The fly-in option uses a scheduled light aircraft from Wilson Airport, about 45 minutes to the Mara. You land in time for an afternoon drive, sleep in a conservancy camp, drive again at dawn, and are back in Nairobi by early afternoon. It works best when your last session ends by lunchtime or you have a free day before your flight home.

The road option needs no flights. Hell’s Gate National Park is about two hours from Nairobi and is one of the few parks where you can cycle or walk among zebra, giraffe and buffalo. Add a boat on Lake Naivasha for hippos and fish eagles and you are back at your hotel for dinner. From USD 690 per person.

We plan from your real schedule: your hotel, your last session, your flight. Nothing is booked until you have seen the timings and they work.

Day by day

  1. Fly-in, day 1

    Afternoon flight from Wilson to the Mara, evening game drive, dinner at camp.

  2. Fly-in, day 2

    Dawn drive, breakfast, morning flight back to Wilson by early afternoon.

  3. Road, one day

    Leave Nairobi at 7 am. Cycle or walk Hell’s Gate in the morning, boat on Lake Naivasha after lunch, back by early evening.

What the trip price covers

  • Fly-in: return flights, one night in a conservancy camp, drives and meals
  • Road: private vehicle and guide, park fees, bicycles and boat, as quoted
  • Hotel pick-up and drop-off in Nairobi

International flights, visas and the Kenya eTA, travel insurance, tips and drinks are not included unless your quote says so.

Worth knowing

  • Allow 60 to 90 minutes between central hotels and Wilson Airport at peak hours.
  • Event organisers can ask us about planning for a group of delegates.

Who checks the operator

We do, before we recommend them. This trip is run, contracted and invoiced by a tour operator licensed by Kenya’s Tourism Regulatory Authority. Your planning fee pays for the plan and the checks; we take nothing from the operator.

  • Tourism Regulatory Authority licence, checked against the regulator’s own records
  • NTSA tourist service licence for the vehicles you ride in
  • Public liability insurance in date, with a copy on file
  • Guide qualifications and, for walking and riding, the camp’s safety procedures
  • Recent client references we can contact
  • For halal trips, each camp’s confirmation in writing