KENYA LUXURY SAFARI

Safari Highlights

Kenya is located in East Africa and boasts the Masai Mara National Park, renowned for its abundant wildlife and annual Great Migration. It’s in Kenya where African safari was born, and even now remains the ultimate destination for unparalleled game viewing.

This luxury Safari Kenya will take you to beautiful attractions and extraordinary luxury accommodations. You will visit Amboseli National Park, Loisaba Conservancy, and Masai Mara National Reserve. On top of these, you will also visit some Tanzania parks including Serengeti National Park, Lake Manyara, and Ngorongoro Crater.

This package is so friendly even to old people because it does not involve long drives, rather it involves more fly in and out. Private flights used here are less noisy and are operated on a carbon negative basis.

Furthermore, you have an extra luggage allowance of 23 kg compared to 15 kg on scheduled flights. You are treated like a Very Important Person (VIP), only professional staff will save you. Choose this Safari package to make your African trip unforgettable.

Tented Camps and Lodges

In Kenya, there is a variety of accommodation types to suit every client ranging from family to single traveler. Depending on the type of holiday in Kenya you may choose to overnight at hotels, lodges, tented camps and resorts. Choosing the best accommodation depends on your budget.

For our experience, we recommend selecting from medium and luxury accommodations over budget ones because services are different. Some of the best accommodations that you find in Kenya are such as Lake Nakuru Lodge, Serena and Sopa Properties, The Giraffe Manor, Elewana properties, Sanctuary properties, Tortilis camp, etc.

Safari Price

The price for the safari in Kenya depends on the package or type of safari the customer wants. This can be affected much by accommodation because it is categorized into mid-range which has a low price and luxury safari which has a high price.

Price for the driver guide and park entrance are always fixed and are not affected by the season unless it has been changed by the tour operator or government respectively. For the vehicle, it is different as customers can save money for the vehicle if they will be many compared to few customers in the vehicle. Some most visited park entrance fees are as follows; Lake Nakuru Park is 35$, Masai Mara park is 80$, Nairobi Park is 35$, Amboseli Park is 60$. Those are the entrance fees for adult non-residents, children have different and lower prices for park entrance depending on the age policy.

Regarding the price for accommodation, the customers can spend depending on the budget and type of accommodation they want. If the customers have a high budget then they can use a luxury type of accommodation which are the lodges and camps that are located at beautiful and wonderful locations with nice views and high-end services. If they have a low budget or normal budget, they can use mid-range accommodation which are lodges, camps, and tents that are normal but they also have good services and customers will still enjoy the safari as well.

Day 1 - Arrival in Kenya - Nairobi

Greet and meet at Nairobi airport and transfer to the lodge which is ideally placed for visiting the Giraffe Centre, Sheldrick Wildlife Trust and Karen Blixen Museum. You can also simply relax in the beautiful garden after the long flight.

Day 2 and 3 - Amboseli National Park

Explore Amboseli National Park with experienced safari guides. Start with early morning game drive, continue your day with walking safari, afternoon game drive and drinks at sundown.

Day 4 and 5 - Loisaba Conservancy

Of course you can experince the game drive, but we suggest you mix the activites. You can ride through the bush on horse-back, a thrilling way to get unusually close to wild animals. Or you could bound down the ridges by mountain bike, raft through canyons and take a sundown trek by camel.

Day 6 and 7 - Masai Mara Game Reserve

The Masai Mara will never disappoint. The animal encounters – often so close you hardly dare breathe – are just too good. Professional Maasai guides will drive you to the bush for amazing game drives. You can also visit a Maasai boma and a local school supported by our project.

Day 8 to 10 - Serengeti National Park

Today we cross the border and continue the safari in Serengeti National Park in Tanzania. You can stay at the Camp in Central or North Serengeti depending on your preferences and the period. You will experience unforgettable game drives in Serengeti Plains.

Day 11 and 12 - Ngorongoro Crater and Lake Manyara

The last game drives will be in Ngorongoro Crater, famous for the highest wild animals density, and Lake Manyara National Park, famous for the biodiversity and tree climbing lions.

Day 13 - Arusha

The last hours in Africa are in the middle of a coffee plantation where you can relax in your day room and maybe taste a cup of hot Kilimanjaro coffee before you say farewell to the bush and fly back home.

Kenya Safari Animals

Kenya is often referred to as the birthplace of safari. It offers excellent wildlife viewing. You can see all the Big Five just on a standard safari. The Masai Mara is one of the best places in Africa to see big cats, and a white rhino is easily seen at Lake Nakuru. Being one of Africa's top destinations, a wildlife safari in Kenya delivers bucket loads of excitement and some of the best game viewing on the planet. Usually combining Kenya’s top attractions and Tanzania is a good idea to encounter many animals. There are many animals that you can see on your safari in Kenya including Black rhino, White Rhino, Buffalo, Cheetah, Crocodile, Elephant, Giraffe, Hippo, Hyena, Leopard, Lion, Wild dog, Wildebeest, Zebra and others. Furthermore, the Rift Valley lakes, especially Lake Bogoria, attract thousands of flamingos, which feed in the shallow waters. If you want to witness many animals and other attractions in Kenya, then your safari bucket list should include the visit of Masai Mara for Great Migration, Amboseli with an unforgettable view of Mount Kilimanjaro, Lake Nakuru, Ol Pejeta Conservancy, Samburu, and others.

Kenya National Parks

Kenya is among the best tourist destination in East Africa with about 8% of the land kept for wildlife conservation. There are about 23 terrestrial National Parks, 28 terrestrial Reserves, 4 marine National Parks, 6 Marine Reserves and 4 national sanctuary. Please find below some of the most frequent

Mount Kenya National Park

Mount Kenya is the second tallest mountain in Africa with an elevation of 5199meters above sea level within a park size of 2124km2. The climate within the park varies with altitude that creates different environment features like lakes, montane forests and glaciers. The park is located 175 km from Nairobi and is easy to reach via Nanyuki-Isolo road or Nyeri-Nanyuki road. Major activities to this park are camping, mountain trekking, cave exploration and game viewing. The park has a diversity of wild animals and more than 130 species of birds. Some of the wild animals found within this park include bushbucks, waterbucks, elands, elephant, tree hyrax, white-tailed mongoose, suni, black-fronted duiker, mole rat and other rarely spotted animals like leopard, forest hog and bongo.

Amboseli National Park

Amboseli National Park is one the popular destination in Kenya as the park overlooked by the roof of Africa, Mount Kilimanjaro. Lake Amboseli after which the park named comes from a Maasai word meaning “salty dust”. It is usually an empty area of volcanic soil. The park covers 390km2 and it can be reached either by road through Namanga on the Nairobi – Arusha Road, through Meshanani gate, from Nairobi via Emali on the Nairobi-Mombasa Road or by air through single airstrip at Empusei gate while other airstrip are at Namanga town and Kilimanjaro Buffalo Lodge. Major attractio within this park are large herds of Elephant, The view of Mount Kilimanjaro, Wildlife including big five and birds and the beauty scenery.

Masai Mara National Reserve

Masai Mara National Reserve is one of popular destination and a must visit reserve in Kenya. The park covers a total surface area of 1510km2 . The name “Masai Mara” was named in honor of the inhabitant Maasai people who described the area as Mara meaning spotted circle of scrub, shadows and trees of the area. The reserve is located in southern western part of Kenya, 180km from the city of Nairobi in Norok County adjacent to the famous Serengeti National Park in Tanzania that form Mara – Serengeti ecosystem. The reserve is sapped by three main rivers, which are Mara river, Sand river and Telek river. The park can be assessed through road and daily domestic flights operating through Jomo Kenyatta International Airport and Wilson Airport. Also from Tanzania the park can be reached through Isebania/Sirare boarder, and also using small airstrip that are found within Serengeti National Park.

Lake Nakuru National Park

Lake Nakuru National Park is the park located on the floor of the Great Rift Valley surrounded by wooded and bushy grassland. The park has a size of 188km2 and can be reached by road or Air. The park is in northwest of Nairobi a distance of 156km and the common used route into the park is via the main gate, 4 km from Nakuru Town centre. The park has its own airstrip called Naishi Airstrip whereby visitors can fly to and from other Airport. The park is ideal for game viewing, bird watching, hiking and picnic and camping.

Tsavo West National Park

Tsavo West National Park is famous known as Land of Lava, springs, mystic sunset and man-eaters. Same to the fellow Eastern Park, the Tsavo West accommodate varieties of large animals and more than 600 of birdlife species. The park has a size of 7065 square kilometers with temperature ranging from 20 to 300 degree Celsius and rainfall from 200 to 700 millimeters. Reaching the park is by road 240km from Nairobi and 250km from Mombasa. In addition, there is an option of reaching the park via airstrips that are within or nearby the park. Major activities conducted within the park are game viewing, bird watching and cave exploration. The most fascinating attractions found within this park are, A vivacious volcanic ground; molten lava that form Shetani lava discharged from the earth just about 200 years ago and its blazing anger was thought by natives to be work of the Devil; The display of Mzima Springs; Ngulia Sanctuary and a Roaring rocks or poacher’s lookout rock.

Tsavo East National Park

Tsavo East National Park is a home to varities of birdlife with more than 500 species recorded and large mammals such as Lion, Dust-Red Elephant, Leopards, Rhino, and Buffallo, Hippos and Crocodile. The park has a size of 13, 747 and can be reached through Mtito Andei gates, 250km from Mombasa and 233km from Nairobi. In addition, the park can be reached through several airstrips such as Satao, Ithumba, Sangayaya, Bachuma and Aruba. Major activities that conducted within this park are game viewing, bird watching, camping and trekking.

Wildlife in Kenya

Kenya has a large population and diversity of wildlife that are found in different national parks and game reserves. It has a biodiversity that includes 25,000 different animal species. There are different wildlife as follows; the famous Masai Mara which is the Kenyan side of Tanzania’s Serengeti wildlife is prolific here any time, but nothing tops the great migration when nearly two million wildebeest and zebra follow the rains to new grass. Also, Masai Mara is home to large grazing herds of zebras, giraffes, Cape buffalo, gazelle, and topi. There are also hartebeest, waterbuck, dik-dik, duiker, klipspringer and oribi which are rare seen. There is a large number of carnivores like lions, cheetah, leopards, spotted hyena, jackal, and bat-eared fox. A large population of elephants can be seen also in Kenya especially at Amboseli. At Mara and Talek rivers you can find a large population of Nile crocodiles and hippos. There are like 1100 birds species in Kenya that are mostly found in the acacia woodlands.

Frequently Answer Question about Family Safari

Kenya is one among the top tourist destination in East African. Please find below some of the most frequent asked questions by traveler when plan travelling to Kenya.

What type of food will we have during the safari?

Most of the lodges and camps prepare all kinds of international food styles. Normally the breakfast includes fruits, eggs, sausages, fresh bread, etc while lunch and dinners may include all three types of meals that is the starter, main course and dessert. Larger lodges tend to offer buffet selection meals. In addition, picnic lunches and dinner are offered in case if clients wish to spend more time for a game drive or any other activities. The most important thing before making the reservation we always request clients to share with us their diet requirements/restrictions so that to inform the lodges/camps to prepare the required kind of meals.

What happen if there is a medical emergency during the safari?

In the improbable circumstances of illness or injury to the clients, our driver-guide and accommodation staff will be the first ones to take care of the client because they are well trained in first aid procedures. In addition, we recommend all our clients to buy travel insurance that covers medical insurance and compensation if the booking is canceled due to inevitable circumstances.

What type of vehicle will we have for game drive?

In Kenya, you can choose between closed sided 4 x 4 vehicle and 6 Seaters minivan depending on your budget. The price for minivan is cheaper compared to the price for the 4 x 4 Safari vehicle. However, we always recommend to book safari with 4 x 4 Safari vehicle rather than vans that offered by some of the tour companies in Kenya. In addition, if you book safari in with lodges/camps, they have their own 4 x 4 safari vehicle in which game drive will be on shared basis.

How many days do you recommend safari in Kenya with family?

There are many activities to do in Kenya with family. I recommend spending atleast two weeks. With at least two to three nights in each national park/reserve so that kids will not get tired of shifting from one park to another. Also mixing safari with beach relaxation is the best for family.

What are the best activities to include when visiting in Kenya that will entertain my family?

Some of the activities we recommend to do in Kenya are visit the David Sheldrick Elephant orphanage, feed giraffes at the giraffe centre, see the traditional dances at Bomas of Kenya, go on game drive in National parks found in Kenya, see Mount Kilimanjaro in Amboseli, see the great migration at Masai Mara and many more activities.

What is the best time of year to go on safari in Kenya?

Wildlife viewing in Kenya can be done year-round but can differ from one park to the other. The best time to do a safari in Kenya is during the dry season which starts from late June to October. These are the best months to view wildlife because most of them gather in places with sources of water. Also, the great migration reaches Kenya from Tanzania in August and remains until October when they move back to Serengeti in Tanzania.

Is Kenya better than Tanzania for safari?

Both Kenya and Tanzania are good countries for safari. Kenya is the birthplace of African safari and even now remains the ultimate destination for unparalleled game viewing. The country is home to a surprising number of different species around 25,000. Starting with National parks; Masai Mara Reserve is the best one due to the Great Migration happening in this reserve, although this Migration happening here is the same as the one in Serengeti National Park in Tanzania. And it is believed that the Migration happening in Serengeti Park is the best one because Serengeti Park is a huge park, hence huge herds to be seen. Other best destinations in Kenya are Amboseli National Park, Lake Nakuru, Lake Naivasha, and others. Mount Kenya, Kenya’s highest mountain and the second-largest in Africa after Tanzania’s Mount Kilimanjaro, and beaches such as Diani beach are also good attractions in Kenya.

In the meantime, Tanzania has got very good and famous destinations such as Serengeti National Park, as Africa's Leading National Park since 2005 up to date by World Travel Awards. The Great Migration happening in this park is considered as one of the ten wonders of the natural world. Serengeti is also UNESCO World Heritage Site. Other UNESCO World Heritage Sites and attractions making Tanzania the best country are Ngorongoro Conservation Area, one of the greatest natural wonders of the planet. Mount Kilimanjaro, the highest mountain in Africa and the tallest freestanding mountain in the World. Zanzibar with clear beaches is another factor making Tanzania the best for safaris and beach holidays. Not only do these attractions make Tanzania the best destination, but also political stability that brings peace to the country.

How long should I spend in Kenya?

Kenya is a good place for holidays and safaris in Africa. Customers can visit and spend in this country but actually, this depends on the budget and time of the customers. Ideally, 5 days if the customer is only visiting the national parks and 10 to 14 days if the customer is going to visit national parks and go for the beach relaxation at the coast.

Is Kenya safe for tourists?

It’s without a doubt that Kenya is safe country for tourists. We have been there and some of our staff live there. We would never send our clients to places we wouldn't visit ourselves with our own families. All our Africa Safari Experts are permanently based in Africa, are well-traveled on the continent, and have extensive first-hand experience with this destination. Kenya's superb safari destinations are safe to visit and its warm, hospitable people will make your trip a memorable one. Regarding the Covid-19, Kenya is considered the best country in East Africa taking serious measures to prevent the spread of Covid-19. Every day the Ministry of Healy issues reports on a number of new cases, recovered, deaths, etc. As far as this moment, Kenya does not allow any tourists and other people who are not vaccinated to enter in.

Moreover, all passengers arriving in or transiting through Kenya must have a negative PCR COVID-19 certificate for a test conducted within 96 hours prior to arrival to Kenya. Vaccination certificate is also required to enter Kenya. Apart from Covid-19, we recommend you take Yellow fever vaccination before entering Kenya although this disease is not much common there nowadays. For Malaria, we recommend also you carry Mosquito and insect repellents to be safe, although we used to ask all accommodation to provide Mosquito nets and sprays rooms before your arrival. About Terrorism, Kenya’s authorities deal with the international terror threat in much the same way as other allies of the USA and Britain. You’ll find strict security at airports and visible policing in public places like shopping malls and outdoor markets, ensuring it is safe to visit Kenya.

What is the best month to go to Kenya?

Kenya can be visited anytime within the year as it is among the countries found within the equatorial region. Normally the coolest months are July and August while the hottest months are late January to March. The rain season starts from April to early June. Therefore, to sum up we recommend visiting Kenya during the months of January to March when it is hot and dry and most of the wildlife is concentrated near water holes so it will be very easy to spot them. In addition, July to August when it is cold are the best months to spot the Great Migration at Masai Mara Reserve. In some way, September and October are also good months for game viewing as there is good weather.