One Change To This Defender Makes A Safari Even More Magical

Luxury Kenyan Safari lodge had its trusty diesel Defenders up-cycled to EV power

Out in northern Kenya’s rugged Matthews Range, where dusty tracks thread through elephant herds wandering at dawn, the loudest thing on a safari should absolutely not be your truck.

Yet for years, Sarara’s trusted but tired diesel Land Rover Defenders clattered and coughed their way across the bush, reliable and practical but about as subtle as a generator in a library.

Now, thanks to Oxford-based EV conversion specialists Electrogenic, those old warhorses have been reborn, and suddenly, safaris at Sarara sound more like nature documentaries than construction sites.

Original article published 25 November 2025