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Kenya · 9 days

A Detox Journey Through Kenya

Nine days of Kenya without the hangover, with yoga and garden food in Karen, alcohol-free sundowners in the Mara North Conservancy, then sunrise yoga and the reef at Watamu. Hemingways throughout.

Duration: 9 days, 8 nights · 2 flights
Where: Kenya
Experiences: Road Safaris Flying Safaris
Board: Board varies by stay
Price: On request

At a glance

Where the nights go

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

Overview

The shape of the journey

A safari usually runs on sundowners and long dinners. This one takes that out and puts yoga, walking and locally grown food in its place, and it does it in three of the best addresses in Kenya rather than in a clinic.

NairobiMara North ConservancyWatamu

Hemingways built it as a proper trip, not a programme: you still get the game drives, the fire and the reef. The sundowner just comes without the gin.

Where you'll stay

The camps and hotels

Hemingways Eden Residence

A small house in Karen with gardens, a pool and a spa, used here for three quiet nights at the start.

Hemingways River Camp Mara

A riverside tented camp in the Mara North Conservancy, where the evenings are storytelling and a fire rather than a bar.

Hemingways Watamu

A beach hotel beside Watamu Marine National Park, with a spa, sunrise yoga and plant-forward cooking.

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 1
Arrive in Karen
Met at the airport and driven out to Eden Residence. A welcome drink, Samburu dancing in the evening, and an early night.
Hemingways Eden Residence
Day 2
Yoga, and food off the garden
A guided yoga session to start, then meals built from what is grown and sourced locally. Spa treatments in the afternoon if you want them.
Hemingways Eden Residence
Day 3
Walking, and time to think
A guided nature walk through the forest beside the house. The rest of the day is deliberately unstructured: journalling, the spa, or the garden.
Hemingways Eden Residence
Day 4Flight
Fly to the Mara North Conservancy
A light aircraft to Mara North and River Camp on the river. An afternoon game drive, then an alcohol-free sundowner as the plains go orange.
Hemingways River Camp Mara
Day 5
Drives, and a fire
Yoga or a nature walk at first light, whichever suits. Game drives morning and afternoon, and storytelling round the fire once it is dark.
Hemingways River Camp Mara
Day 6
The river, and the quiet part
More time out with the animals, and long gaps by the river between drives. The food stays wholesome and the pace stays slow.
Hemingways River Camp Mara
Day 7Flight
Fly to the coast
East to Watamu. A light lunch on arrival, then the pool or the beach and nothing more demanding than that.
Hemingways Watamu
Day 8
Sunrise yoga and the marine park
Yoga as the sun comes up over the Indian Ocean. Swimming and snorkelling in the marine park later, a spa treatment in the heat, and plant-forward food all day.
Hemingways Watamu
Day 9
Depart
A last yoga session, a walk on the beach, or neither. Then the transfer for your flight home.

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.