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Conservation Safari

Nairobi · Ol Pejeta Conservancy · Lewa Wildlife Conservancy · Masai Mara National Reserve
Duration
9 Days · 8 Nights
The route
Nairobi · Ol Pejeta Conservancy · Lewa Wildlife Conservancy · Masai Mara National Reserve
Style
Conservation Focus
Best season
Year-round · crossings Jul–Oct
The route

8 nights, 3 distinct landscapes — conservation focus.

From the first transfer to the final morning, every stop earns its place — rhino and conservation; rhino conservation; big cats and the migration.

Add a night in Nairobi before or after — a relaxed arrival or a buffer before your flight home. Just ask.

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What you're tracking

What you'll see

Lion
Lion
Mara prides, often with cubs in the grass.
Elephant
Elephant
Big-tusked herds on the Amboseli pans.
Leopard
Leopard
Draped along an acacia branch at dusk.
Rhino
Rhino
Black and white rhino on Nakuru's lakeshore.
Buffalo
Buffalo
Herds grazing the floodplains in number.
Day by day

The journey, one day at a time

01Nairobi → Ol Pejeta

Onto the conservancy

Rhino on the plain, Mount Kenya beyond.

Drive from Nairobi to Ol Pejeta and drive its grasslands — home to the last northern white rhinos and a dense cast of predators.

02Ol Pejeta

Rhino and chimps

Conservation, up close.

A full day on the conservancy — black rhino, big cats and the chimpanzee sanctuary — with walking and night drives on offer.

03Ol Pejeta → Lewa

Into Lewa's conservancy

Rhino strongholds and rolling hills.

Continue by road to Lewa, a flagship rhino conservancy, and drive its hills for rhino, Grevy's zebra and big cats.

04Lewa

Conservation in motion

Where protection and wildlife meet.

Full days across Lewa — rhino tracking, plains game and conservation seen at first hand.

05Lewa

Conservation in motion

Where protection and wildlife meet.

Full days across Lewa — rhino tracking, plains game and conservation seen at first hand.

06Lewa → Mara

Into the Mara

The plains open and don't stop.

Continue by road into the Maasai Mara and head out on a first game drive as the light softens — plains game, elephant and the first cats on the way to camp.

07Mara

Full day on the plains

Cats before the heat, a sundowner to close.

Morning and afternoon drives with a Maasai guide, routed by where the predators are moving, with the long midday hours to rest at camp.

08Mara

Deeper into the reserve

A different corner, a different cast.

A full day further afield — river lines, kopjes and open grassland — with a picnic lunch out in the bush.

09Mara → Nairobi → home

Fly out

Wheels-up over the country you just crossed.

Drive back to Nairobi for your onward flight — or add the coast if you're not ready to leave.

When to travel

The season changes what you see.

Jul – Oct

The migration window

The wildebeest are in the Mara and the river crossings are on — the headline months, and the busiest. Book well ahead.

Nov – Jun

Resident game, green plains

The Big Five never leave. Fewer vehicles, lower rates, newborns in the grass and clean light for photography.

Wildlife you may see
Elephants Leopard Lion Primates Rhinos

Make it yours.

Add nights, swap a park, extend to the coast — this route is a starting point, not a fixed menu. Tell us how you travel and we'll route the rest.

Field notes, now and then.

Where to go · When to go · Wildlife in season

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