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| Region | South-west Kenya | Southern Kenya | Mara + Indian Ocean coast | South-east + central Kenya | Central highlands | Masai Mara, Lake Nakuru, Amboseli, Mombasa | South-east Kenya | Central highlands | Central-eastern Kenya | Amboseli · Samburu · Maasai Mara | Northern Kenya | Rift Valley | Laikipia | Mara · Nakuru · Amboseli | Maasai Mara | Maasai Mara | Mara · Nakuru · Naivasha | Maasai Mara | Southern Kenya | South Coast | Samburu · Laikipia · Rift · Mara | Laikipia | Southern Kenya | Maasai Mara | Mara · Nakuru | Maasai Mara | Amboseli · Diani | Rift Valley | North Coast | South-west Kenya | South-west Kenya | Southern Kenya | Mara · Rift Valley | Mara · Rift Valley | Amboseli · Nakuru · Mara | Samburu · Ol Pejeta · Aberdare · Nakuru | Northern Kenya | South-east Kenya | Tsavo · South Coast | Mara · Nakuru · Naivasha | South-west Kenya | Maasai Mara | Amboseli · Tsavo · Nakuru · Mara · Coast | Maasai Mara · Samburu |
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| Highlights | Great Migration country. Big-cat tracking by Land Cruiser, Maasai-led walks at the rim of the escarpment, balloon at dawn. | Elephant herds against Kilimanjaro. Open plains, fewer vehicles, fly-camp dinners under a sky so clear it almost hurts. | Bush to beach. Four nights tracking lions in the Mara, three at a quiet villa on the Indian Ocean — internal flights and all. | Red elephants of Tsavo, then the lakes of the Rift Valley. The wilder, quieter Kenya — almost no vehicles. | Black rhino, the last northern white rhinos, and a night at the foot of Mount Kenya. A conservation-led safari. | Six-day group safari from Nairobi through Masai Mara, Lake Nakuru, and Amboseli — then SGR train to Mombasa. USD $1,600 per person. | Four days across Kenya's two greatest wildernesses — Tsavo East's red-dust elephants and vast open plains, then Tsavo West's Mzima Springs, lava flows and Kilimanjaro views. Big, wild and refreshingly uncrowded. | Two nights in Kenya's misty highlands — a night at a legendary tree-hotel overlooking a floodlit waterhole where elephant, buffalo and rhino come to drink after dark, wrapped in the cool forests of the Aberdare range. | Four days in Born Free country — the lush, river-laced wilderness of Meru, where Elsa the lioness was raised and returned to the wild. Fourteen rivers, doum palms, a rhino sanctuary and barely another vehicle in sight. | Eight days, three iconic parks, no long drives — light aircraft between elephants beneath Kilimanjaro in Amboseli, the rare northern species of Samburu, and the big cats of the Maasai Mara, staying in some of Kenya's finest boutique camps throughout. | The arid north — Grevy's zebra, reticulated giraffe and the 'Samburu Special Five' you won't see anywhere else in Kenya, along the palm-lined Ewaso Ng'iro river. | Two Rift Valley lakes in three days — rhino and flamingo at Nakuru, a boat among the hippos at Naivasha, and a walk with giraffe on Crescent Island. | The last two northern white rhino on Earth, Africa's largest black-rhino sanctuary, and a chimpanzee refuge — conservation safari at its most meaningful, in the shadow of Mount Kenya. | The complete Kenya — Maasai Mara, Lake Nakuru and Amboseli in one unhurried week. Every member of the Big Five, the Rift Valley, and Kilimanjaro to finish. | The river crossings — front-row seats as a million wildebeest brave the crocodile-filled Mara River. Four nights in a riverside camp during the greatest wildlife spectacle on Earth. | A private-conservancy honeymoon — your own tented suite with a plunge pool, candlelit bush dinners, a dawn balloon over the plains, and not another vehicle in sight. | A safari built around kids — shorter drives, family rooms, a giraffe walk, a boat ride, and guides who turn a game drive into a treasure hunt. Big memories, no meltdowns. | The Maasai Mara without the markup — a serviced camping safari with a shared 4x4, real meals cooked in camp, and the same lions everyone else pays triple to see. | Kenya's wild south — the red elephants and vast space of Tsavo, Mzima Springs' underwater hippos, then Amboseli's great herds beneath Kilimanjaro. Easy to combine with the coast. | Four all-inclusive nights at the Baobab Beach Resort & Spa on Kenya's best beach — powder-white sand, warm turquoise water, meals and drinks sorted, plus a dhow sunset cruise and a marine-park snorkel. The perfect safari wind-down. | The full sweep of Kenya in ten unhurried nights — the wild north at Samburu, rhino at Ol Pejeta, Rift Valley lakes, and a grand finale in the Maasai Mara. The trip of a lifetime, properly paced. | A UNESCO World Heritage conservancy and rhino stronghold — black and white rhino, Grevy's zebra and big cats, with horse-riding and guided walks you can't do in the national parks. | The 'Out of Africa' hills — green volcanic ridges with Kilimanjaro filling the horizon. A private wilderness of horseback rides, lava-tube caves and exclusive big-cat sightings. | Skip the road — fly straight into a luxury Mara camp. Three nights of unhurried big-cat game drives, off-road in a private conservancy, with a guide who's yours alone. | A small-group safari built for solo travellers — no single supplement, a sociable bunch, shared 4x4 and twin-share tents. See the Mara and Nakuru, make some friends. | Built for the camera — a private 4x4 with bean-bag mounts, a photographer-guide who knows the light, and dawn-to-dusk flexibility for the shots that win competitions. | Safari then sea — three nights of elephants beneath Kilimanjaro in Amboseli, then four on Diani's white sand. The classic Kenya bush-and-beach in one week. | An active weekend from Nairobi — cycle and walk among zebra and giraffe in Hell's Gate, a boat past hippos on Lake Naivasha, and the dramatic gorge that inspired The Lion King. | Pure beach downtime on Mombasa's north coast — all-inclusive resort, warm Indian Ocean, an old-town spice walk and a sunset dhow. The easy way to unwind. | A fast, affordable hit of the world's greatest game reserve — a night in the Mara and two half-days of drives, ideal for a short break or a first taste of safari. | The classic short Mara — two nights and a full day in the reserve, the single most popular Kenya safari. Enough time to properly find the cats and, in season, the migration crossings. | A quick escape to elephant country beneath Kilimanjaro — a night in Amboseli and two half-days of drives among the great herds, with Africa's highest mountain as the backdrop. | Two of Kenya's greatest parks in one unhurried trip — the big cats and plains of the Maasai Mara, then the rhino and flamingo-rimmed shores of Lake Nakuru. | The classic Rift Valley circuit — the Maasai Mara's big cats, Lake Nakuru's rhino, and a boat ride among the hippos of Lake Naivasha, capped with a walk on Crescent Island. | The complete mid-range circuit — elephants and Kilimanjaro in Amboseli, rhino and flamingo at Lake Nakuru, and the big cats of the Maasai Mara, across a week at a comfortable pace. | The road less travelled — the arid north's rare species at Samburu, rhino at Ol Pejeta, a tree-hotel night in the Aberdares, and flamingo at Lake Nakuru. Kenya beyond the Mara. | The wild north in five days — Samburu's rare 'Special Five' along the Ewaso Ng'iro river, then Ol Pejeta, home to the last northern white rhinos and Kenya's only chimpanzee sanctuary. | A wild safari straight from the beach — two nights in Tsavo East and West, the red elephants and Mzima Springs, picked up and dropped back at your Mombasa or Diani hotel. | Bush then beach, the easy way — two nights among Tsavo's red elephants and Mzima Springs, then three all-inclusive nights on the white sand of Diani. Kenya's classic combination. | The classic Rift Valley circuit on a backpacker budget — Mara, Nakuru and Naivasha over six days in serviced campsites, with the same parks and wildlife for a fraction of the price. | The Mara, done properly — three nights in an intimate luxury camp on a private conservancy, with off-road access, night drives and walking safaris the main reserve doesn't allow. | Straight to the heart of the Great Migration — fly in to a Mara camp positioned for the river crossings, with three nights timed for the wildebeest and the drama that follows them. | The grand tour — nearly two weeks across Amboseli, Tsavo, the Rift Valley lakes and the Maasai Mara, finishing on the white sand of Diani. Every landscape Kenya has, in one trip. | Wildlife and the people who live alongside it — the Maasai of the Mara and the Samburu of the north, their villages, their knowledge, and the game they've protected for generations. |
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