Safari Driver

Kenya’s first platform built for safari tour drivers and guides.

Safari Driver helps you find animals in parks quickly and easily—saving you time and fuel while supporting conservation efforts.

Great at spotting wildlife? Earn rewards and incentives for finding and photographing animals!

Keep your wildlife knowledge edge with the NEW Animal Book—scroll down to explore!

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What Do You Get?

  • Plan your game drives
  • See animals in new parks
  • Save fuel
  • Earn rewards by spotting game

Animal Book

All images and facts are contributed by users. Want to contribute or have spotted an error? Email us at hello@safari-driver.com. Image rights belong to the original contributors. Search by: Animal (e.g., Giraffe, Eagle), Category (e.g., Big, Special), or Conservation Status (e.g., Endangered, Vulnerable)
Search: Rhino, Big, Ugly, Endangered...
Tortoise, Leopard
Tortoise, Leopard
SWAHILI NAME: Kobe
CONSERVATION STATUS: Least Concern
CATEGORY: Little 5
POTENTIAL LOOKALIKES: African Spurred Tortoise
DISTINGUISHED BY: Smaller, spotted shell resembling a leopard’s coat
1. Fourth largest tortoise species
2. Each tortoise's shell markings are unique, similar to human fingerprints
PHOTO CREDIT: Jotham A
Vulture
Vulture
SWAHILI NAME: Tumbusi
CATEGORY: Ugly 5
CONSERVATION STATUS: Endangered
POTENTIAL LOOKALIKES: N/A
DISTINGUISHED BY: Bald heads and broad wings
1. Have tetrachromatic vision, seeing in four colors, including ultraviolet. Humans see only three.
2. Urinate on their legs and feet to stay cool and kill bacteria or parasites.
PHOTO CREDIT: Jotham A
Vulture, White-backed
Vulture, White-backed
SWAHILI NAME: Tumbusi Mgongo-mweupe
CONSERVATION STATUS: Critically Endangered
POTENTIAL LOOKALIKES: Other vultures
DISTINGUISHED BY: White patch on back
1. Soars up to 10,000 feet, using keen eyesight to spot carrion, vital as scavengers.
2. Threatened by poisoning from poisoned carcasses and habitat loss due to human activity.
PHOTO CREDIT: Jotham A
Warthog, Common
Warthog, Common
SWAHILI NAME: Ngiri/Mbango
CATEGORY: Ugly 5
CONSERVATION STATUS: Least Concern
POTENTIAL LOOKALIKES: Desert warthog
DISTINGUISHED BY: Larger size, erect ear tips, more hair, smaller snout
1. Social animals, living in groups called sounders
2. Feed with front feet bent backward, moving on their “wrists”
PHOTO CREDIT: Jotham A
Warthog, Desert
Warthog, Desert
SWAHILI NAME: Ngiri/Mbango Somali
CATEGORY: Ugly 5
CONSERVATION STATUS: Least Concern
POTENTIAL LOOKALIKES: Common warthog
DISTINGUISHED BY: Smaller size, ear tips bent backward, sparser hair, larger snout
1. Also known as Somali warthog
2. Can run as fast as 55 km/h (34 mph)
PHOTO CREDIT: Jotham A
Waterbuck
Waterbuck
SWAHILI NAME: Kuru
CONSERVATION STATUS: Vulnerable
POTENTIAL LOOKALIKES: Bushbuck, Reedbuck
DISTINGUISHED BY: Larger size and heavier, matted coat
1. Common waterbucks have a white ring around their rump, while defassa waterbucks have white patches on each side.
2. Secrete an oily substance from their sweat glands, which acts as a water repellent and may deter predators.
PHOTO CREDIT: Jotham A
Wildebeest, Blue
Wildebeest, Blue
SWAHILI NAME: Nyumbu
CATEGORY: Ugly 5
CONSERVATION STATUS: Least Concern
POTENTIAL LOOKALIKES: Black wildebeest
DISTINGUISHED BY: Slate-blue coat, stripes, and curved horns
1. Famous for their large migratory herds
2. Newborn wildebeests can join the herd and run within 5-15 minutes of birth
PHOTO CREDIT: Jotham A
Zebra, Grevys
Zebra, Grevys
SWAHILI NAME: Kangaja
CONSERVATION STATUS: Endangered
CATEGORY: Special 5
POTENTIAL LOOKALIKES: Plains zebra
DISTINGUISHED BY: Narrow stripes, larger ears, brown muzzle, and white belly
1. Largest and rarest zebra species
2. Do not form permanent herds like Plains zebras
PHOTO CREDIT: Jotham A
Zebra, Plains
Zebra, Plains
SWAHILI NAME: Punda Milia
CONSERVATION STATUS: Vulnerable
POTENTIAL LOOKALIKES: Grevy zebra
DISTINGUISHED BY: Broad black and white stripes, black muzzle
1. Herd movement may often be held up for the sick, weak, or injured
2. Highly social, grazing in large groups with pairs standing side-by-side, head-to-tail keeping watch over one another
PHOTO CREDIT: Jotham A
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Frequently Asked Questions

Go to the recent sightings page, select a park, search for an animal that has been recently sighted 

When you are in the recent sightings tab, you have three options for seeing animal locations. Over 24 hours is the default and shows you all animals seen past 24 hours, even when you are outside a park.

Under 24 hours shows you animals that have been spotted in the last 24 hours, you must be inside a park to access this tab.

In the event that no specific animal you have chosen has been spotted in the last 24 hours, you can choose latest sightings that will show you the last 5 sightings that are over 24 hours old. You must be inside a park to access the under 24 hrs and latest sightings options. 

We show latest sightings to verified users and park visitors within the boundaries of national parks. You can, however, see all the animals using the over 24hrs option if you are outside the park. 

When you find an animal in any of the recognised parks, click the “add spot” button, take a picture of the animal, fill in the details (how many and what they are doing) and submit. We will check your submission and once approved we will credit points to your account. You can redeem the points for cash via MPESA upon reaching a set milestone e.g. 500 points = 500 shillings 

The short answer is yes. While generally Big Cats, Big 5 and endangered animals like wild dogs have the highest points, we tend to raise points for other highly sought after animals such as giraffes, zebra, grant gazelle etc. in certain parks. We also lower the points for easily found animals e.g Elephants in Amboseli

Very little. We have optimised the app to use very little data bundles. Across 4 parks in 5 days users could save over 125 spots (earning over 750 points) and only use 15mbs, equivalent to about 10 shillings. 

No. GPS does not use any data bundles.

Dial *456*9*5*5*1# to enable receipt of the messages. 

Once signed in, you can disable other senders by dialing *456*9*5#, however don’t disable SAFARI DRIVER or you will miss Special Offers!

We are very happy to hear from you. Our goal is to create an app that meets all the needs of safari tour drivers. Please write to us via support@safari-driver.com if you have a suggestion or face a problem with the app. 

Find support

Have a technical issue with the app, please open a support ticket by writing to us on support@safari-driver.com and our engineers will look into the issue as quickly as possible. 

Not a technical issue, please use the live chat during business hours 0900h – 1700h GMT+3.