BESSALOVUganda · Kenya
East Africa Safari Experience
Gorilla forests, the Nile and the open plains of the Maasai Mara in one journey.
You visit: Entebbe → Murchison Falls → Bwindi → Nairobi → Maasai Mara
Maasai Mara safaris and private game drives
Kenya
Kenya is where the safari began: the Maasai Mara, the great migration, flamingo lakes in the Rift Valley and elephants beneath Kilimanjaro in Amboseli.
- Best time to go
- July to October for the migration on the Mara; January to March is dry and quieter.
- High season
- July–October
- Top places
- Maasai Mara NR · Amboseli NP · Lake Nakuru NP · Diani and Mombasa
Highlights
- Game drives and hot-air balloon safaris
- Giraffes and the elephant orphanage in Nairobi
- A Maasai village visit
- Snorkelling and diving on the coast
Parks and reserves
- Maasai Mara NRBig cats and the great migration
- Amboseli NPElephants beneath Kilimanjaro
- Lake Nakuru NPRhinos and flamingos
- Diani and MombasaBeaches and Swahili history
Journeys in Kenya
Kenya
Maasai Mara & Lake Nakuru
Big cats, flamingo lakes and evenings in a tented camp on the Mara.
You visit: Nairobi → Lake Nakuru → Maasai Mara
Kenya
Best of Kenya Safari Explorer
Straight from Nairobi’s airport into the safari: a night with the giraffes, the orphaned elephants of Nairobi, then game drives in Samburu and the Maasai Mara.
You visit: Nairobi → Samburu → Maasai Mara
Kenya
Kenya Honeymoon Safari
A honeymoon for two: private game drives in the Maasai Mara, private dining, and time to relax on the Diani coast.
You visit: Nairobi → Maasai Mara → Diani
Kenya · Tanzania
Kenya & Tanzania Grand Safari
Follow the migration across the border from the Maasai Mara into the Serengeti, and finish on the floor of Ngorongoro Crater.
You visit: Maasai Mara → Serengeti → Ngorongoro Crater
Kenya
Kenya Safari & Beach Explorer
A full safari circuit through northern and southern Kenya, then a long stretch on the Indian Ocean coast to unwind.
You visit: Nairobi → Samburu → Maasai Mara → Diani
Kenya
Best of Kenya & Beach Experience
Our longest route: three unhurried weeks with a stop on the Equator, deep time on safari and a proper beach finish.
You visit: Equator → Samburu → Maasai Mara → Coast
Reviews
What travellers say
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Great guide, bumpy roads
The camp at the Mara was excellent and we saw a leopard on the second morning. The drive from Nakuru is long and rough, so plan for a tiring day, but the quotation told us that up front.
Gorillas one week, lions the next
Ten days and not one thing we had to sort out ourselves. Our driver-guide knew every lodge manager by name, and the hour with the gorilla family in Bwindi is something we will talk about for the rest of our lives.
Worth every step up the hill
The trek was steep and muddy, exactly as they warned us, and the porters made it possible. They secured our permits months ahead, so there were no surprises at all.
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