Journeys to Kenya

 

For sheer volume of animals, there's simply nothing like a safari to Kenya. Join Classic Escapes and feel the excitement of following in some of Kenya's legendary visitors' footsteps, including Karen Blixen, Ernest Hemingway, Theodore Roosevelt - to some of it's legendary regions - Mt. Kenya, the Great Rift Valley, Amboseli, Samburu and the Maasai Mara. While on safari you will feel wonderfully alive and aware of nature as the ultimate artist and comedian. You may laugh with delight at the first glimpse of a warthog trotting across the plain with upturned tail and think the paint is still wet from the dazzling brushstrokes that run one into another as you gaze on your first herd of zebra - camouflage meant to confound their predators. And what beautiful predators they are: from the spotted sleekness of the cheetah stalking, to the regal often lazy-looking lion so close you can practically reach out and pet their golden backs.

Affordable Nature: Kenya
Imagine wakening to the sounds of a trumpeting elephant and feeling the roar of a lion coursing through your body… forget to breathe while watching a leopard stalking prey…delight in the delicate treetop munching of a giraffe. You don’t have to imagine when you’re on safari – and now cost doesn’t have to stand in your way! Experience Kenya, the original safari destination and home to beautiful landscapes and vibrant wildlife. Explore the harsh terrain of the Samburu Reserve and the flamingo lined shores of Lake Nakuru. And spend three days roaming the rolling hills of the Maasai Mara in search of wildebeest, zebra, impala, ostrich, elephant and rhino. Each evening, share the day’s events while relaxing in luxurious camps underneath the starlit skies of Africa.

Affordable Nature: Kenya - Under Canvas
Only canvas stands between you and your dreams of a life in the bush - painted in your mind by the safari expeditions detailed in books by Ernest Hemingway, Beryl Markham and Karen Blixen - and the tented camps they called home. Watch the gripping action of predator and prey. Relax at your camp while elephant, hippo and crocodile move in a delicate dance in the river. At dusk and dawn the sun dapples your tent with a myriad of colors and the night bring midnight skies, twinkling lights and the calls of the wild. Luxury tented camps, the famous parks and reserves of Samburu, Lake Nakuru and the Maasai Mara, mark you as another explorer whose footsteps someone else will follow in.

Birding in Kenya
With over 1,000 species of birds recorded, Kenya is one of the world’s greatest birding destinations. You will have the privilege to explore it with Francis Kitayi -  one of the best-known, birding naturalist guides in East Africa.  Francis hails from the western province in Kakamega in Kenya and is of the Luhya tribe and has shared his vast knowledge and passion of the beauty and diversity of all aspects of Kenya with Audubon, Zoological and various other groups since 1980.

Couture Kenya
Exclusive, elegant, exciting and unique – pamper yourself with our couture Kenya, boutique travel with brilliant flair. From winging your way through the air on charter planes, to staying in the toniest camps with the most interesting people anywhere – from Giraffe Manor and Loisaba, to Oria Douglas-Hamilton’s Elephant Watch, to the romance intertwined with adventure at Cottars and Shompole Safari Camps, home to some of the most stunning views anywhere.

The Discovery Journey to East Africa: Kenya & Tanzania
Safari is that wonderful Swahili word that means 'journey' but implies - Africa. Experience the magic of East Africa as you journey across some of its most beautiful regions - the Serengeti, Olduvai Gorge, Ngorongoro Crater, Lake Manyara, Tsavo West and the Maasai Mara. Discover a kaleidoscope of colors, wildlife and people that have changed little throughout the centuries. What has changed is the ease and comfort of how you see them, staying in luxury lodges and tented camps every step of the way. Encounter the great migration of zebra and wildebeest, and the predators that follow them, either in the Serengeti or the Maasai Mara.

The Discovery Journey to Kenya
“All I wanted to do was get back to Kenya,” said Ernest Hemingway.  You will feel the same way too!  Join the vibrant club of those intoxicated with Africa’s magic, from its beautiful landscapes and sunsets, to animals and people whose lives have changed little over the centuries.  “Do lunch” at Mount Kenya Safari Club before setting off for exciting wildlife viewing in Samburu, Sweetwaters, Lake Nakuru and the Maasai Mara. After sundown, return to luxury lodges pampered by all the modern amenities, yet still immersed in the magic of your natural surroundings.

The Discovery Journey to Kenya & Rwanda
Discover the safari life that you've only heard about through books and movies. Roam the African bush where much of the film 'Out of Africa' was set and trek for mountain gorillas in the volcanic hills of Rwanda in the footsteps of Dian Fossey. Nothing will prepare you for your first glimpse of a rare black rhino or a face-to-face meeting with the giant, but gentle, mountain gorilla. Relive the treasured moments of each day while relaxing in luxurious lodges, private cottages and intimate tented camps, some lit only by kerosene lamp or candlelight.

Educator's Safari to Kenya
Delve into the African bush for incredible experiences to take back to your classrooms. Your students will be entralled with your first-hand knowledge of how a leopard stalks prey, why a flamingo's pink hues increase after feeding at an alkaline lake in the Great Rift Valley and what an elephant's explosive trumpeting cry announces across the Maasai Mara. Learn about environments rich in biodiversity from sparse scrubs and lush grasslands, to rolling hills and sparkling rivers, and the critical relationship each has with the people and wildlife. Visit local schools and interact with fellow teachers to find out what challenges they face, and learn about the problem-solving skills that Nairobi's poorest areas have enacted to rrehabilitate and enhance natural skills. Remarkable lessons for every classroom.

Generation Exploration Family Safari to Kenya
There's no better way to bridge that generation gap than by exploring Kenya unplugged together. Create memories together you will always treasure from the magic of a hot air balloon above the Serengeti  to riding a camel in Sweetwaters and learning about the Maasai in the Mara.

Global Philanthropy: Kenya
Join us on a safari adventure through the rich landscapes and abundant wildlife of Kenya. Get to know the people whose cultures and traditions have existed for centuries, while giving aid and support to help them overcome multiple barriers so they may flourish long after you have returned home. Vast herds of buffalo, wildebeest, antelope, zebra and elephant bring the bush alive with exciting drama of predator and prey. From the hustle and bustle of Nairobi and the clear mountain air of Eldoret, to the flamingo-lined shores of Lake Nakuru and witnessing the incredible community and wildlife of the Maasai in the Northern Serengeti, you will be inspired by the bountiful spirit of the people and the country.

Great Migration Safari Kenya and Tanzania
Experience the world's longest running show - the annual drama of the great migration on one of the planet's most beautiful stages: the Serengeti. Cats play an integral part, but the star of the show is the wildebeest and zebra - watch as a cast of thousands cross the Serengeti in search of fertile grasslands attempting to avoid their arch-enemy, the predator.

Greatest Parks of East Africa
For sheer volume of animals, there's simply nothing like East Africa. On this grand safari tour, enjoy the verdant beauty of Uganda, the endless plains of the Serengeti, and Africa's "Garden of Eden," the Ngorongoro Crater. See animals as they were meant to be seen in their natural habitat, and immerse yourself in the local culture. Optional extensions are available for close encounters with the endangered mountain gorilla in Uganda and swimming with dolphins in the Indian Ocean in Zanzibar.

Nature’s Classroom: Elephants - In-Depth Wildlife Study Safari to Kenya
To truly study elephants, the best university you could attend is Africa and the best professors those who call that classroom home. Feel not only intellectually, but physically alive as the classroom window you gaze out is a Land Rover often bringing you almost within arm’s reach of one of your favorite subjects in the world – elephants. Learn first-hand about the daily life of elephants in some of the most beautiful wildlife reserves of Kenya, often with world-renowned elephant experts and conservationists who have dedicated their lives to the study and preservation of these magnificent animals by your side.

Under Canvas: Kenya
Experience Kenya with the same style and flair as it was first enjoyed by those lucky few - Karen Blixen, Theodore Roosevelt, Ernest Hemingway and Beryl Markham - under canvas, camping the way it was meant to be! On this safari, Edwardian elegance and modern comfort is at your beck and call. Each tent is impeccably decorated with hand-carved wooden furniture often including an armoire, desk, night table and four poster bed surrounded by mosquito netting. Enjoy award-winning cuisine served on fine crystal and china and after-dinner liqueurs beneath a star-strewn African sky. Feel the freedom of the skies and the perspective of a bird as you fly by small plane to the next camp watching some of the most beautiful animals on earth cross Kenya below.

Walk Your Way Across Kenya
As one of the original homes of mankind, Kenya still possess an inimitable ability to free ones' soul - to touch an ancient, primordial yearning that modern life has yet to pry from our being. Nowhere more so than when you're walking amidst the wildlife of this incredible land, from Lewa and the Maasa Mara to the remote and rugged beauty of Kenya's Northern frontier, at times acccompanied by camel and often sleeping beneath the stars in mobile tented camps.