10-day trip through Kenya with safari and beach

What does this 10-day trip to Kenya consist of?

In this 10 days super trip in Kenya, we will mix the adventures of a 6 days safari with Maasai, responsible and respectful with their culture, and 4 days of beach in the beautiful island of Lamu. In addition, our experience will contribute to a women’s education and empowerment project, which we will be able to learn about in detail during these days.

Safari in Kenya

The first 6 days, we will head to the Lemek Conservation Area in the Maasai Mara. This area is Maasai territory, and this is where the NGO we collaborate with is located and where most of the money from your experience goes. We will stay with a Maasai community, in a lodge with glamping tents with all the amenities, which belongs to this project. The Maasai will take us on safari to show us their environment (here they can live in total contact with the wildlife) and reveal the secrets of the Maasai Mara. It is a community led by a Maasai leader, who dedicates all the profits from the travelers’ stays to the schooling of Maasai children in the area, as well as to programs to support women, or to the construction of a secondary school and tourism.

It is an area where Maasai communities still live and where there is less tourism than in the National Reserve or other national parks.

From the first day, we will see the advantages of doing this safari in this area, and moreover, with Maasai guides:

• It is a less touristy area, so there are fewer cars around the animals, less lodging, and in short, more tranquility.
• During the safari we will be able to get close to the animals, leaving the tracks of the cars and going into the savannah.
• With our trip, we will help finance the NGO led by William, which was founded to help the community through tourism. More than 80% of the money from your trip stays in the community.
• You will see the NGO’s projects that help the most disadvantaged, such as the women’s village, which they accompany after they have been disowned by their own families.
• We will be able to play with the children in the school next to our camp, which is located just 20 minutes away from the savannah.

We will also see the best sunsets of the savannah, surrounded by hundreds of animals in the wild. In this area, unlike in the national parks, there are no schedules, and we can extend until sunset, and even let it get dark surrounded by animals. We will also go to our Maasai guide’s favorite spot near the Mara River, where we will camp and watch the hippos come out of the river at the end of the day. This type of experience is possible thanks to being accompanied by masai, who have permission to show their land, and to reach certain places where traditional agencies or accommodations cannot reach.

But the unique experience does not end here. We will visit a sanctuary where two white rhinos (threatened by poaching) live and are guarded 365 days a year by rangers, and we will go on a walking safari with our Maasai warriors, who will guide us through the animals. We will eat in the most beautiful place we have ever eaten, under a tree, in the middle of the Masai Mara and without any other tourist. Only us and or with the group that is staying with us.

We visit Lamu Island

After several intense days of safaris, wilderness and Maasai culture, we will take a plane to Lamu Island, where we will spend the second part of our 10-day trip in Kenya.

The village of Lamu is located on the island that bears its name and is one of the oldest Swahili villages in East Africa. Lamu is a UNESCO World Heritage Site and is built entirely of coral rock and mangrove wood.

There are no roads and very little motorized traffic, most people travel by boat (the dhows), donkey or on foot. We will arrive by plane to the opposite island and a boat will take us to the hotel.

In Lamu, we will take the opportunity to relax on the beach or in the hotel pool, visit the village or take a boat ride and watch the sunset from the sea. It will be 4 wonderful days to digest our safari, and to rest and gather strength while we disconnect.

Accommodation during our trip in Kenya

During the first 5 nights, we will stay inside the Lemek Conservation Area, in safari tents with private bathroom and hot water. It is a sustainable lodging, with solar panels and without the use of plastics. The food will be prepared by Rongo, our Maasai cook, who will delight us every day with his recipes. All natural products, of proximity, without processed or anything like that. We are in an eco-sustainable lodge and food is very important to us.

On Lamu Island, we will be able to choose between two accommodations. A more economical one and a more premium one. Please, take a look to both options:

Price of the trip to Kenya for 10 days

The price of this 10-day trip to Kenya starts at 2,195 € per person (in a group of two people). The price depends mainly on the hotel you choose in Lamu. This base price is with the economy hotel in Lamu in standard room .

The price includes accommodation, safaris, government taxes, visits to the rhino sanctuary, full board meals during the first 6 days, internal transfers, guides during the safari, and breakfast at the hotel in Lamu (if the premium hotel is chosen, the price will include breakfast, and lunch and dinner a la carte). International and domestic flights are not included.

Contact us so we can give you a final quotation for the dates you want to travel.