The Mara, the Rift Valley lakes and a coast of coral reefs and Swahili towns.
What people go to Kenya for
- The wildebeest migration crossing the Mara River between July and October.
- Amboseli's elephant herds with Kilimanjaro standing behind them.
- Flamingos and rhino at the Rift Valley lakes — Nakuru, Naivasha, Bogoria.
- Samburu in the dry north, where the wildlife is species you see nowhere else.
- Dhow sailing and Swahili stone towns on the Lamu archipelago.
3 tours in Kenya
Mount Kenya, Kenya
Mount Kenya: Sirimon to Chogoria
Up the dry side, down the beautiful one. Point Lenana at sunrise.
- 5 days · 4 nights
- Max 10
- Challenging
from $1,650
per person
Great Rift Valley, Kenya
Rift Valley Lakes Safari
Three soda lakes, four days, one vehicle and no fixed departure.
- 4 days · 3 nights
- Max 8
- Easy
from $980
per person
Swahili Coast, Kenya
Lamu Dhow and Islands
Six days on the water, with nowhere in particular to be.
- 6 days · 5 nights
- Max 12
- Easy
from $1,420
per person
Packages that go to Kenya
Kenya · Nakuru
Great Rift Valley
Soda lakes, flamingo shallows and escarpment roads that drop a kilometre in twenty minutes.
1 tour
Kenya · Central Highlands
Mount Kenya
Glaciers on the equator, bamboo forest below and moorland that feels like another planet.
1 tour
Kenya · Lamu
Swahili Coast
Dhow sails, coral-rag alleyways and a shoreline that has traded across the Indian Ocean for a thousand years.
1 tour
Ways to travel in Kenya
Bucket-List Journeys
The ones people name when you ask where they would go given the chance.
2 tours
Safaris
Game drives, walking safaris and time in the hide before dawn.
1 tour
Small Group
Twelve people or fewer, so the group still fits in one boat.
9 tours
Wildlife
Trips built around the animals rather than the scenery behind them.
2 tours
Hiking & Walking
Day walks and hut-to-hut routes, with the luggage moved for you.
5 tours
Nature
Parks, reserves and the slow way through them.
4 tours
Trekking & Expeditions
Multi-day routes at altitude, carrying what you need to camp.
2 tours
Cultural
Time with the people who live there, not only the buildings.
4 tours
History
Battlefields, trade routes and the stories that made the map.
4 tours
Two Weeks or Less
Everything that fits inside the leave most people actually have.
8 tours
Under $2,000
Full trips, per person, before flights.
2 tours
Honeymoon
Two people, no logistics, and somewhere worth the photographs.
1 tour
Elsewhere in Africa
Morocco
Medinas, the High Atlas and the dunes at Erg Chebbi, all within a day of each other.
1 tour · Marrakech · Sahara · High Atlas

Tanzania
Serengeti plains, the Ngorongoro crater, Kilimanjaro and the Zanzibar archipelago.
Serengeti · Ngorongoro Crater · Kilimanjaro

South Africa
Kruger's big five, the Cape winelands and the long road along the Garden Route.
Kruger · Cape Town · Garden Route

Egypt
The Nile from Luxor to Aswan, the Giza plateau and the reefs of the Red Sea.
Pyramids of Giza · Luxor · The Nile

Namibia
Sossusvlei's red dunes, the Skeleton Coast and some of the emptiest roads anywhere.
Sossusvlei · Etosha · Skeleton Coast

Botswana
The Okavango Delta by mokoro, and the salt pans and elephants of Chobe.
Okavango Delta · Chobe · Makgadikgadi Pans
