3 nights Masai Mara & 5 nights Zanzibar A luxurious family holiday that combines a short safari at a tented...
Classic Kenya Safari and Beach holidays: Masai Mara with Kenya Coast or Zanzibar. There is excellent travel infrastructure for all price categories and they are ideal for families and honeymooners
Kenya: the home of the original safari. With its famous safari parks and expansive coastline, Kenya is the obvious choice for a safari and beach holiday. Add the wildebeest migration, venturing into the Masai Mara from the Serengeti in Tanzania, Making Kenya a great safari option.
Kenya offers diverse landscapes from the open plains, deserts and stunning beaches to the Great Rift Valley, giving way to vast and spectacular lakes, Mount Kenya and neighbouring Mount Kilimanjaro. Most of the parks lie in the south-west quarter of the country, dominated by the Masai Mara spilling into the Serengeti in Tanzania.
For a safari and beach holiday to Kenya, we would recommend combining one or a few of the following:
Masai Mara – one of Africa’s most famous national parks and home to the annual wildebeest migration (alongside the Serengeti). The Masai Mara offers an abundance of both wildlife and, unfortunately, tourists. We tend to stick to the smaller concession areas where game is plentiful but minibuses are rare.
Amboseli – beautiful landscape hence being one of the most photographed areas of the world: Mount Kilimanjaro forms the backdrop to the numerous herds of elephant populating the region.
Northern parks – avoid the unfortunate mass tourism and plethora of minibuses that can dominate the main parks, an head off the beaten track to the conservancies adjacent to the Mara or to the wonderful northern parks of Laikipia such as Lewa and Samburu.
The Kenya Coast – vast stretches of white sandy beaches lapped by turquoise seas but regrettably spoilt by tourism. Head north towards Malindi, Watumu or Lamu or south to Diani for some good beach options. (Mombasa, where Africa embraces mass tourism with high-rise hotels littered along the coastline, is not a place Safari&Beach would recommend).
Nairobi – the gateway to safari in Kenya and a central hub for many eastern African airlines. Only really worth a night’s stopover at the beginning and/or end of your trip
Due to mainstream tour operators now sending over a million visitors a year to the country, safari&beach are very particular as to where we might direct you. We limit our recommendations to smaller lodges, off the beaten track and away from the minibuses.
Kenya evokes all kinds of emotions and memories from the story of Joy Adamson, The young Queen at Treetops, the beaches of Mombasa, to the hustle and bustle of Nairobi. We guarantee a trip to Kenya will leave you with plenty of your own emotions and memories and Safari&Beach look forward starting that process with you.
Safari and beach destinations in Kenya are all very combinable.
The Maasai Mara always worth a visit for the sheer expanse of its open plains, pumping with wildlife throughout the year and part-home to the great wildebeest migration.
Kenya’s Northern Parks, within the Laikipia eco-system, see arid landscapes, rare species, with hugely successful conservation projects away from the hubbub.
Amboseli & South. Amboseli, resident huge herds of elephant and with Mount Kilimanjaro as a back drop, make it a photographer’s dream. Tsavo East and West, lie close to the coast, and make safari very combinable with days out from the beach.
Kenya’s coastline is amongst the best in the world. Soft powdery white sand lapped by warm turquoise seas make it a dream beach location.
Nairobi, although mainly a stop over city, pre & post international flights is growing in popularity with some great new hotel options.
The Masai Mara is unquestionably one of the most famous parks in the world and quite rightly so. The enormous herds of migrating wildebeest attracting several predators makes for an unrivalled wildlife spectacle.
Here you can immerse yourself in a true wilderness experience either for a few days combined with elsewhere, or really feel the benefits of true escapism over a longer stay.
Amboseli, famous for its incredible population of elephant, combined with the stunning backdrop of Mount Kilimanjaro, is a visual spectacle and a great park to visit in its own right or part of a fuller Kenyan safari.
Kenya’s coastline is amongst the best in the world. Soft powdery white sand lapped by turquoise seas makes it a dream beach location.
Lake Victoria is the setting for a holiday that’s about as far away from it all as you can possibly get. It’s the world’s second-largest freshwater lake and is the magical source of the Nile.
The gateway to safari in Kenya and a central hub for many eastern African airlines. Only really worth a night’s stop over at the beginning and/or end of your trip.
Thank you so much for all the effort you put into planning and arranging our itinerary – everything went smoothly and everyone we dealt with in Africa was delightful, thanks to you. It was a magical trip and far exceeded all my expectations – I could have stayed at Ol Seki forever.
We had a fantastic time – by breaking the holiday into plenty of different stages, it felt more like a month’s holiday, rather than just 2 weeks. Lewa Safari Camp was very luxurious and comfortable.
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