Laikipia and the Maasai Mara by air, with a private vehicle and drives timed around the best light.
Designed for photographers who want light, access and time. Two nights in Laikipia allow walking, night drives and low-angle hides, followed by three nights in the Maasai Mara timed for golden-hour drives. A private vehicle with a photography-minded guide means you never need to rush a shot.
Take a scheduled light-aircraft flight from Wilson Airport to the Laikipia airstrip (about 45 to 60 minutes), where your guide meets you. You arrive at your conservancy lodge in time for lunch. Laikipia's private conservancies allow activities that national parks do not, and your first afternoon is a game drive on the plateau with a sundowner at a viewpoint.
Visit the Sweetwaters Chimpanzee Sanctuary, then track black and white rhino with a ranger. Ol Pejeta is also home to the last two northern white rhinos, which can be seen on a guided visit.
Take a light-aircraft flight to Maasai Mara (about 1 to 1.5 hours; routing via Nairobi or Arusha may apply), where your guide meets you. You arrive at your camp in time for lunch, then head out on your first game drive across the open plains of the Maasai Mara, home to lion, cheetah, elephant, buffalo and vast herds of zebra and wildebeest. Dinner and a night of lion calls follow.
Early and late drives timed for soft light, with your guide positioning the vehicle for the best angles on big cats, giraffe and dramatic skies. Midday is free for editing or rest at camp.
Leave at first light with a packed breakfast to find big cats on the open plains. Enjoy a bush picnic lunch near the hippo pools, then spend the afternoon tracking lion, cheetah, elephant and buffalo before returning at dusk.
After an early game drive and breakfast, you fly back to Wilson Airport in Nairobi (about 45 to 60 minutes). You are met and transferred to the airport for your onward flight, or to your hotel.
