National Reserve Masai Mara
The Great Migration · Lion, leopard and cheetah · Mara River crossings
- 5.5h drive · 45min flight
- Best Jan to Feb, Jul to Oct
Destinations
Kenya is not one landscape
Kenya is not one landscape. The Masai Mara is grass and big cats, Amboseli is dust and elephants under a mountain, Samburu is desert holding animals you will see nowhere else on earth. Start with what you want to see, and the safari follows from it.
National Reserve 
National Park Amboseli
Large elephant herds · Kilimanjaro views · Big tuskers
- 4h drive · 45min flight
- Best Jan to Feb, Jun to Oct
National Reserve Samburu
Grevy’s zebra · Reticulated giraffe · Gerenuk and beisa oryx
- 5.5h drive · 60min flight
- Best Jan to Feb, Jun to Oct
National Park Lake Nakuru
Black and white rhino · Rothschild’s giraffe · Flamingo when water levels allow
- 3h drive · 30min flight
- Best Jan to Feb, Jul to Sep
National Park Mount Kenya
Point Lenana trek · Giant lobelia and groundsel moorland · Forest elephant and colobus
- 3.5h drive · 45min flight
- Best Jan to Feb, Aug to Sep
Conservancy Ol Pejeta
The last two northern white rhinos · Largest black rhino population in East Africa · Sweetwaters chimpanzee sanctuary
- 3.5h drive · 45min flight
- Best Jan to Feb, Jun to Oct
National Park Tsavo
Red elephants · Mzima Springs · Yatta lava plateau
- 5h drive · 45min flight
- Best Jan to Feb, Jun to Oct
National Park Aberdare
Tree lodges and floodlit waterholes · Montane forest and moorland · Bongo and giant forest hog
- 3h from Nairobi
- Best Jan to Feb, Jun to Sep
Beach Diani
Reef-protected swimming · Kite surfing · Colobus monkeys
- 8h drive · 60min flight
- Best Jul to Oct, Dec to Mar
National Park Nairobi National Park
Black rhino · City skyline backdrop · Over 400 bird species
- 0.5h from Nairobi
- Best Jan to Feb, Jun to Oct
Lake Lake Naivasha
Boat safaris among hippo · Fish eagles · Walking on Crescent Island
- 1.5h from Nairobi
- Best Jun to Oct, Dec to Feb
The trips themselves
Every safari we run, and where it goes
Choosing the park is half of it. These are the journeys built around them, with the nights, the price and the parks each one crosses.
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Resident rate: Ksh 48,000
Diani Local getaway
Diani beach, all inclusive by train
Three nights on the south coast, all inclusive, with the train from Nairobi and private transfers included. From KES 48,000 per person sharing.
From $371 per person sharing
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Masai Mara Long safari
Ol Pejeta, Lake Naivasha and the Masai Mara
Five days across three landscapes, a rhino conservancy, a Rift Valley lake, and the Mara. This 5 day Masai Mara safari is the trip most people should take if they only take one.
From $1,570 per person sharing
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Masai Mara Short safari
Masai Mara, three days by road
Two nights on the Mara with a full day inside the reserve. A 3 day Masai Mara safari is the shortest trip that gives you a proper day in the park rather than a drive there and back.
From $780 per person sharing
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Amboseli Short safari
Amboseli, two days beneath Kilimanjaro
One night in the elephant park beneath Kilimanjaro. An Amboseli safari from Nairobi is four hours on good road, which is what makes two days genuinely worth doing.
From $520 per person sharing
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Nairobi National Park Day trip
Nairobi National Park, a full day
A Nairobi National Park day trip covers the only national park inside a capital city. Rhino, lion and giraffe against the skyline, with park fees included in the price.
From $119 per person sharing
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Masai Mara Flying safari
Flying safari to the Masai Mara
Forty-five minutes in the air instead of six hours on the road. A Masai Mara flying safari gives you as much time in the reserve over three days as a five-day road trip does.
From $2,450 per person sharing
Lake Nakuru Short safari
Lake Nakuru, one night in the rhino park
Two days and one night at Kenya’s fenced rhino sanctuary. A Lake Nakuru safari is three hours from Nairobi on tarmac the whole way, and the most reliable rhino sighting in the country.
From $460 per person sharing
Samburu Long safari
Samburu and the northern five
Four days north of Mount Kenya. A Samburu National Reserve safari shows you the five species you will not see in the Mara, along the Ewaso Ng’iro river.
From $1,180 per person sharing
Lake Naivasha Day trip
Lake Naivasha and Crescent Island
A Lake Naivasha day trip is a full day in the Rift Valley, boat safari among the hippo, then walking on Crescent Island with no fence and no vehicle between you and the giraffe.
From $250 per person sharing
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