The migration crossings
July to October, positioned early with a guide who reads the herds rather than the radio.
Kenya.
Conservancy camps, your own guide and vehicle, and no fixed game-drive hours.
Ideal length
8–12 nights
Gateway
Nairobi gateway · bush flights onward
Best months
Jul · Aug · Sep · Oct
From, per person
₹8.4L
Why Kenya
What it feels like
when it's planned well.
The difference between a good safari and an unforgettable one is exclusivity of access. In the private conservancies bordering the Masai Mara you can off-road, night-drive and walk — none of which the national reserve permits.
We put you in small conservancy camps with a guide and vehicle held for your family alone, then finish on the coast so the trip ends horizontally.
Highlights
Three things you'd remember.
Walking safari
A morning on foot with an armed guide and a Maasai tracker — the detail you never see from a vehicle.
Lamu or Diani finish
Three nights of dhow sailing and old-town lanes, or a beach house with a cook.
A shape to start from
The itinerary, before we change it for you.
Every trip we send is rewritten at least once. Treat this as a rhythm rather than a route — then tell your specialist what to cut, slow down or add.
- Day 1
Nairobi
Arrive, garden-suburb hotel, giraffe centre if you're travelling with children.
- Days 2–5
Mara conservancy
Four nights, private vehicle, night drives and one walking morning. Balloon on a clear day.
- Days 6–8
Laikipia or Amboseli
Rhino tracking and horseback in Laikipia, or elephants under Kilimanjaro in Amboseli.
- Days 9–11
Coast
Fly to Lamu or Diani. Dhow sunsets, seafood, and nothing on the schedule.
- Day 12
Home
Coastal flight to Nairobi and the night connection back.
Where you'd stay
Houses we hold, not listings.
Private VillaMasai Mara
Mara Ridge House
Own conservancy house, guide, tracker and vehicle.
From₹2,21,000 / night
Tented CampLaikipia
Laikipia Rhino Camp
Six tents, horseback and walking safaris, rhino tracking on foot.
From₹1,68,000 / night
Beach VillaShela, Lamu
Lamu Beach House
Coral-stone house with roof terrace, dhow and crew on call.
From₹1,12,000 / night
Access & experiences
What we can open for you.
Private vehicle, always
No shared drives, no fixed return times, and your guide stays with you the whole trip.
Conservation mornings
Time with the anti-poaching and research teams — the best hour of many people's trip.
Maasai homestead
A genuine visit arranged through community partners, not a staged stop.
When to go
The months that work.
Jan
Feb
Mar
Apr
May
Jun
Jul
Aug
Sep
Oct
Nov
Dec
Prime Shoulder — quieter, better value
Good to know
- Visa
- Kenya eTA, arranged by our desk
- Health
- Yellow fever certificate; malaria prophylaxis advised
- Luggage
- Soft bags, 15kg per person on bush flights
- Currency
- Kenyan Shilling; quotes issued in Indian Rupee (INR)
“Our guide made the trip. Twelve days later the children were still quoting him.”
The Sethi family, Delhi
Kenya, in frames
Kenya questions
Asked often.
Most conservancy camps take children from six; some family houses take any age. We match camp to the youngest traveller.
Four is the sweet spot. Three works; two means you spend most of it travelling.
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Monastery mornings, empty trails and a country that limits its own visitors. Go now, go slowly.
Botswana
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Ready when you are
Let's plan
something real.
Once-in-a-lifetime, or a long quiet weekend. Tell us what you're picturing — the first conversation is on us.