The city
Nairobi
The rare capital with lions on its doorstep, good food and real culture.
Good to go year round · migration peaks Jul to Oct
Destination · East Africa
Kenya
Where the wild still writes the rules.
The plains, the herds and a coast to end on, planned slowly, with the right camps in the right places.
- Best months
- Year round
- Migration Jul - Oct. Rains Apr - May
- Ideal length
- 10 - 14 days
- Safari plus the coast
- Journeys from
- Tailored
- Mid to premium
- Pace
- Easy
- Early starts, long lunches
- Good for
- Couples, families
- First safari, photographers
When to go
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Why Kenya
One trip, three Kenyas.
The art is stitching them together at the right pace, so it never turns into a checklist of animals. Here is how a trip usually comes together.
The wild
The plains
Big cats and the migration in the Mara, elephants under Kilimanjaro, rhino in the north.
The coast
The Swahili shore
Old towns, dhows and white sand on the Indian Ocean, the slow end to a safari.
The places
Where a Kenya trip goes.
Pin the places that pull you. They become your starting route in the planning form, so we begin where you are.
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Nairobi
The rare capital with a national park on its doorstep. Giraffes at breakfast, good food, and an easy first or last night.
- Best Good year round
- Stay 1 - 2 nights
- Getting there International arrivals
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The cityNairobi
1 - 2 nightsThe rare capital with a national park on its doorstep. Giraffes at breakfast, good food, and an easy first or last night.
Good year round
The great plainsMaasai Mara
3 - 4 nightsBig cats all year, the migration in season, and private conservancies where the sightings feel like yours alone.
Good year round · migration Jul - Oct
Under KilimanjaroAmboseli
2 nightsBig-tusked elephants crossing the marshes, with Africa's highest peak behind them on clear mornings.
Best Jun - Oct, Dec - Mar
The wild northSamburu
2 - 3 nightsDry, dramatic country and species found only up here, like the Grevy zebra and the reticulated giraffe.
Best Jun - Oct, Dec - Mar
LaikipiaOl Pejeta
2 nightsRhino at close range, walking safaris, and a conservancy built around protecting them.
Good year round
The Rift ValleyLake Nakuru
1 nightA soda lake edged with flamingos, in a compact park where black and white rhino are seen with ease.
Good year round
The Rift ValleyLake Naivasha
1 - 2 nightsA freshwater lake for slow boat rides among hippos, and Crescent Island, where you walk among giraffe and zebra.
Good year round
The red wildernessTsavo
2 - 3 nightsVast, uncrowded parks and elephants dusted red by the earth. Wild and easy to pair with the coast.
Best Jun - Oct, Dec - Mar
The Swahili coastDiani coast
3 - 5 nightsWhite sand, warm Indian Ocean water and slow days to end the safari.
Best Dec - Mar, Jul - Oct
The north coastLamu
2 - 3 nightsA car-free UNESCO island town of donkeys, carved doors and dhows. The slowest, most atmospheric end to a Kenya trip.
Best Dec - Mar, Jul - Oct
Sample journey · Kenya · 12 days
A taste of what
we craft for you.
One version of a Kenya journey, not the only one. Every itinerary we build starts from scratch, shaped around how you travel. The full plan is shared when we talk.
1
Day 1-2Nairobi
Land softly.
An easy first day, the elephant orphanage or the Giraffe Centre, a good dinner and an early night.
2
Day 3-4Amboseli
Elephants and the mountain.
Dawn and dusk drives among the great tuskers, Kilimanjaro at its clearest in the early light.
3
Day 5-6Ol Pejeta, Laikipia
The quieter wild.
Days 5 to 12
The rest is built around you.
Your days, your pinned places, your pace.
Moments that stay
Signature experiences.
Jul - OctThe crossing.
Wildebeest in their thousands pouring off the bank into the Mara River, and the crocodiles that wait. The migration at its most raw, July to October.
Year roundFirst light with the cats.
A dawn drive in a private conservancy, no other vehicles in sight, as the Mara's lions and cheetahs begin their day.
Year roundA balloon over the Mara.
Lift off in the dark, drift over the waking plains as the sun comes up, and a breakfast set out on the grass below.
Jun - Oct clearestElephants and Kilimanjaro.
Amboseli's great tuskers crossing the marsh, Africa's highest peak catching first light behind them.
Year roundThe rhino you came to see.
At Ol Pejeta, the quiet weight of a black rhino at close range, and the story of the last two northern whites on earth.
Best Dec - MarKites over the reef.
Trade the plains for the Swahili coast: kitesurf the turquoise water inside Diani's reef, or just watch from white sand, the salt-air end to a safari.
A visual journal
Kenya, in fragments.
From the founder
“Every photo here is from our own trip through Nairobi, the Mara and Diani. We plan Kenya from the ground, not from a brochure.”
Good to know
Travel essentials.
Kenya is easy to reach and hugely rewarding to plan well. A few things that shape the trip:
Fly into Nairobi (Jomo Kenyatta International), then light aircraft or road to the parks. We arrange the internal legs so you are not losing days to transfers. For the coast, you fly on to Mombasa (then a short drive to Diani) or straight to Lamu.
Most visitors need a Kenya eTA, the electronic travel authorisation that replaced the visa, applied online before travel, with a passport valid at least six months. A yellow fever certificate is required if you arrive from an endemic country. We guide you through it.
Dreaming of the migration, Jul to Oct?
The best conservancy camps for those months fill a season ahead.
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Where next?
Best Jun - SepSignature · India
Ladakh
High passes, quiet monasteries and the long road. Where we began.
Best Oct - MarMiddle East
Oman
Forts, frankincense and a desert that turns gold at dusk.
Best Apr - DecSoutheast Asia
Bali
Rice terraces, water temples and the island beyond the beach clubs.
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