Elewana SkySafari: Kenya

Upon arrival at Nairobi’s international airport, you are met and transferred to your hotel, where you can enjoy dinner and a well-deserved rest. Overnight at Hemingways Nairobi

After a delicious breakfast, board the executive SkySafari aircraft and fly to Amboseli National Park, home to over 1,000 African elephant, as well as cape buffalo, impala, hyena, giraffe, zebra, gazelle, lion, cheetah, and over 600 species of birds. A photographer’s paradise, Tortilis Camp provides unrivaled views of Mt. Kilimanjaro, Africa’s highest mountain and the highest free-standing mountain in the world. Overnight at Tortilis Camp

Tortilis Camp

Today you will enjoy guided bush walks with experienced, resident Masai guides, and game drives in custom open-sided 4WD game vehicles. Bush breakfasts, sundowners, and picnic lunches will keep you delightfully satisfied as you search for the many species of wildlife Kenya is famous for. Overnight at Tortilis Camp

A final morning game drive before your next flight takes you to Loisaba Conservancy on the Laikipia Plateau. With the second-highest density of wildlife in the country and a groundbreaking attitude to conservation, this is one of the most exciting destinations in Kenya.

You’ll be met like a VIP and plunged right into the action: the transfer from airstrip to Loisaba Tented Camp doubles as a game drive. Laikipia is one of only a few places in Africa where wildlife numbers are on the increase, and a huge array of animals – from the Big Five to endangered Grevy’s zebra – might be spotted.

Gold Eco-rated Loisaba Tented Camp sits perched on the edge of an escarpment, with unhindered views over rolling river valleys, rich forests and open plains to Mt Kenya. Intimate and elegant in design, the camp is also a hub for cutting-edge conservation. Find out more over drinks and dinner, before retiring to your tent, where floor-to-ceiling windows invite the outside in and the night sky views are unmatched. Overnight at Loisaba Tented Camp

Loisaba Tented Camp

You get to choose how to spend your days. A game drive, perhaps? Or how about a bush walk – or run – with your Samburu guide? Or maybe an outing on horse or camel back – an exhilarating way to get unusually close to wild animals. Loisaba is an important migration area for Laikipia’s huge elephant population, so excellent sightings are frequent; unusual species such as greater kudu and beisa oryx are found here too.Overnight at Loisaba Tented Camp

OPTION for 1 of your nights at Loisaba – Elewana Loisabab Star Beds
Poised on a rocky kopje, Elewana Loisaba Star Beds – sister property to the Tented Camp – offers the chance to sleep outside in style. Roll your rustic four-poster out onto the verandah, lay back and look up at the endless, unpolluted, star-spangled African sky.

Hop aboard your SkySafari flight and prepare to touch down in an African icon: the matchless Masai Mara. Your ride from the airstrip to Sand River Masai Mara Camp, a secluded spot in the southern area of reserve, is your first game drive: don’t be surprised if you meet most of the Big Five before lunch. Even if you don’t, your afternoon game drive might oblige: these acacia-dotted plains are dense with game. Keep your eyes peeled for lion, leopard and cheetah, hyena, giraffe and elephant, and 500-plus species of bird.

Returning to Sand River Masai Mara is the icing on the cake – there are few more elegant places to stay than this camp, which oozes 1920s glamour. The Condé Nast Traveller Readers’ Choice Awards 2020 named it one of the 50 Best Resorts in the World and seventh best in Africa. You’ll have 3-nights to explore and savor. Activities include game drives and guided bush walks in the world-famous Masai Mara. Surrounded by abundant game and located on the banks of a river, Sand River Masai Mara is located within the Masai Mara National Reserve and provides an unforgettable ending to your journey. Sand River Masai Mara is an ideal destination, at any time of the year, for those wishing to enjoy exceptional game-viewing. The National Reserve is best known for its large concentrations of big cats, such as leopard, cheetah and, of course, lion. Even the dramatic arrival of the Annual Migration merely adds to an already abundant resident wildlife that awaits discovery.Overnight at Sand River Masai Mara

Sand River Masai Mara

Enjoy your last few hours, gazing out from camp across the watercourse and riverine forest, looking out for breakfasting beasts and birds, before driving back to the airstrip for your final SkySafari flight to Nairobi. Rather than hang around the airport, we’ll deliver you to the tranquility of Hemingways, where you can freshen up in a day room and enjoy that last ice-cold Tusker before flying home this evening.