8-day Kenya Family Safari

Tour Itinerary

Day 1

Upon arrival into Nairobi, after completing immigration and customs formalities, collect your baggage and proceed to the Arrivals Hall. Here you will be met by an Alluring Africa representative for your private road transfer to Ole Sereni, where you will stay for one night.

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Location:

LocationNairobi

Accommodation:

Accommodation Ole Sereni

Type:

Accommodation Type Hotel

Room Basis:

Room Basis B&B: Bed and Breakfast

Day 2

After breakfast, an Alluring Africa representative will transfer you to the airport for your scheduled flight to Mugie House where you will stay for three nights.

Time permitting, enjoy lunch and an afternoon activity.

Set out around a hill in the heart of Mugie conservancy, each stone-cottage enjoys sweeping views over the Laikipia plains or the colourful gardens. The interior design brings eyecatching colours and patterns to an airy and expansive landscape, creating the perfect welcoming nature retreat.

Covering almost 50’000 acres, Mugie Conservancy provides a key wildlife access route between the Laikipia plateau, the Mathews Range and the Samburu lands to the north and east. Vast acacia-dotted savannahs, scrubland and olive forests are a haven to a multitude of wildlife in plentiful numbers, including all the big cats, buffalo, elephants and endemic northern Kenyan species such as Grevy’s Zebra, Jackson’s Hartebeet and Reticulated Giraffe.

Mugie Conservancy is at the forefront of modern conservation models, operating as a low-impact cattle ranch alongside preserving the delicate eco-systems. Cutting edge community grazing and livestock trading programs have engaged the local community as stakeholders in the protection and conservation of Mugie. Also supporting wildlife research by Cheetah and Wild Dog Project and Lion Landscapes, Mugie Conservancy is a successful 21st century model of profitable conservation.

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Location:

LocationMugie Wildlife Conservancy

Accommodation:

Accommodation Governors’ Mugie

Type:

Accommodation Type Hotel

Room Basis:

Room Basis B&B: Bed and Breakfast

Day 3 – 4

Enjoy two full days of activties.

Day & Night Game Drive
Traditional shared game drives with a dedicated, highly qualified and experienced guide are available daily, in our specially-designed vehicles. Explore the varying landscape of Mugie, from the dam to olive tree forests and acacia scrubland, host to a wealth of diverse wildlife, including northern endemic species Grevy’s Zebra, Jackson’s Hartebeest, Reticulate Giraffe and Gerenuk.

Waterhole Hide
A hide has been set up near the waterhole in front of Mugie House. Take some drinks and snacks and while away a few hours watching the numerous visitors passing by, from an up-close angle.

Mugie Dam
The third largest private dam in Kenya, Mugie Dam in the heart of the conservancy is a water source for the abundant animals and birdlife, and a few hours hours can easily be passed here watching the wildlife pageantry. Bring a fishing rod and a cooler of refreshing drinks and while some time away at the dam’s edge trying to catch tilapia and catfish.

Golfing
Mugie Conservancy has a 9-hole golf course, for enjoying a round. The golf course is also a perfect place for a walk or jog, or a spot of birdwatching!

Guided Bush Walks
Get up close with nature on a foot safari and experience the untamed beauty of the Laikipia region. Being out of a car will allow you to get down to the same level as the wildlife and the smaller creatures that inhabit this incredible ecosystem. Learn all about them and their importance from your guide.

Tala The Giraffe
At just a few days old, Tala was brought to Mugie Conservancy by a local herder after she began following his herd of goats. She was cared for by Margaret, who quickly became her surrogate mother. Now four years old, she wanders freely within the conservancy, but often returns to her chosen ‘home’ at the Head Quarters – where the staff are quite accustomed to being overseen by this towering presence!

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Location:

LocationMugie Wildlife Conservancy

Accommodation:

Accommodation Governors’ Mugie

Type:

Accommodation Type Hotel

Room Basis:

Room Basis B&B: Bed and Breakfast

Day 5

After breakfast and a morning activity, you will be transferred by a camp vehicle to the airstrip for your scheduled charter flight to Little Governor’s Camp, where you will stay for three nights.

Time permitting, arrive in time for lunch and an afternoon activity.

Governors has been pioneering immersive and transformational safaris in the Mara since 1972. We were the first operators to be permanently based inside the Mara, our site was chosen for its prime location and was the designated “getaway” for the Governors of Kenya. Unfenced and right in the heart of the action. Our camps are Located in some of the best and most precious Wildlife Locations in the world. We are a family with a colourful cast of characters that embodies the spirit of safari, while placing the care of the environment, community & conservation at the heart of everything we do.

Little Governors’ is intimate in character, with just 17 luxury en-suite tents tucked around a large watering hole that teems with both birds and wildlife. The camp is approached by a boat ride across the Mara River, then an escorted walk through the riverine forest. Vehicles are left on the far river bank, and the camp is therefore quiet and undisturbed. The guest tents at Little Governors’ have recently been renovated and now have great wooden decks with large verandahs for guests to enjoy the constant game activity that takes place around the watering hole at the camp. All Governors’ properties are unfenced, and at Little Governors’ there is a resident family of warthogs that wander freely through the camp. Guests may need to make way for elephants which sometimes visit the camp at lunch time.

Little Governors Camp has just been awarded a Gold Eco-Rating from Eco Tourism Kenya due to our sustainable practices in place in camp which include a comprehensive solar energy system which runs all the camps energy supply. We have also eliminated all plastic bottles from camp replacing them with stainless steel water bottles and a reverse osmosis water filtration system. We have also replaced all plastic guest toiletry bottles with stainless steel re-fillable bottles.

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Location:

LocationMasai Mara National Reserve

Accommodation:

Accommodation Little Governors’ Camp

Type:

Accommodation Type Safari Lodge

Room Basis:

Room Basis B&B: Bed and Breakfast

Day 6 – 7

Enjoy two full days of activities.

Game Drives
We are in the heart of what is widely considered to be the best game viewing area of the Masai Mara and we offer our guests two to three game drives per day in custom-built 4 wheel drive Landcruisers.Governors’ Camp properties combine superb locations in the Masai Mara with custom designed vehicles and exceptionally highly trained and experienced guides to give our clients un-matched game-viewing and photographic opportunities in the world’s prime wildlife area.

Masai Culture Visits
Just outside the Masai Mara National Reserve is a local community called Mara Rianda which consists of 48 traditional houses surrounding a cattle enclosure. We encourage clients to visit this Manyatta if they are interested in Masai culture and would like to experience a way of life unchanged for centuries. Visitors are always struck by the grace and beauty of the Masai people, and the colourful lifestyle they lead. There is also a bustling curio market where guests can buy Masai bead work.

Hot Air Balloon (additional cost)
The adventure begins just before dawn. Suspended in a basket beneath the rainbow-coloured canopy, you’re off for a wildlife viewing adventure with an entirely different perspective. What amazes most first-time balloonists is the absolute stillness: the silence as you float above the plains, the forest and the rivers of the Masai Mara. The flight lasts an hour or so, drifting wherever the air currents take you, and with ample opportunities for photography and video filming. Then your Governors Balloon Safari finishes with a flourish. In the time honoured tradition of balloon flights the world over, you toast your return to earth with a delicious breakfast (complete with sparkling wine), cooked wherever you land.

Walking Safaris (additional cost)
Whilst out on a walking safari, you can catch the scents and sounds of the wild Africa and uncover a hidden, fascinating and interconnected world of plants, tracks and insects. At the end of it all waits a sumptuous bush barbecue breakfast complete with champagne. You can enjoy some game viewing as you are driven back to the camp through the Masai Mara. Walks take around 1½ to 2 hours and can either be booked in advance or at camp reception.

Information

Location:

LocationMasai Mara National Reserve

Accommodation:

Accommodation Little Governors’ Camp

Type:

Accommodation Type Safari Lodge

Room Basis:

Room Basis B&B: Bed and Breakfast

Day 8

After breakfast and a morning activity, you will be transferred by a camp vehicle to the airstrip for your scheduled charter flight to Wilson Airport and then transferred to Nairobi’s Jomo Kenyatta International Airport for your departure flight.

Return home, taking with you the sights, sounds, and memories of an incredible African adventure!