Kenya’s Prime Game Viewing Areas

Trip designed by

Emma Dunn, Product & Sales Development Director

Calling all safari enthusiasts – this trip not only offers great game viewing and knowledgeable guides but also includes authentic bush camps and some truly stunning private reserves in Kenya. We love the intimacy and style of camps in this adventurous dive into Kenya’s prime wildlife areas.

7

Nights

Low season

£4,801

High season

£5,931

Guide price (pp)

Laikipia
Maasai Mara

Areas

Kenya

Country

Trip Highlights

For the safari enthusiast interested in Kenya’s most impressive wildlife regions
An adventurous safari to Laikipia and the Maasai Mara
Very high standard of guiding at these Kicheche camps
Big Five wildlife and Great Migration
Small, intimate, and authentic properties

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Trip Itinerary

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The first day of this trip sees you flying into Kenya’s capital, Nairobi. Once you’ve touched down, you’ll have a stopover night at Karen Gables before the safari section begins. Located in a peaceful suburb in the south-west of Nairobi, this is a comfortable and elegant guesthouse with a Cape Dutch style and great gardens. The rooms and suites are beautifully styled, and you can relax by the swimming pool, in the grounds, or at the bar. The guesthouse also has an elegant drawing room and a less formal lounge, and a main dining area where you can tuck into delicious food and drink.

After your night at Karen Gables, you’ll fly out to Laikipia, where you’ll stay at Kicheche Laikipia, a bushcamp with a great relaxed atmosphere. You’ll spend three nights in the Ol Pejeta Conservancy, which is East Africa’s largest black rhino sanctuary and also home to a myriad of big game wildlife, including elephant, lion, cheetah, and plenty of plains game. Activities at Kicheche Laikipia focus on the wildlife, and you can go on expertly guided game drives, enjoy walking safaris, and even head out for lion tracking. As this is a private conservancy, the camp is able to offer night game drives, which focus on species not seen on regular day drives. Outside the conservancy, you can visit the chimpanzee sanctuary, go canoeing, hiking, mountain biking… there really is something for everyone here.

Following your time in Laikipia, you’ll fly to the Maasai Mara. Here, you’ll stay at sister camp Kicheche Mara, which is a classic tented camp in the heart of the Mara North Conservancy. At camp, you’ll find a mess tent for lounging and dining, and guests often eat al fresco too, around the welcoming campfire. The guest tents all offer a comfy wood-framed bed, a separate seating area, and an en-suite washroom complete with running water showers! It is small, intimate, and driven to provide amazing wildlife viewing and traditional safari activities. If you visit during July–October, you can look out for the huge herds of the Great Migration, pushing up into Kenya from Tanzania in their search for food! And anyone interested in culture will be keen to visit the local Maa Trust, to meet local women and observe their intricate beadwork.

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Real expertise doesn’t come from a few trips to Africa. All our specialists have either been guides, run the camps, or grown up and lived in Africa. That’s over 600 years of genuine safari experience.

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Good to Know

01.

Who is this trip for?

This trip has been designed and priced with couples and honeymooners in mind (two adults travelling together). However, every trip we create is tailor-made for you. If you’re a group or a family, we might even suggest different accommodation. We can move elements and change the number of days – it all depends entirely on what you would like.

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Overview & Activities

The first property you’ll visit is Karen Gables, an elegant guesthouse perfectly located to provide a night’s stopover in Nairobi. Next is Kicheche Laikipia Camp, an authentic eco-bush camp surrounded by 90,000 acres of excellent wilderness. After enjoying the conservancy’s large wildlife populations of rhino, elephant, wild dog, and big cats, you’ll end the adventure with three nights in the Maasai Mara, staying at Kicheche Mara, a classic tented camp with oodles of character!

Your safari begins in earnest not with the stopover in Nairobi, but with the stays in Laikipia and the Maasai Mara, where you’ll enjoy high standards of guiding with expertly guided game drives and walking safaris.

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Pricing

The prices are per person (based on two adults travelling together) and please note that the prices are approximate for 2026. Please contact us for accurate costings for the time of year you are considering for your holiday. There are multiple season changes across the year and numerous room categories that can change the price of any trip.

Prices include all internal flights, transfers, reserve fees, accommodation, and meals as specified in the day-to-day itinerary. Prices exclude international flights, tipping, visa, and any meals not included.