Safari
Safari means journey.
Kenya itineraries
Sample routes from five days to two weeks, with drive times, the order that works and what each one costs. We tailor every one.
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From $1,900 per person5 days in Kenya: the Maasai Mara and Lake NaivashaFive days is enough for the Mara, a lake and a proper Nairobi dinner, if you fly one leg.
From $2,600 per person7 days in Kenya: Amboseli, the Rift lakes and the Maasai MaraOne week, three landscapes: elephants under Kilimanjaro, a soda lake and lions in the Mara.
From $3,900 per person10 days in Kenya: safari and beach without leaving the countryTen days gets you both Kenyas: the one with lions and the one with coconut palms.
From $5,500 per person14 days in Kenya: the full loop from Samburu to the Mara to the coastTwo weeks is when Kenya stops being a safari and becomes a country.
From $4,500 per personKenya and Zanzibar: a Mara safari plus the beach, with the paperwork explainedZanzibar is a short flight from Nairobi and a whole extra country of paperwork.
From $4,800 per personKenya heritage trip: 10 days from the Airlift to the Swahili coastTen days, three Kenyas, and the history that the Atlantic story leaves out.
From $5,500 per personKenya and Tanzania safari: the Mara to the Serengeti to Ngorongoro in 11 daysOne ecosystem, two countries and one border day, planned so it costs you a day and not three.
From $5,800 per personKenya safari and gorilla trekking: the Mara to Bwindi in 9 daysLions in the morning, and two days later an hour with a mountain gorilla family in a Ugandan forest.
From $8,500 per personKenya honeymoon itinerary: a private Mara camp plus the coast, 8 nightsThree nights in a tent you never want to leave, then four on a beach where the only schedule is the tide.
From $3,800 per personKenya family safari itinerary: 10 nights built for kids (and their parents)Feed a giraffe, see a lion yawn, sleep in a tent and swim: the trip is built in that order.
From $3,200 per personKenya for first-timers: the easy 7-day safari we recommend to everyoneOne country, two parks, one optional beach, no borders and no 6am road trips.
From $1,200 per person3 days in the Maasai Mara: the shortest safari worth takingThree days is the shortest Mara trip we will sell you, and here is exactly how to spend the 48 hours.
From $1,500 per person4 days in Kenya: a Nairobi day and a 3-day safariFour days after a conference is enough for Nairobi's best day and a real safari, if you fly.
From $7,500 per person3 weeks in Kenya: the full country, north, west, Mara and coastThree weeks is long enough to see the Kenya most visitors never reach, and still finish on a beach.
From $2,200 per personKenya by train: Nairobi to Mombasa on the Madaraka Express, with a Tsavo stopThe cheapest safari transfer in Kenya runs at 120 km/h, and the elephants are out of the window.
From $2,200 per personKenya road trip: a 12-day loop through the Rift, the north and AmboseliYour own 4x4, no day over 300 km, and a loop that never doubles back.
From $4,200 per personGreat Migration safari: a conservancy for the herds, the Mara Triangle for the crossingsThree nights with the herds and no crowds, then two nights on the river bank where they cross.- From $7,500 per personKenya and Rwanda: a Mara safari and the Volcanoes gorillas in 9 daysLions on the Mara's plains, then an hour with a mountain gorilla family in the volcano mist.
From $9,000 per personKenya and the Seychelles: a Mara safari, then an Indian Ocean islandThree nights of lions and lantern-lit dinners, then five on granite islands in the Indian Ocean.
From $4,500 per personKenya at Christmas: Jamhuri Day, a green-season safari and the coastIndependence Day, a green Mara, Christmas by the ocean and New Year with the family.
From $2,600 per personWestern Kenya circuit: tea, Lake Victoria, rainforest and the home of championsTea estates, a lake the size of Ireland, Kenya's last rainforest and a dawn run with champions.- From $4,800 per personNorthern Kenya expedition: Samburu to Lake Turkana in 12 daysTwo 4x4s, a lot of water and the long road to the Jade Sea, with both shores within reach.
From $1,900 per personA week on the Kenyan coast: Diani, Mombasa Old Town and WatamuTwo beaches, one old town, dolphins, turtles and a dhow at sunset, all in a week.
From $5,500 per personKenya photography safari: 10 days built around the lightFewer moves, longer drives and a vehicle set up for cameras: a route planned around 40 minutes of light, twice a day.
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