Family Safari 

Tour Information

A one-week safari with a difference! Designed specially for families, this holiday offers comfortable accommodation and activities for the children. Your wildlife safari visits 3 very different reserves, rich with game - Ol Pejata Conservancy, Samburu and the Masai Mara. Travel between the parks is by air to avoid long road journeys. Accommodation is in Porini Rhino Camp and the Intrepids tented camps. All game drives are in 4x4 safari vehicles (not vans).

At the Intrepids tented Camps in Samburu & Maasai Mara has the Adventure Club for ages under 12 and includes activities such as build your own mini Maasai homestead, have a close brush with a toothbrush tree, learn to make a fire with a pair of sticks, catch and study the brightest butterflies, plant a tree and help bring back the rains, cast big cat tracks from the real thing, make friends quiver with your own bow, learn how to identify birds of all feathers, and stalk victory in our bush treasure hunts. The Adventure Club for ages 12-17 include activities such as bush orienteering, first aid, snakes, bird identification, tree identification, mammal behaviour studies, and guided bush walks

Day 1

Arrive in Nairobi, where you will be met by our representative and transferred to Wilson Airport to catch your 10.20 flight to Nanyuki, near Mount Kenya. You arrive at 1240 and will be met at the airstrip and transferred to Porini Rhino Camp, located in the Ol Pejeta Conservancy, in the foothills of Mount Kenya. Lunch and afternoon tea in camp and then head off to look for rhino with your driver-guide in the camp’s 4x4 safari vehicle. Return to Porini Rhino Camp for dinner.

Day 2

Today you will enjoy a full day in Ol Pejeta with game drives and walking activities from camp. You will also visit the Sweetwaters Chimpanzee Sanctuary. After dinner your guide will take you out on a night game drive.

Day 3

Depart Porini Rhino Camp and transfer to Nanyuki airstrip to connect to your 1130 flight to Samburu. Arrive in Samburu at 1200, where you will be collected from the airstrip and taken to Samburu Intrepids. Arrive in time for lunch, afternoon at your leisure. The children can be enrolled in the Kids Adventurers Club and the afternoon is at your leisure. Depart on later afternoon game drive, returning to Samburu Intrepids for dinner.

Day 4

Morning and afternoon game drives, and children’s activities. Samburu Intrepids

Day 5

Fly direct from Samburu to Masai Mara for lunch and 2 nights FB at Mara Intrepids. Children can take part in the activities of the Adventurers’ Club. Afternoon game drive in Mara Reserve. Dinner and overnight Mara Intrepids

Day 6

Morning and afternoon game drives, and children’s activities. Mara Intrepids

Day 7

Depart after breakfast and catch your 1100 flight back to Nairobi, arriving at 1215. (Option to go on to Mombasa for a stay at a beach hotel)