7-day safari in Kenya with positive impact on the territory
In this 7-day safari in Kenya we will mix the adventure of a safari with responsible tourism and positive impact with local cultures, mainly the Maasai. Next to our base lodge, in the middle of the Maasai Mara, we will be able to see the positive impact of traveling in a regenerative way, since with our stay we finance education programs, female empowerment and other social projects. We are also in an area where only 15 cars a day can enter, so the animals in the wild can be seen with much more respect and tranquility without the large crowds of other parks.
In this private safari of 7 days, we will go with a 4×4 car and we will start the route through Samburu and Nakuru and then finish a few days in the conservation area of the Masai Mara. A unique experience that you will never forget and that will allow you to get to know Kenya in a more natural way and away from the tourist circuits.
Why choose this 7-day Kenya safari?
The big difference between this safari and any other safari in Kenya is the impact it has on the community. Generally, safaris move in a kind of tourist bubble, with zero contact with the local population. Moreover, the local people do not receive any benefit from the tourism that passes through their territory, despite suffering the consequences of the tourist exploitation of the place where they live.
With Trip to Help, we work with 1 NGO and a Foundation. The NGO is founded by a Maasai leader who thanks to his accommodation allows safaris in the Maasai Mara and allocates the profits to social projects. as the elementary school that we will be able to see and get to know. It is the Maasai community itself that organizes and executes the safaris, and dedicates the proceeds to the education of hundreds of children, and also contributes to the community by helping women earn a decent livelihood through empowerment programs.
This project is a village of women living together, separated from their families. For one reason or another, from not being able to be mothers to being abused, they were rejected by their families and the NGO offered them a place to live with their children.
On the other hand, with this trip we are also financing a school in Sekakani that has very few resources. Only with small grants, the school can invest in improving the conditions of the children, for example, fixing broken equipment. Anyway, on each trip they tell us what they needand we let you also decide how you want to help them.
Safari in the Samburu National Reserve and Lake Nakuru.
The Safari starts in Samburu National Park, in the north of Kenya. Our guide will pick us up in Nairobi and with a 4×4 we will go north, passing through spectacular natural landscapes, such as Mount Kenya. A day’s drive will take us to Samburu, where we will see a unique species of zebra and hundreds of other animals.
Samburu National Reserve is famous for the number of elephants that can be seen there and for the Grevy’s zebra, unique in the world and in danger of extinction. It stands out for its desert landscape and for being less frequented by tourists than other national parks.
After a full day safari in Samburu and spending two nights there, we will head to Lake Nakuru a little further south, where we can enjoy the breathtaking views, the large number of pink flamingos and several rhinos in the lake. A real spectacle.
Safari in the Maasai Mara
In the last days of our 7-day trip, we will be visiting the Lemek Conservation Area, inside the Maasai Mara. The Lemek Conservation Area is an area that belongs to the Maasai Mara, but is on the outskirts of the National Reserve. This allows us to do safaris away from the large tourist groups that visit the National Reserve. You can see the same animals as in the Reserve but with fewer cars around them, that is, it is a place where the animals live more quietly, and the local people live with wildlife.
It is a Maasai area, where Maasai live, so our guides know the whole area perfectly well and can move around freely. An important detail is that they have access to certain specific areas that hotels or large agencies do not have, since the Maasai community has certain governmental permits to exploit the land where they live while conserving it. Other advantages of being outside the National Reserve is that the rules are different from a national park, and we will be able to do many more activities such as, for example, getting out of the car tracks, watching the sunset in the middle of the savannah with no closing times and going on a walking safari.
Accommodations during the 7-day safari in Kenya
During the first days of the safari, in Samburu and Lake Nakuru, we will stay in two lodges of medium – high range and with all the communities. However, accommodation can be changed according to the needs of the traveler.
In the second part of the 7-day safari, in the Masai Mara, we will stay in glamping tented accommodation with private bathroom and electricity. It is a sustainable lodging, with solar energy and without the use of plastics. The cook, a masai who will delight us every day with his recipes. Everything is natural product, of proximity, without processed or anything like that. We are in an eco-sustainable lodge and food is very important to us.
Price of the 7-day Kenya safari
The price of this 7-day safari in Kenya, is from 2.540 € per person (in group of two people and in low season). Consult us for the final price on the dates you want to travel. The price mentioned above is not binding until you have our confirmation by email because the prices of the accommodations change depending on the month in which you travel.
The trip includes accommodations, safaris, government taxes, visits to the rhino sanctuary, full board, internal travel, and guides during the safari. It does not include visas, international or domestic flights.
Contact us for a final quote for this 7 day Kenya safari on the dates you want to travel.
