Arrive to Nairobi, Kenya’s capital city. Nairobi is a bustling modern metropolis with a range of world class hotels, museums, restaurants, and even an urban national park. Your private guide will be waiting to transfer you to your boutique hotel for the evening.

Navigate the bustling streets of Nairobi with your private guide. Take an optional visit to the Sheldrick Wildlife Trust, a world-renowned rescue and rehabilitation center for orphaned elephants and rhinos that has been a leader in conservation since 1977. Watch as the baby elephants parade down the path for their morning feeding. Ask your Vaya specialist about ‘adopting’ one of these wee ones and we can arrange for a more private foster parent visit instead.

Stop for lunch at the Karen Blixen house and coffee gardens, a lush oasis of calm in a busy city, and visit the neighboring Kazuri Women’s Beading Collective. Make friends with a giraffe at the Giraffe Center or visit the National Museum in the afternoon. Your time in Nairobi can be curated to suit your interests.

Fly to one of Kenya’s most picturesque National Parksset in the shadow of the mighty Kilimanjaro, where your expert safari guide will be waiting to transfer you to your lodge.
The mountain offers a stunning backdrop as you capture photos of or view the multitude of species that call this wilderness home. Most famous for its ‘tusker’ elephants, some of these giants roaming with oversized tusks, the park also boasts incredible populations of lion and cheetah, leopard giraffe and buffalo. With a surprisingly varied landscape for such a quaint park this is the perfect place to dive into safari.

Rise with the sun and venture out on a game drive to spot wildlife, set against the spectacular views of Mount Kilimanjaro. Spend the heat of the day enjoying the scenery from your lodge, take a dip in the pool, or relax in one of the sumptuous main areas of your lodge. This afternoon you have the option to head out again with your expert guide for your next safari drive.

After your final game drive in Amboseli, take a short safari flight to the Maasai Mara. This famed reserve is situated in the southwest of Kenya and is separated from the Serengeti by the Mara River. Home to an incredible concentration of game and birds year round, this reserve also plays host to the millions of wildebeest, zebra and other antelope that comprise the Great Migration during late summer and early fall. Situated along the Great Rift Valley, the Maasai Mara is a land of breathtaking views, endless plains and abundant wildlife.