Kenya Safari Holidays

Where in the world can you ... Enjoy a truly phenomenal wildlife safari?  Relax on tropical palm-fringed white sandy beaches while listening to the gentle sound of the enticingly warm Indian Ocean lapping the shoreline?  Experience timeless ethnic tribal cultures which have somehow managed to remain unchanged by today's modern world?

The answer is, of course, Kenya.  Travel Butlers can help you book and plan an exclusive safari holiday to this fascinating country, which will be individually tailored to your own particular interests and budget.

We can take care of everything - from when you arrive at the Jomo Kenyatta International Airport in Nairobi, to when you unwillingly have to leave.

One thing you can be sure of is that whenever you visit in Kenya, you will return home with endless memories that will last a lifetime - or at least until your next visit!

To get you started, why not check out some suggested Kenyan Safari Holidays?

The Safari Experience

The Masai Mara (also spelled Maasai Mara) is probably the most well-known safari destination in Kenya.  It conjures up romantic images of vast open golden savannah grasslands teeming with wildlife, and of course, it is also where the greatest natural wildlife event occurs - the famous Great Migration. 

Every year, over 1.5 million wildebeest, 200,000 zebras and 350,000 gazelles congregate on the Serengeti plains in Tanzania, and make their way clockwise en mass on a 1,800 round mile journey to the Masai Mara in search of greener grazing land, before returning southwards again.

Many Kenya safari holidays include at least a couple of nights in the Amboseli National Park, just south of Nairobi and in the shadow of Mount Kilimanjaro. Amboseli is most famous for its large elephant population, especially the old bull elephants with their simply enormous tusks. 

The incredibly scenic Laikipia Plateau, just north of Mount Kenya, is an exclusive safari destination, as it consists primarily of large private conservancies. 

The draw of a safari here is that the region is one of the last remaining places in Africa which is home to the endangered black rhino, and it is also an excellent area if you want to see wild dog.

The remoteness of the Samburu Eco-System, which includes the Samburu, Shaba and Buffalo Springs National Reserves, is one of the main attractions of going on safari here, as you will be one of just a few visitors who come to enjoy the rich wildlife and birdlife, including some species which are unique to the area, such as the gerenuk (or the 'giraffe necked antelope' because of its propensity to stretch high into the bushes in search of food).   

The Meru National Park is most famous for being where George and Joy Adamson raised and then successfully released their pet lioness, Elsa, back into her natural habitat in the African bush – now immortalised in the book Born Free and the award-winning film of the same name, starring Virginia McKenna and Bill Travers.  Aside from Elsa’s grave, the Park is also home to a wide range of wildlife and about 280 bird species.

The Kenyan Coast

A wonderful way to either start or end your holiday to Kenya is to relax for a few days on one of the white, sandy beaches, getting up only to stretch your legs as far as the warm waters of the Indian Ocean to cool off from the hot African sun. 

Most people stay near Mombasa, the 'beach capital' of Kenya, but there are also more exclusive and quieter beach destinations which are further south along the Kenyan coastline.

Tribal Culture

Kenya's most well-known ethnic tribe are the Masai Mara - semi-nomadic people charactised by their tallness, bright clothing and coloured beads, stretched earlobes, and the strange warrior jumping dance, in which the young morani (warrior-youth) will jump high into the air from a standing position, demonstrating to the others his strength and agility. 

Today, the Masai tribe remain relatively untouched by the modern world – their daily lives still centre around their cattle, which is not only their primary source of food, but also fundamental to every other aspects of their living – they use the cattle dung to plaster the walls of their huts; brides are ‘bought’ with cattle, demonstrating the wealth of a family; cattle blood is used in certain sacred ceremonies; and the cattle hides are used to make shoes, mattresses and other items.