Elephants moving along a waterhole under a flat-topped acacia, Mount Kenya beyond

Kenya · 7 days

Plateau and Plains

Six nights with the Governors' Camp Collection, three in the Maasai Mara and three at Governors' Mugie House on the Laikipia plateau, where the activity list stops being game drives.

Duration: 7 days, 6 nights · 3 flights
Where: Kenya
Experiences: Flying Safaris Road Safaris Balloon Safaris
Board: Board varies by stay
Price: On request

At a glance

Where the nights go

6 nights across 2 places · 3 flights · Board varies by stay. Drawn from the draft day-by-day below.

Overview

The shape of the journey

Most Kenya itineraries pair two places that do the same thing twice. This one does not. The first half is the Maasai Mara at its most conventional: game drives from a camp inside the reserve, three a day if you want them. The second half is Laikipia, where the Governors' Camp Collection's Mugie House lets you off the vehicle.

NairobiMaasai MaraMugie Conservancy

At Mugie you walk, you ride an e-bike, you track lion on foot with a guide, you canoe. The wildlife is the same size; you are just no longer behind glass.

Where you'll stay

The camps and hotels

Governors' Camp or Governors' Il Moran Camp

Either of the Collection's two camps inside the Maasai Mara National Reserve, with up to three game drives on a full day.

Governors' Mugie House

The Collection's house on the Mugie Conservancy in Laikipia. Guided bush walks, e-bikes, lion tracking, canoeing and bush meals, plus visits to the anti-poaching team and the conservancy headquarters.

Day by day

How the days run

A proposal, not a timetable. The routing, timings and inclusions are confirmed in writing before you pay anything.

Day 1Flight
Nairobi to the Maasai Mara
Met at Jomo Kenyatta and driven across to Wilson for the Governors' Aviation flight, about forty-five minutes to the Mara. The run from the airstrip to camp is a game drive in itself.
Governors' Camp or Governors' Il Moran CampAll meals
Day 2
A full day in the reserve
Up to three game drives inside the reserve. The balloon goes up at dawn and is booked separately at extra cost, worth deciding before you travel rather than the night before.
Governors' Camp or Governors' Il Moran CampAll meals
Day 3
The Mara, again
The same pattern and different ground. Whatever you missed yesterday is generally today's job.
Governors' Camp or Governors' Il Moran CampAll meals
Day 4Flight
Fly north to Mugie
The Governors' Aviation flight from the Mara to the Mugie Conservancy, then a game drive of roughly twenty-five minutes from the airstrip to the house. The country changes completely on the way in.
Governors' Mugie HouseAll meals
Day 5
Laikipia on foot
A guided bush walk, or an e-bike, or lion tracking with the conservancy's team. Sundowners and a bush meal to finish, which at Mugie is a proper part of the day rather than a photograph.
Governors' Mugie HouseAll meals
Day 6
Mugie, and the work behind it
Time with the anti-poaching team and at the conservancy headquarters, and the canoes if the day suits. This is the part of the trip people talk about afterwards.
Governors' Mugie HouseAll meals
Day 7Flight
Home from the plateau
Breakfast, or a last morning game drive if the flight allows, then the transfer to the airstrip and the flight to Nairobi.
Breakfast

What's covered

Inclusions and exclusions

In line with the itinerary above. Your written quote is the version that counts.

Included

Accommodation at your chosen Governors' camp and at Governors' Mugie House
Game drives in the Maasai Mara, up to three on a full day
At Mugie, guided bush walks, e-bikes, lion tracking, canoeing, bush meals and sundowners
Visits to Mugie's anti-poaching team and conservancy headquarters
Governors' Aviation flights between Nairobi, the Mara and Mugie

Not included

The hot-air balloon safari, which carries an extra cost
Golf, spa treatments and cultural experiences at Mugie
International flights to and from Nairobi

Price & terms

What it costs

Priced on request. This itinerary is quoted for your dates, your party and the grade of camp you choose, which is why there is no single number on this page.

What this price covers

Rates are per person sharing unless the line above says otherwise.
Prices move with the season and with availability, and are held only once your quote is confirmed in writing.
The day-by-day above is a draft. Final routing, timings, inclusions and any park or permit fees are confirmed with your quote.

Before you go

Worth reading before this trip

The best time to visit Kenya, month by monthJanuary and February, then July to October, are the months we send most people.
Safari packing list for KenyaA working checklist for a week on safari in Kenya: the bag, the layers for a cold six o'clock start, optics, health and documents, with quantities for seven nights and what changes by season.
Kenya safari cost: where the money goesWhat you pay for on a Kenya safari, why two similar weeks can differ threefold, who sets the park fees, and how to get more from the same budget.
Practical facts by countryPlugs, currency, time zone, driving side, SIM, tipping and tap water.