Mara Plains Camp
Seven canvas suites on a bend of the Ntiakitiak River, with game viewing in both a private conservancy and the Maasai Mara reserve.
Mara and Zanzibar: eleven nights of plains and coral
About this journey
Five nights in a private conservancy on the edge of the Maasai Mara, then a short hop to the Indian Ocean for five nights on Zanzibar's quieter north-east coast. A night in Nairobi on arrival breaks the long flight.
- 11 nights
- January, February and July to October
- Nairobi, Olare Motorogi Conservancy, Maasai Mara and Matemwe, Zanzibar
What is included
- Return economy flights from London Heathrow, with one connection on the homeward leg
- Light-aircraft flights between Nairobi Wilson and the Mara
- Scheduled flight from Nairobi to Zanzibar
- Full board and twice-daily game drives at Mara Plains Camp
- Conservancy fees
- Half board at a beach hotel on the north-east coast of Zanzibar
- Private transfers throughout
Not included
- Travel insurance
- Visa and entry authorisation fees for Kenya and Tanzania, which covers Zanzibar
- Gratuities for guides and camp staff
- Drinks, diving and spa treatments on Zanzibar
Day by day
Open any day for the detail. Everything here can move: add a night, swap a hotel, change the order.
Arrive in Nairobi
You are met off the overnight flight and driven to a garden hotel in the leafy suburb of Karen. The afternoon is for sleep, or a gentle visit to the giraffe sanctuary nearby.
Five nights in the Olare Motorogi Conservancy
A light aircraft from Wilson airport lands on a grass strip in the conservancy, where camps lease the land from Maasai landowners and vehicle numbers at sightings are kept low. Days follow the light: an early drive, a long lunch, a late drive back to camp.
Fly to Zanzibar
A morning flight back to Nairobi connects with a scheduled flight to Zanzibar. A private driver takes you across the island to the north-east coast, where the lagoon empties and fills with the tide.
Reef, lagoon and Stone Town
Snorkel the reef around Mnemba Atoll on a morning boat trip, walk the lagoon at low tide, and spend one afternoon in the alleys and carved doorways of Stone Town with a local guide.
Fly home
A private transfer to Zanzibar airport for your flight home, connecting once on the way back to London Heathrow.
Where you stay
The properties this route is planned around. We can suggest alternatives at a different price point.
Ways to make it yours
A private vehicle in the Mara
Your own vehicle and guide for the five nights, so you set the hours and can wait at a sighting for as long as you like.
Two nights on the Oloololo Escarpment
Add two nights at Angama Mara, looking down over the Mara Triangle, before you leave for the coast.
Business class flights
Upgrade the long-haul flights to business class in both directions. We quote the fare at the time of booking.
Dates and seasons
Planned for January, February and July to October, when Kenya is at its best. Outside those months it still works, with different trade-offs; ask us.
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