortest is four days; the longest is ten.
Kenya/3 or 4 nights
Maasai Mara
The Mara Triangle’s resident lions, cheetah and leopard, from our camp on the Oloololo Escarpment. Four nights gives you three full days in the field, and the third day is where you begin to read the country.
- Received in Nairobi, breakfast in Ngong, then on to the Mara
- Two or three full days in the Mara Triangle
- A Maasai boma visit, then back to Nairobi
See the safariFrom USD 2,500 per person
Kenya · Tanzania/9 nights
Kenya & Tanzania
The whole ecosystem, from the Mara’s resident prides to the Serengeti herds, overland across the border, meeting the people of the land along the way.
- Nairobi across the border to Karatu
- Lake Eyasi, the Ngorongoro highlands and Olduvai Gorge
- Four nights in the Serengeti, placed where the herds are
- Three nights in the Maasai Mara, then back to Nairobi
See the safariFrom USD 6,500 per person
Tanzania/6 nights
Tanzania
The Serengeti at depth, following the herds and the big cats, reached by road through the Ngorongoro highlands, with a bush flight home.
- Received at Kilimanjaro or Arusha, on to Karatu
- Lake Eyasi, the Ngorongoro highlands and Olduvai Gorge
- Four nights in the Serengeti, placed where the herds are
- A bush flight back to Arusha
See the safariFrom USD 4,500 per person
Tanzania/4 or 5 nights
Serengeti
Fly in, fly out, and every day in between is time in the bush. Two radio-linked Land Cruisers: take the wheel, or sit back. Bush flights included.
- A bush flight to wherever the herds are
- Three or four full days in the field
- A bush flight back to Arusha
See the safariFrom USD 4,000 per person
Tanzania & the coast/9 nights
Serengeti & Pemba
Two ecosystems in one trip: the herds on the open plains, then Pemba’s coral reefs, turtles and quiet island days.
- Lake Eyasi, the Ngorongoro highlands and Olduvai Gorge
- Four nights in the Serengeti
- A light aircraft east to Pemba Island for three nights
- Reef, forest and mangrove, at your pace
See the safariFrom USD 7,500 per person
From the field
From our safaris in the Mara and the Serengeti, and on Pemba.
Five routes, one ecosystem.
Pick a journey and it will trace itself. The maps are drawn from real coordinates. Solid lines are driven, dashed lines are flown.
Founder
Thirty-odd years of reading the land.
Nidhi grew up in the forests of India and learned to read the land there. A trekking guide as a teenager, she went on to thirty-odd years in the field across India, Siberia, Central Asia, Africa and the sea, in wildlife research, overland expeditions and diving.
Her work has never been about research for its own sake, or sightings for their own sake. It is about animals, land and people as one landscape: understanding what is really happening in it, and bringing people who have grown far from the wild close enough to care, so that they become its stakeholders.
She still begins each day with an hour of the latest research, writes the species guides our guiding team trains on, and guides many of our safaris herself.
Founded with the late Col. Satendar Malik, SM.
Who we are
How we guide, in brief.
How we guide- We read the land first.
- You find animals by habitat. Before anything else, our guides read the soil, the grass and the water, and that is how the sightings come.
- We keep our distance.
- We hold the 20-metre approach distance, and if an animal walks towards the vehicle, we move away. We never let animals settle in the vehicle’s shade.
- We don’t crowd the crossings.
- At the river we hold back and watch the entry and exit, so the herds can make their own safe decision.
- We let the night belong to the animals.
- No night drives, anywhere. The animals need the night to rest.
- We don’t run a checklist.
- A safari isn’t five animals ticked off a list. It is what happens when you stay long enough to understand what you are watching.
The team.
Every safari has a guiding team of at least two with you: a senior guide and one or two guides alongside.
NidhiFounder & Head, Guide Training
SamuelSenior Guide
MemusiJunior Guide
IzoJunior Guide
BrianJunior Guide, Tanzania
SushilMechanical Support, and a Budding Guide
IreneHead of Administration, and Sales Support
CatherineAccounts and Bookkeeping- AnishSales Support
From your first message to your first morning.
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Tell us when, and who
Your dates, even roughly, how many of you, the ages of any children, and whether this is your first safari in Africa.
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We shape it and cost it
We check the camp and the guiding roster, and send you the day by day with exact costing.
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A 25% advance holds your dates
The names as they appear on your passports and an address for the invoice, and you’re confirmed.
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We receive you
At the airport in Nairobi, Kilimanjaro or Arusha. From there, everything is taken care of.
Who you are dealing with.
We aren’t an agent booking you into someone else’s trip. We work one ecosystem that runs across a border, so we have a company on each side of it, with our own guides, our own vehicles and our own people on the ground.
- Kenya
- WBB Africa Limited, PO Box 152, Karen, Nairobi. Runs our safaris in the Maasai Mara. Tour Operator Licence TRA1/34/CO1/87303, Tourism Regulatory Authority of Kenya
- Tanzania
- WBB Tanzania Limited, PO Box 338, Karatu, Arusha. Runs our safaris in the Serengeti and northern Tanzania. TALA Licence TA-01-009497 · BRELA No. 202832741
- Headquarters
- WBB Global FZ LLC, Dubai. Where invoicing and the wider business sit.
- Our guides
- Registered with the Tourism Regulatory Authority in Kenya and TALA-licensed in Tanzania.
- Call or WhatsApp
- +254 704 435 814
- @wbbafrica
- Wander Beyond Boundaries
- We reply
- Within 48 hours. We’re in and out of the field, so WhatsApp is the best way to reach us.
What guests say afterwards
Reviews left on Google by guests who have been on safari with us in Kenya and Tanzania.
5.025 reviews on GoogleWe spotted 35+ lions, 3 cheetah and a leopard during just 3 days in Mara with their team. Most of these sightings were also private with no vehicles around. Beyond just sightings, we also learned so much about wildlife during this experience.
Travelling with a 7-year-old and a 14-year-old, we were amazed by how thoughtfully she ensured the kids were comfortable. We found ourselves at sightings where no other safari vehicles were present, experiencing animals in complete isolation. There may be many safari operators out there, but the way Nidhi helped us experience the Serengeti and the Mara is unmatched.
Shakuntala Majumder
What stood out most was how knowledgeable they were, not just about the animals, but about their behavior, movement patterns, and the ecosystem as a whole. They seemed to know exactly where to go, when to wait, and how to track activity without ever making the experience feel rushed.
Anjali Chitkara
Me, my wife and our 6 months old daughter had a most memorable wildlife safari. We could never imagine taking our 6 months old infant on a wild safari and living with them, all thanks to WBB and team putting in all your efforts and making it happen.
Akshay Magar
Questions people ask first.
What does all-inclusive mean?
Everything from the moment we receive you until we drop you back: transfers, camps, all meals, park fees, your private vehicle and guiding team. You won’t spend a penny unless you choose to, on drinks at camp or shopping. The only things outside the price are your flights, visas (including the Kenya eTA) and travel insurance, which is now mandatory for Kenya. We can process visas for you if you’d like.
Is the safari private?
Always. The vehicle and the guiding team are yours alone, and we never put separate parties together. That is what lets us stay with a sighting for as long as it takes.
Who are the guides?
Every safari has a guiding team of at least two: a senior guide and one or two guides working alongside. Our guides know the resident prides individually, and they read the land as well as the animals: the soil, the grass, the water, and why the animals are where they are.
Kenya, Tanzania, or both?
Kenya is the concentrated safari for fewer days: the Mara is compact, rich in resident cats, and easy to reach from Nairobi. Tanzania is the bigger, wilder one, where the guiding matters most and the ecological story is fuller. Together they make one ecosystem, and our Kenya & Tanzania journey covers the whole of it.
When is the best time to come?
Every month has something happening. The lion prides, cheetah, leopard and elephant of the Mara live there all year. The herds are always somewhere on their long loop through the Serengeti and the Mara, so we plan around where they will be. See When to come for the year, month by month.
Can I drive?
In the Serengeti, yes. We run two of our own Land Cruisers there, linked by radio, and you’re welcome to drive one with a guide beside you. Hand it back whenever you’d rather sit back and watch. In the Maasai Mara our guides drive the open game viewer, so everyone’s eyes are free for the bush.
Can we bring children?
Yes, children of every age come on safari with us, and it is a lovely time to introduce them to animals and their worlds. Children under 5 travel free, 5 to 11 are charged at half, and from 12 it’s the adult rate. That isn’t our choice: the camps charge by bed and the park authorities charge entry by age on the passport, so we pass those on as they are.
What about food?
Vegetarian and Jain meals are catered for regularly, and our camp in the Mara uses only halal meat. Our camps are chosen for where the animals are, not for their kitchens: they’ll happily attempt Indian dishes, but the flavours may not taste quite the way they do at home.
How do I book?
Tell us your dates and who is travelling. We check the camp and the guiding roster, then send you the itinerary and exact costing. To confirm, we need the names as they appear on your passports and an address for the invoice. A 25% advance holds your dates and the balance is due 30 days before you travel; within 30 days, full payment confirms. We invoice in US dollars. Bank transfer is preferred, and a card payment link is available with a 3.5% card fee.