9 day safari in Kenya
Authentic African safari experience in the company of Maasai guides. Tailor made 9 day tour in Mara Naboisho Conservancy and Masai Mara National Park. Game drives, safari activities and wildlife watching aplenty.
Maasai guides Mara Naboisho Conservancy Masai Mara National Park Game drives in Masai Mara Game Reserve Walking and nocturnal safaris Leopard Hill Massages, yoga sessions and horse riding options Potential animal sightings include: lions, leopards, elephants, giraffes, zebras and wildebeest
US $3690ToUS $4490 excluding flights
Minimum: 2 persons
Departure: All year round
Price excludes: International airfares and visa fees, drinks, supreme bush meals, balloon safari, massage, laundry, telephone calls and tips, other incidental charges
Description of 9 day safari in Kenya
Price information
Departure information
This trip can be tailor made throughout the year to suit your requirements
Travel guides
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Vacation information
Top tip:
Take a diary or scrap book to record all of your animal observations and interesting tales from around the campfire.
Trip type:
Tailor made
Activity level:
Leisurely
Accomm:
8 nights in comfortable safari camps
Meals:
All breakfasts, lunches and evening meals
Included:
Accommodation, game drives, local guides, transfers, park entrance fees and safari activities.
Solos:
Minimum of two travelers. No age limit.
Reviews
2 Reviews of 9 day safari in Kenya
5 out of 5 stars
Reviewed on 10 Oct 2023 by Richard Webb
1. What was the most memorable or exciting part of your vacation?
Game drives with numerous encounters with lions, leopards, hyenas, elephant and buffalo. A morning walking safari with Maasai men through an area where we had watched 15 lions hunting the evening before was a particular highlight.
2. What tips would you give other travelers booking this vacation?
Talk to the local staff to learn about their culture and lives.
3. Did you feel that your vacation benefited local people, reduced environmental impacts or supported conservation?
I have never felt a vacation I have been on before has benefitted the local people anything like as much as this one. The Mara Naboisho Conservancy is doing amazing things for the local community, giving them a sustainable income and employment, conserving the wildlife and environment and meeting the needs of tourists - an extraordinary balance appears to have been found.
4. Finally, how would you rate your vacation overall?
Absolutely outstanding.
Reviewed on 03 Oct 2023 by Richard Webb
1. What was the most memorable or exciting part of your vacation?
Game drives with numerous encounters with lions, leopards, hyenas, elephant and buffalo. A morning walking safari with Maasai men through an area where we had watched 15 lions hunting the evening before was a particular highlight.
2. What tips would you give other travelers booking this vacation?
Talk to the local staff to learn about their culture and lives.
3. Did you feel that your vacation benefited local people, reduced environmental impacts or supported conservation?
I have never felt a vacation I have been on before has benefitted the local people anything like as much as this one. The Mara Naboisho Conservancy is doing amazing things for the local community, giving them a sustainable income and employment, conserving the wildlife and environment and meeting the needs of tourists - an extraordinary balance appears to have been found.
4. Finally, how would you rate your vacation overall?
Absolutely outstanding.
Responsible Travel
As the pioneers of responsible tourism, we've screened this (and every) vacation so that you can travel knowing it will help support the places and people that you visit, and the planet. Read how below.
Planet
We are 1 of only 3 gold eco-rated camps in the whole of Kenya and as such we conform to a very high eco standard. We run on solar power with a backup generator for those times of no sunlight, & a booster system for water heating fuelled by eco briquettes made from waste, we use energy saving bulbs, recycle our waste, organic on site in a series of composting pits, plastic & tins are sent back to Nairobi for recycling, we have eco composting toilets whereby the liquid waste & all waste water is collected then used in our tree plantation.Our travelers are in the vehicles under the guidance of our driver guides who keep them a safe distance from the wildlife, when walking they are thoroughly briefed on all aspects of the activity, behaviour to adopt & safety.
We grow some of our own vegetables & herbs and source some at the local market but items like meat come from Nairobi due to the health standards required. All plastic is collected and transported for off-site recycling. Bio-degradable waste is converted to compost for our vegetable garden.
Over 95% of camp staff are from the local Maasai community therefore your vacation empowers and enriches the community within which we operate our camps. Guests are able to choose to sponsor students & our foundation supports the guiding school through bursaries.
We utilize solar energy across our camps in Masai Mara. This helps reduce the dependence on alternative sources of energy. We also encourage staff to switch off power when no one is in the room or when it’s not required such as during the day. We have planted a large number of indigenous trees that have helped establish the only typical forest in Talek, Masai Mara where we currently operate at a carbon positive level.
People
Over 95% of camp staff are from the local Maasai community, therefore, your vacation empowers and enriches the community within which we operate our camps. The local community receives income from tourism activities in the Mara Talek and Mara Naboisho Conservancies.Fair-trade: our promotes women groups from the local community in developing and retailing exquisite beaded and leather merchandise. Purchase a product from our gift shops and receive a personalized message from the woman who designed the merchandise. We promote empowerment and awareness through scholarships in local schools and the Koiyaki Guiding School (the only guiding school in Mara).
Our long history of close co-operation with the Maasai community distinguishes us from other tourism operators in Masai Mara. Our mutual bond climaxed in 2010 when we successfully established the community owned nature conservancy (Naboisho Conservancy), named after the Maa expression of ‘coming together’, chosen by the Maasai to epitomize how the Maasai community came together to face the alarming issue of decreasing land. By establishing a community owned nature conservancy, we provided the Maasai with an alternative to selling their land to outsiders and helped protect vital wildlife territory.
We have established the Enjolaata Centre in the midst of our company's birthplace – our Masai Mara camp in Talek. The Enjoolata Center is an education and entertainment center which aims to inspire the Maasai community to come together to make a difference through awareness creation
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