7-day Kenya Mobile Camping Safari

This camping safari has been designed to offer the same high quality wildlife safari experience provided by the top-end safari camps, with 4x4 game viewing escorted by top class guides and in exclusive wildlife conservancies away from the tourist minibuses, but at a hugely reduced price by staying in small basic mobile camps, “real camping” instead of the luxury accommodation of the expensive up-market tented lodges.

For those for whom the wildlife safari experience is more important than the accommodation, and who are prepared to sleep in small tents in sleeping bags on a mattress on the floor with an element of “roughing it”, this gives an opportunity for an exceptional and exclusive wildlife experience with high quality guiding but at a fraction of the price.

The amps are sited in private conservancies with a wealth of wildlife and where you can go on walks with Maasai guides and take night drives but they are also conveniently located for easy access to Amboseli National Park and the Maasai Mara Reserve.

• All game drives are in four-wheel-drive customised safari vehicles taking a maximum of 6 passengers.
• Your driver-guide is a wildlife expert and certified by the Kenya Professional Safari Guides Association.
• The safari camps are set up on our own exclusive camp sites in the Selenkay Conservancy in the Amboseli eco-system and in the Ol Kinyei Conservancy in the Mara.
• At each safari camp site we have service staff who do all the work associated with camping, like washing up, heating water for showers, doing the cooking and serving the food.
• An experienced safari cook is at the camp to prepare the daily meals. Food is of the same quality as in a luxury safari camp and is included in the price, (not bought through a 'kitty' like some other camping safaris).
• The camp is hosted by the safari guide.
• Tents are Coleman Sundome tents for 2 persons or can fit one child with 2 adults. They are 6 ft tall and they are 10ft x 10ft square.
• Clients bring their own sleeping bag and a towel or hire for $50 per person and sleep on comfortable mattresses on the tent floor.
• Each tent on our adventure mobile safari has its own private bathroom in a cubicle located behind the tent with flush toilet, wash basin and safari shower.
• Mineral water is provided daily at camp and on game drives and walks.
• Drinks other than mineral water are not included, but a stop is made at a shop en route to each camp to enable you to buy wine, beer or soft drinks as required.
• Transfers from Nairobi to the camps is by minibus, with a short flight by light aircraft from Nairobi to Mara and back by minibus. Then while at camp all safari transport is in 4x4 customised safari vehicle.

Highlights: Selenkay Conservancy and Amboseli National Park, Masai Mara and Ol Kinyei Conservancy.
Group Size: maximum 6 people.
Type of Safari: Camping Safari. Camps are set up on our own exclusive camp sites.
Accommodation: Tents are heavy-duty canvas dome tents for two persons. Clients bring their own sleeping bag and a towel but all other camp furniture and equipment is provided, including a high density sleeping mattress.

Price: From USD$1400 per person sharing*

Includes: All meals, 6 nights accommodation in two-person tents, Camping equipment, Sleeping mattress, Transport in 4x4 vehicle, Mineral water, All park fees, All game drives, All activities

Excludes: Drinks other than mineral water (a stop is made en route to each camp to enable you to buy wine, beer or soft drinks as required), Sleeping bag, Medical and accident insurance (compulsory). 

Day 1: Met by your safari driver and transfer to your safari vehicle from Nairobi to Selenkay Conservancy (102 miles, 4 hours), stopping en route to buy your choice of drinks for the next 3 days and arriving for a late lunch at camp. All meals and mineral water are provided in camp. Take a rest after lunch and then go out on an afternoon game drive to explore the Selenkay Conservancy. All the big cats have been seen in the Conservancy as well as elephants and a wide range of species including large numbers of giraffes, zebra, and antelopes. There are also less common animals to be seen such as the long-necked gerenuk gazelle, lesser kudu and African wildcat. Dinner and overnight in the camp at Selenkay.

Day 2: After an early breakfast spend the morning on a game drive in the Selenkay Conservancy and an escorted nature walk with Maasai guides returning to camp for lunch. In the afternoon you will visit a nearby Maasai Village where you will get to known more about the way of life of a Maasai before enjoying a night game drive with a spotlight to seek out the nocturnal animals as you head back to camp in the dark. Dinner and overnight in camp at Selenkay.

Day 3: Early breakfast and then drive through the bush into Amboseli National Park for a full day in the park with great views of Kilimanjaro and close-up observation of elephants as well as many other species. Return to camp in Selenkay Conservancy in the afternoon after a picnic lunch. Dinner and overnight in the camp at Selenkay.

Day 4: After breakfast drive out of the Conservancy and back to Nairobi with transfer to Wilson Airport to catch the afternoon light aircraft flight to the Mara, arriving at 1600 hours. Upon arrival at the airstrip in the Mara you will be transferred to the Mobile Camp in Ol Kinyei Conservancy and shown to your tent, before heading out on an evening game drive in the conservancy to see some of the wildlife for which the Mara is famous. Return to camp for dinner and overnight.

Day 5: Wake up at dawn and enjoy an early game drive in the conservancy on the look out for the big cats, returning to camp for a late breakfast followed by an escorted nature walk and then lunch. In the afternoon enjoy another game drive in the Ol Kinyei Conservancy with a night drive as you head back to camp driving in the dark with a spotlight for the chance to see the nocturnal animals. Dinner and overnight at camp in Ol Kinyei.

Day 6: An early breakfast followed by a full day of game viewing in the Mara Reserve, taking a picnic lunch. Return to the camp in the late afternoon for dinner and overnight.

Day 7: A final short early morning game drive in the conservancy followed by breakfast and then leave camp for the 4 hour drive back to Nairobi for your international flight home.