Classic Mara Safari
Three nights in the Maasai Mara with the Governors' Camp Collection, flown in on Governors' Aviation. One camp, up to three game drives a day, and nothing else on the diary.
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Kenya · Rwanda · 11 days
Wellness & Wildlife Journey
Eleven days across Kenya and Rwanda with Hemingways. Spa and garden treatments in Karen, yoga between game drives in the Mara, the marine spa at Watamu, then rooftop yoga in Kigali and a gorilla trek.
At a glance
Where the nights go
Overview
The shape of the journey
Wellness trips usually mean sitting still somewhere expensive. This one keeps moving, four bases and two countries, and puts the yoga, the massages and the quiet mornings inside a proper safari rather than instead of one.
NairobiMaasai MaraWatamuKigaliVolcanoes National Park
It is Hemingways' full range in one booking: Karen, the Mara, the coast, and their house in Kigali, with a gorilla trek at the far end of it.
Where you'll stay
The camps and hotels
Hemingways Nairobi
A boutique hotel in Karen with a spa, garden treatments and a balcony off every suite.
Hemingways Ol Seki Mara
A tented camp in the Naboisho Conservancy, with sunrise yoga and massages in your own tent between drives.
Hemingways Watamu
A beach hotel beside Watamu Marine National Park, with a marine-led spa and yoga as the sun comes up.
Hemingways Retreat Kigali
Hemingways' house in Kigali, with rooftop yoga and the drive up to the volcanoes from the door.
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 Nairobi
Met at the airport and driven out to Karen. Coffee on the balcony, and a garden massage if the flight has left you stiff.
Hemingways Nairobi
Day 2
Nairobi, gently
Nairobi National Park is twenty minutes away and worth a morning if you want an early sighting. Otherwise the spa, the garden and the terrace.
Hemingways Nairobi
Day 3Flight
Fly to the Maasai Mara
A light aircraft into the Naboisho Conservancy. A tented suite, lunch, and a private game drive out in the afternoon.
Hemingways Ol Seki Mara
Day 4
Yoga at sunrise, drives after
Yoga as the light comes up over the plains, then a drive. An in-tent massage in the heat of the middle of the day, and out again at four.
Hemingways Ol Seki Mara
Day 5
Walking, and the fire
A guided walk with a Maasai guide in the morning. Sundowners, then the evening fire, which is the point at which most people stop looking at their phone.
Hemingways Ol Seki Mara
Day 6Flight
Fly to the coast
East to Watamu. Lunch by the sea and an afternoon that asks nothing.
Hemingways Watamu
Day 7
The marine spa
Yoga at sunrise on the sand. The spa here works with marine ingredients, and the treatments are the reason people book the extra night.
Hemingways Watamu
Day 8
Mida Creek by dhow
The reef in the morning, and a dhow through Mida Creek's mangroves as the sun drops. Seafood afterwards, landed the same day.
Hemingways Watamu
Day 9Flight
Fly to Kigali
Across to Rwanda and the Retreat. Rooftop yoga in the evening, and dinner built around the same idea as the rest of the trip.
Hemingways Retreat Kigali
Day 10
Gorilla trekking at Volcanoes
Up before dawn and north to the park. Briefing, then into the bamboo behind a tracking team, and an hour with a gorilla family. Back to Kigali in the evening.
Hemingways Retreat Kigali
Day 11
Depart
A last rooftop breakfast, then the airport and 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.
- The best time to visit Rwanda for the gorillasJune to September and December to February for drier trails, November to May for lower permit prices, and the gorillas every month of the year.
- Gorilla trekking packing listOne morning in steep, wet forest in Rwanda or Uganda.
- 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.
- What a gorilla permit costs, in Rwanda and UgandaUSD 1,500 in Rwanda, USD 800 in Uganda, and the discounts, resident rates and habituation permits either side of them.
- Practical facts by countryPlugs, currency, time zone, driving side, SIM, tipping and tap water.
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