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Family Vacations
Our team is full of family travelers, meaning we know what it takes to make sure everyone enjoys the experience just as much as each other.
Couples Vacations
Our couple itineraries are paced perfectly for you to enjoy the very best a country has to offer whilst making sure you enjoy the quality time together you’re after.
Multi Generational Trips
From very small to very big. Families come in all shapes and sizes, and our multi-generational holidays are perfectly designed to tick the boxes for the whole family.
Group Vacations
No matter what the size or the occasion, we’re well versed in taking larger groups of people away for those special adventures.
Honeymoons
We’ve been crafting dream itineraries for newly married couples for years. Learn more about the ins and outs of our honeymoon service here.
Solo Travel
Our travel experts have experienced the thrills and challenges of solo travel, all with the aim of producing some of our most immersive and exciting itineraries.
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Unusual vacations
The world may be conquered, but enough secrets remain to keep us up all night, dreaming of ways to whisk you off to the most unique corners of the globe. Where first?
Remote Destinations
We’ve chosen these experiences, destinations and adventures to bring you closer to the great outdoors. This is your ticket to our wonderful world.
Adventure vacations
Hike across mountain ridgelines, scramble across glaciers and kayak down rivers – these trips are designed to immerse you in vast wildernesses and ancient cultures.
Beach Vacations
Porcelain shores, perfect seas and swaying palms; the allure of a beach break is hard to ignore. Which is why we handpick the best beachfront boltholes to offer you…
Food Vacations
Food and travel have long gone hand in hand, and we have put together some mouth-watering trips that capture the palate, of countries across the world. Bon appétit.
Safari vacations
With a team of experts that have worked as conservationists and wildlife photographers, we have the expertise to make your safari dreams come true.
Slow Travel
As the world becomes busier, slow travel has never felt so fitting. Whether it’s meeting fishermen in Maine or learning the Dukha-way in Mongolia, take time to connect.
Eclipse Vacations
Eclipse travel celebrates our place in the wider cosmos. Let us take you to wherever in the world the eclipse is at its most arresting, and we’ll do it in style.
Proposal Service
Found the one and want to propose in style? The moment will be a memory forever and we’re here to help you make sure it’s the most perfect moment for you and your loved one.
Train Travel
“It’s not the destination, it’s the journey.” We’ve all heard this, haven’t we? And with these captivating luxury train journeys, we’ll show you the joy to be found travelling across the world by rail.
The Pursuit of Feeling
From impassioned and emotive journeys, to podcasts and our Feelings Engine, you’ll find something to move you and something to soothe you. We want to fire your heart and provide food for your soul.
Set Jetting
Swapping salubrious saloons and questionable lodgings for sumptuous hotels and eye-opening experiences, each of our show-stopping journeys will take you behind scenes of some of TV’s most awe-inspiring locations.
See You in the Moment
Field Trip
Education begins in the classroom, but it’s IRL that younger generations put their lessons to the test. Field Trip is a curriculum of educational encounters around the world.
Take Me On A Story
A series of family experiences celebrating the transformative power of the books we loved when we were young, and the stories our children have come to adore.
Get Lost
Designed as a once-in-a-lifetime challenge, train with elite survival experts before traversing a polar, jungle, coastal, mountain or desert region in your mission back to civilisation.
Bring it Back
Bring It Back will embed you in an entirely different way of thinking, and of learning about a culture directly from its experts on the ground. You may be surprised by what you discover.
The Great American View
This series of breathtaking journeys culminate in some of America’s most legendary sights. They are the places you’ve always sought out, and now it’s your time to find them.
James Bond
We are proud to have been selected as the official travel partner to curate James Bond inspired trips.
Agatha Christie
We’ve been hand-picked by Agatha Christie Limited to help bring Agatha’s world-famous Grand Tour to life through a series of episodic trips across Africa, Australasia and North America, and a unique prelude in London.
Eater Journeys
We’re often asked who we’d invite to our ideal dinner party. Ernest Shackleton? Amelia Earheart? The entire editorial team of Eater? Easily. So we invited our friends at Eater over to dinner and quizzed them about their favourite foodie trips and then created them for you to experience too.
Surf Air
We’re proud to launch a brand-new series of exclusive US trips with ground-breaking private air company Surf Air. Bringing our combined knowledge of ground and sky together, we’re helping you to see the world in style.
Take the Open Road with Auberge
With the iconic hotel brand Auberge Resorts, we’ve created a new series of tailormade, luxurious road trip itineraries. Emblems of America’s most iconic landscapes, regions, and people.
Remarkable Drives of Discovery with Auberge
Following on from the much lauded ‘Take the Open Road’ series, here’s five brand-new bespoke, multi-destination trips created with our friends at Auberge Resorts Collection. Delve deeper than ever before.
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For years, we’ve sung the praises of the original safari country, and a luxury Kenya safari remains one of the most extraordinary journeys we design.
Between the balmy waters of the Indian Ocean and the tribes of the Maasai, from the plunging depths of the ancient Rift Valley to the endless golden plains of the Mara, this dramatic country is defined by its incredibly rich culture, its superior wildlife, and its boisterous landscapes. We’ve spent years perfecting our list of the best lodges, the most compelling itineraries, and the cultural excursions that make a luxury safari in Kenya truly unforgettable. As the original safari destination, Kenya does it with unbeatable aplomb. After all, nothing beats watching 1.5 million wildebeest thunder across the serene Mara River, preferably from your private vehicle, sundowner in hand. What’s more, we specialize in pairing Kenya safari adventures with post-safari sojourns in the Seychelles and Zanzibar.
As ever, use the below as inspiration then get in touch to plan your very own luxury Kenya adventure.
From historic, sea-facing Mombasa to bustling Nairobi; from tropical Lake Victoria to the breathtaking plains of the Masai Mara natural reserve, Kenya has as many identities as wild animals. Regardless of what you choose to do in this ancient, pastoral land, our bespoke, luxury safaris in Kenya will stir the senses and bring you face to face with the natural world. Think hot air balloon rides over the Maasai Mara to witness the Great Migration and wild chef-prepared dinners out under the stars. Come with us and see Kenya from a new perspective.
Any luxury vacation to Kenya is unthinkable without witnessing the immense, mind-altering spectacle of the Great Migration. Possibly the greatest show on earth, this event is an overwhelming and quite simply awe-inspiring wildlife experience during which time (once a year) over 1.5 million wildebeest, 200,000 zebras, and 350,000 gazelles gather on the plains of Tanzania’s Serengeti and slowly – and then quickly – travel toward Kenya’s Maasai Mara. The thing you’ll remember most (more than the sight) is the sound: as the earth itself shakes and rumbles with the impact of millions of hooves, kicking up immense clouds of rich brown earth.
To many, Kenya is synonymous with the luxury safari. Not only was it the first country to host these spectacular sightings of wild nature, but it remains one of the best. Safari (coming from the Arabic word safar) means ‘to make a journey,’ meaning that your travel options are appropriately diverse: from luxury safari vacations that do away with the modern safari vehicle, to an eye-opening hot air balloon safari that gives you a bird’s eye view of these lustrous landscapes. At the same time, Kenya’s safari experience places as much emphasis on simply ‘being there.’ Our luxurious safari lodges and hotels offer unrivalled opportunities to simply gaze upon this remarkable landscape, softly shaded beneath branches of supple acacia.
Two years away from its independence in 1963, this vast swathe of Kenya – 520 square km in total – was carved out and designated as an area in which industrialisation and human settlement would stop. The result, across these great plains of rolling grassland, is the Maasai Mara, which should be on the itinerary of any luxury safari in Kenya. The villages of the Maasai people, who have preserved their way of life against unwanted modernisation, keep watch over the lands, and over the millions of wild animals (hyena, zebra, giraffe, and more) that call this landscape home.
When planning almost any luxury safari to Kenya, you will – almost certainly – think zoologically. If safari and the blockbuster spectacle of the Great Migration are your thing, we’ve got you covered. But there are yet more ways to experience Kenya’s wildlife. Some enjoy the comfort of game drives, hitting out across the verdant ground in jeeps to watch nature glide by. Others prefer something more intimate – with rhino tracking. There’s nothing quite like watching your guide release puffs of incense-like chalk into the air, holding your breath. And then the group halts – an arm is raised – before glimpsing these stunning creatures through bright green blades of tall grass.
You’ll, of course, want the Masai Mara on your luxury safari itinerary, but Kenya is home to many more safari destinations that you’ll likely never have heard of. Encounter the large tusked elephants at Amboseli National Park, meet Kenya’s largest population of eastern black rhino in Ol Pejeta Conservancy and gaze southwards from Lewa Wildlife Conservancy to the snow-capped peak of Mount Kenya in the distance.
The scenic trails of Kenya’s Loita Hills (well-trodden by the Maasai, but way off the tourist trail) are centuries old. And it’s along these honey-hued byways – across low round hillsides and great green expanses – that we’ll take you trekking, cycling, and fly camping for four wild days. Ending on the sweeping shores of Lake Nakuru National Park or Lake Magadi, right in the heart of the legendary Rift Valley, you’ll have been on one serious adventure.
Maasai Mara
Between July and October, the earth will quake with 2 million hooves.
As the birthplace of safari, Kenya has the art down to perfection. Witnessing the Great Migration in the stunning landscapes of the Maasai Mara is an experience like no other, and a true testament to this incredible experience. Settling down at one of the region’s best, exclusive safari lodges, you’ll have a front-row seat for a wildlife encounter like no other. Bring your camera. This is the closest you may ever get to wild, African animals.
Laikipia
Come day or night, game drives in this heavenly part of the world are something to behold.
The panoramic escarpments that sit above the plains of this eye-opening region frame a view of distant Mount Kenya. Hazy, lavender skies, the distant sound of elephant, and the flight of graceful eagles. The area is a hotbed for safaris, quad biking, horse-riding, conservation work, and some truly exceptional rock-climbing and abseiling.
Nairobi
1,700m above sea level, Nairobi is East Africa’s largest and most energetic city.
Most travel operators will see Nairobi as a stepping stone on the way to safari. We value it as a thriving, culturally-rich destination in its own right. Young, modern and growing, its high altitude and intense greenery make it a breath of fresh air. It has incredible culture, eating and sights, and offers a vibrant salve to the more pre-lapsarian energy of the bush itself.
Giraffe Manor, Nairobi
Angama Mara, Maasai Mara
Elewana Tortilis Camp, Amboseli
Luxury Kenya safaris typically run $8,000–$15,000 per person, covering exclusive lodges, all meals, private game drives, and park fees. Ultra-luxury options — exclusive-use camps, helicopter transfers — can reach $25,000 and beyond. Talk to one of our Kenya specialists for a quote built around your specific dates and wish list.
The most rewarding safaris combine private conservancy access, intimate camps of ten tents or fewer, and exceptional guiding. Properties that consistently deliver at this level include Angama Mara on the Great Rift Valley escarpment, Cottar’s 1920s Safari Camp for timeless elegance, and Ol Jogi in Laikipia for genuinely exclusive wildlife encounters.
July to October is peak season — the Great Migration brings 1.5 million wildebeest to the Masai Mara, with river crossings that are as dramatic as wildlife gets. January to March offers lush landscapes, newborn wildlife, and far fewer visitors. November and December bring the short rains and excellent value. Kenya rewards year-round travel, and the right time depends largely on what you want to see.
Both are exceptional, but they offer different things. Kenya’s private conservancies allow off-road driving, night drives, and crowd-free experiences — none of which Tanzania’s national parks permit. The Masai Mara is smaller and more intimate than the Serengeti. Many travelers choose to combine both, following the Migration from the Serengeti into the Mara for a trip that captures the full sweep of the experience.
The right lodge depends on what you’re looking for. For classic Mara elegance, Angama Mara, Cottar’s 1920s Camp, and Sala’s Camp are hard to beat. Families tend to do well at Governors’ Camp or Saruni Mara. For something more off the beaten path, Ol Pejeta and Lewa in Laikipia offer a different and equally compelling side of Kenya. Those adding a coastal stay should look at Alfajiri Villas on Diani Beach.
Kenya is one of the strongest family safari destinations in the world. Many camps welcome children of all ages with family suites, junior ranger programs, and flexible schedules that adapt to how families actually travel. The Masai Mara delivers Big Five sightings without punishing drive times, while Laikipia’s conservancies add walking safaris, horseback rides, and Maasai community visits for families who want more than game drives alone.
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