Nairobi, Kenya
Two weeks and four landscapes: the Mara plains, the Laikipia highlands, the northern deserts and the Indian Ocean.
For travellers with the time to do Kenya properly. Each leg is long enough to settle into, and the sequence is built so that no two consecutive stops feel alike — grassland, then highland conservancy, then desert, then ocean.
Laikipia is the leg most people have not considered and the one they talk about afterwards: tracking rhino on foot, riding across open country, and almost no other vehicles.
| Day | Where | What happens |
|---|---|---|
| 01 | Arrival, Nairobi | Met and taken to a garden hotel in Karen. |
| 02 | To the Mara | Flight and afternoon drive. |
| 03 | The reserve | A full day among the big cats. |
| 04 | Balloon | Dawn flight over the plains, afternoon at leisure. |
| 05 | Conservancy | Walking and night driving. |
| 06 | To Laikipia | Flight north to the highlands. Afternoon orientation ride or drive. |
| 07 | Rhino on foot | Tracking black rhino with conservancy rangers. |
| 08 | Highland day | Riding, biking or a long walk with a fly camp option. |
| 09 | To Samburu | Short flight north into the desert. Afternoon along the river. |
| 10 | The northern specialists | Grevy's zebra, gerenuk, oryx and reticulated giraffe. |
| 11 | Singing wells | A morning with Samburu herders, afternoon drive. |
| 12 | To the coast | Flight to Diani. The rest of the day is the sea. |
| 13 | The reef | Kisite-Mpunguti marine park and lunch on Wasini. |
| 14 | Nothing at all | By design. |
| 15 | Departure | Diani to Nairobi, connecting onward. |
Nairobi garden hotel
1 night
Mara reserve and conservancy camps
4 nights
Laikipia conservancy house
3 nights
Samburu river camp
3 nights
Diani beachfront hotel
3 nights
Included
Not included
July to October for the migration, or January to March for green season and lower rates.
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Six nights split between the national reserve and a private conservancy, with a balloon flight and guiding of a standard that spoils you for anywhere else.
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USD 6,850
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KES 245,000 residents
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A short, concentrated trip built entirely around big tusker elephants and the mountain behind them.
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USD 3,450
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KES 98,000 residents
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Two ecosystems that could not be less alike — the Mara grasslands and the arid north — linked by a single short flight.
From
USD 7,900
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KES 285,000 residents
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Leave a number and a specialist will ring you back — usually the same day.