The Maasai Mara followed by a private island escape on Zanzibar, with flights and transfers included.
Combine a luxury safari with a private island escape. Spend three nights in the Maasai Mara, then fly to Zanzibar for five nights of beach, sea and spa time. Other islands, including Lamu and the Seychelles, can be arranged on request.
You are met at Jomo Kenyatta International Airport and transferred to your hotel for a first quiet evening together. Your guide drops by with a short briefing on the safari ahead.
Take a scheduled light-aircraft flight from Wilson Airport to the Maasai Mara airstrip (about 45 to 60 minutes), 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.
Start with coffee at sunrise and a private breakfast set up on the plains, then a slow game drive. In the evening, a candle-lit sundowner replaces the usual camp dinner.
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.
Fly to the coast via Nairobi or Arusha (about 3 hours in total, connections arranged by us) and transfer to your beach resort. You arrive on Zanzibar and transfer to your beach resort for lunch. The afternoon is free to swim in the turquoise water, walk along the shoreline and settle into island time.
Wander the alleys of UNESCO-listed Stone Town with a guide, visiting its carved doors, markets and Old Fort, then tour a spice farm to taste cloves, cinnamon and vanilla.
Sail by traditional dhow to a sandbank or reef for snorkelling and a seafood lunch, returning at sunset.
Meet red colobus monkeys in Jozani Forest, then visit Prison Island (Changuu) to see its giant tortoises.
A free day to relax on the beach, snorkel, or try a spa treatment, with an optional sunset dhow cruise in the evening.
Enjoy a final swim and a relaxed breakfast. You are then transferred to the airport for your onward flight, with an easy hand-over to your international connection.
