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OUR STORY

OUR STORY

With a passion for all things aviation, Scenic Wilderness was founded by two of the most iconic aviation brands in East Africa.
With a passion for all things aviation, Scenic Wilderness was founded by two of the most iconic aviation brands in East Africa.

Both Scenic Air Safaris and Air Wilderness shared a common vision; to take ‘safari to the air’ with a shared charter option, enabling seamless access to Kenya’s primary tourism destinations that are not served by scheduled airlines.

As tourism continues to rebound and grow post pandemic, this new service will play an integral role in creating confidence with travellers towards regional safari travel.

Both Scenic Air Safaris and Air Wilderness shared a common vision; to take ‘safari to the air’ with a shared charter option, enabling seamless access to Kenya’s primary tourism destinations that are not served by scheduled airlines.

As tourism continues to rebound and grow post pandemic, this new service will play an integral role in creating confidence with travellers towards regional safari travel.

OUR TEAM

OUR TEAM

OUR FLEET

Our Executive Cessna Grand Caravans deliver a ‘rock solid’ combination of dependability, style, utility and economy.

Executive Cessna

Grand Caravans

The executive configuration seats up to nine passengers in leather upholstered seats with a dual position divan at the rear. Ideal for shared charter, small private/family groups for short to mid-range flights.

With a ‘high wing’, ideally suited for unobstructed game viewing from the air and a sprung main landing gear, unpaved bush airstrips are where this aircraft stands out above all others.

  • 8 executive reclining seats
  • Belted 2 place divan seat
  • Onboard refreshments
  • Air conditioning
  • 110v outlets
  • Personal headsets each seat

OUR FLEET

Our Executive Cessna Grand Caravans deliver a ‘rock solid’ combination of dependability, style, utility and economy.

Executive Cessna

Grand Caravans

The executive configuration seats up to nine passengers in leather upholstered seats with a dual position divan at the rear. Ideal for shared charter, small private/family groups for short to mid-range flights.

With a ‘high wing’, ideally suited for unobstructed game viewing from the air and a sprung main landing gear, unpaved bush airstrips are where this aircraft stands out above all others.

  • 8 executive reclining seats
  • Belted 2 place divan seat
  • Onboard refreshments
  • Air conditioning
  • 110v outlets
  • Personal headsets each seat

09 passengers

Capacity

840 nautical miles

Average Range

15kgs per passenger

Luggage

11,500ft

Cruise Altitude

167mph / 268kph

Cruise Speed

09 passengers

Capacity

840 nautical miles

Average Range

15kgs per passenger

Luggage

11,500ft

Cruise Altitude

167mph / 268kph

Cruise Speed

AIRCRAFT FACT SHEET

Our Cessna Grand Caravans are equipped with the most advanced G1000 avionics suite and satellite tracking devices, enabling real time operational control and position reporting capability. There can be no compromise to flight safety – period. We conduct constant and ongoing enforcement of stringent safety requirements, and our pilots are trained and constantly reviewed to the highest international air safety standards.

Italian Leather Interiors
Advanced avionics

AIRCRAFT FACT SHEET

Our Cessna Grand Caravans are equipped with the most advanced G1000 avionics suite and satellite tracking devices, enabling real time operational control and position reporting capability. There can be no compromise to flight safety – period. We conduct constant and ongoing enforcement of stringent safety requirements, and our pilots are trained and constantly reviewed to the highest international air safety standards.

Italian Leather Interiors
Advanced avionics

BEFORE YOU FLY

Some vital information for you to know that will help with your booking process. We look forward to hearing from you and planning your flights in Kenya

All indicated fares are one-way between indicated destinations.
All indicated fares are one-way between indicated destinations.
Luggage is limited to 15KG per person *only soft-sided duffel bags can be accepted.
Luggage is limited to 15KG per person *only soft-sided duffel bags can be accepted.
Global Covid protocols apply to all flights and passengers.
Global Covid protocols apply to all flights and passengers.
20% discount applies to children under 12yrs of age travelling.
20% discount applies to children under 12yrs of age travelling.
For confirmed shared charter flights with only 2 passengers, we are likely to operate a smaller aircraft
For confirmed shared charter flights with only 2 passengers, we are likely to operate a smaller aircraft
Terms and conditions apply and are available upon request
Terms and conditions apply and are available upon request
Max 9 seats are available on each flight.
Max 9 seats are available on each flight.
For agents, payment is confirmed with 20% deposit and balance is required 60 days prior to booked departure date.
For agents, payment is confirmed with 20% deposit and balance is required 60 days prior to booked departure date.
Online bookings are confirmed by return when payment is made, in full, online.
Online bookings are confirmed by return when payment is made, in full, online.

As this service is a shared charter indicative flight timings will be provided at the time of booking with exact timings given 24 hrs prior to departure/arrival. 

Our office will update camps/lodges on departure and arrival times.

Flights are direct between Lewa – Masai Mara – Lewa, however, as a shared flight it may sometimes be necessary to stop at one or two strips at point of origin or at point of destination.

All efforts will be made to limit stops and ensure the shortest possible flight route for passenger comfort. 

BEFORE YOU FLY

Some vital information for you to know that will help with your booking process. We look forward to hearing from you and planning your flights in Kenya

As this service is a shared charter indicative flight timings will be provided at the time of booking with exact timings given 24 hrs prior to departure/arrival. 

Our office will update camps/lodges on departure and arrival times.

Flights are direct between Lewa – Masai Mara – Lewa, however, as a shared flight it may sometimes be necessary to stop at one or two strips at point of origin or at point of destination.

All efforts will be made to limit stops and ensure the shortest possible flight route for passenger comfort. 

All indicated fares are one-way between indicated destinations.
All indicated fares are one-way between indicated destinations.
20% discount applies to children under 12yrs of age travelling.
20% discount applies to children under 12yrs of age travelling.
Max 9 seats are available on each flight.
Max 9 seats are available on each flight.
Luggage is limited to 15KG per person *only soft-sided duffel bags can be accepted.
Luggage is limited to 15KG per person *only soft-sided duffel bags can be accepted.
For confirmed shared charter flights with only 2 passengers, we are likely to operate a smaller aircraft
For confirmed shared charter flights with only 2 passengers, we are likely to operate a smaller aircraft
For agents, payment is confirmed with 20% deposit and balance is required 60 days prior to booked departure date.
For agents, payment is confirmed with 20% deposit and balance is required 60 days prior to booked departure date.
Global Covid protocols apply to all flights and passengers.
Global Covid protocols apply to all flights and passengers.
Terms and conditions apply and are available upon request
Terms and conditions apply and are available upon request
Online bookings are confirmed by return when payment is made, in full, online.
Online bookings are confirmed by return when payment is made, in full, online.

FOR ENQUIRIES, RATES AND BOOKINGS

Email: [email protected]

Phone: +254 725 857 225

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WILLIAM CRAIG
Founder & Director

Will was born on Lewa and has spent his life involved in tourism and conservation in the north of Kenya. Will and his family own and run Lewa Wilderness within the Lewa Wildlife Conservancy. Will’s passion for aviation started at a young age when he flew as a Crop Duster pilot for many years. He held a commercial pilots license until recently, within the region of 10,000 hours of flying experience. Now he only flies privately but you can still find Will buzzing around Lewa in the beautiful Waco Bi-Plane or at the airstrip sharing his wealth of knowledge with the pilots in the team. Will’s passion for aviation and tourism sparked the need to have a premium flight service into Lewa and through this spark Scenic Wilderness was born.

SIMON PENFOLD
Sales Director

Simon has aviation in his blood. His father, an East African Airways pilot in the 1960s led the way for Simon’s passion in all things aviation. Having studied Airline & Tourism management in Glasgow, Scotland, he then worked in a management role for KLM / Kenya Airways based in the UK, before heading home to Kenya where he served as General Manager of Southern Cross Safaris (Nairobi). Moving onto Scenic Air Safaris to join Torben and Murtaza, Simon oversees sales and marketing for both Scenic Wilderness and Scenic Air Safaris.

Simon also sits on the executive committee of the Kenya Association of Air Operators.

TORBEN RUNE
Founder & Chairman

A committed wildlife conservationist and private pilot for the past 30 years, Torben has vast experience within International Tourism. He studied Marketing and Business Studies in South Africa, returning to Kenya where he managed Southern Cross Safaris as a partner and Managing Director for over 20yrs. Now the Managing Director of Scenic Air Safaris of which Torben is a founding partner to one of Kenya’s most iconic aviation companies.

Torben is also a trustee of the Satao Community and WildlifeTrust, the Chairman of the George Adamson Wildlife Trust, and a past founder trustee of the East African Whale Shark Trust.

HILDA WANJALA
Scenic Wilderness Sales & Operations

Hilda is our main point of contact for the Scenic Wilderness shared charter flight between Lewa and the Masai Mara. Hilda’s love of African wildlife, culture and adventure, coupled with her experience in aviation has enabled her to realise a dream; of being able to explore the wild from the skies, being able to share her experiences with others and of living on the coast.

ASLAM KHAN
Founder & Director

The Kenya Airforce is where Aslam first trained to fly in 1970. Seven years later he embarked on an adventurous and illustrious aviation career flying for Kenya Airways. Airline goals achieved; Aslam started Aircraft Leasing Services (ALS) becoming the first air operator to introduce Cessna Caravans to Kenyan Skies. Today ALS operates 40 aircraft ranging from jets to turboprops.

A founding partner of Scenic Air Safaris, now the leading executive air charter company in Kenya. His latest venture, Fly ALS is Kenya’s newest domestic tourism airline.

Capt. Murtaza Walijee
Chief Pilot

Our chief pilot and director of operations is credited with over 9000hrs of bush flying experience across East and southern Africa. He is Airline Transport Pilot Licence (ATPL) qualified as well as a certified flight training instructor with an instrument rating. Responsible for the advancement of our inflight experiences, Murtaza knows very well indeed what it takes to fly notable people, celebrities and executive passengers, being the pilot of choice for many. A great story-teller with a trove of incredible experiences, he relishes the challenges of ‘bush flying’ and in particular, flying and guiding wing safaris with Scenic Air Safaris.

DARRYL VAN DYK
Founder & Director

Darryl was born and raised in Swaziland, he did his studies in South Africa and worked in the tech sector for many years before deciding to change careers and pursue a lifestyle in tourism and aviation. In 2009 he got his private pilot’s licence and in 2011 he arrived in Kenya, the place he decided to call home. He now has a Kenya commercial pilot’s license with over 2,000 hours of bush flying experience. Darryl lives on Lewa and his passion for aviation and tourism makes him very knowledgeable about the flying conditions as well as the landscape, different cultures, wildlife, and the many facets that make Africa a fascinating continent to visit.
LEONE TSUMA
Commercial Pilot

Leone Tsuma was born and grew up in Kenya, he a passionate pilot and charismatic person who loves to chat, always wears a broad smile and provides a welcoming flight experience. Leone is also a flight instructor with more than 2000 flight hours of flying experience on various aircraft and is well versed in numerous bush flying approaches that promote safety and ensure the comfort of all on board. Having trained in Kenya and flown across Eastern Africa, he has gathered immense knowledge of the landscape and general topography of the region.

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