Book Launched to celebrate 60th Anniversary!
	2006 was a milestone for Ker & Downey, which celebrated 60 years in the safari business in May. To commemorate the anniversary we commissioned Miles Bredin to write a book — Sixty Years of Safari. It is beautifully illustrated with photographs spanning six decades. Miles takes readers on a journey through the decades with tales of famous and infamous guests, close encounters with wildlife, and a look at the guides and hunters that created the business from the post-World War II era of game hunting to today’s photographic safari.

On 4 May 1946, following the end of distinguished careers in World War II, veteran hunters Syd Downey and Donald Ker met on the veranda of the Imperial Hotel in Addis Ababa, both wondering what to do now that their service had ended. The result was the launch of Ker and Downey – the oldest and most renowned safari outfitter in East Africa. It has been said that Ker and Downey was the best large-scale operation in Kenya offering both shooting and photographic safaris.  Their first client, in 1946, was the film company for The Macomber Affair, Kenya’s first post-war movie.  Ker and Downey’s reputation and expertise continues to make them the preferred outfitter of international film companies. Ker and Downey have handled location camps on motion pictures such as Out of Africa, The Colour Purple, Gorillas in the Mist and Mountains of the Moon.

Today, the operation is a partnership of 15 guides including Ninian who take great pride in continuing the safari tradition that was established almost 60 years ago.  Our head offices are based in Nairobi – providing 24 hour back up for our guides whilst they are in the bush.

Ker and Downey Safaris Kenya is a legendary company that launched the era of luxury safaris, its history and roots embedded in the heart of Africa.