Kenya - Featured Trips

A one week safari in Kenya designed specially for photographers, staying six nights in Kenya's finest wildlife area, the Mara ecosystem, and escorted by well-known wildlife Photographer Paolo Torchio. The safari spends time in two exclusive wildlife conservancies in the Mara ecosystem: Ol Kinyei Conservancy and Olare Orok Conservancy as well as in the Mara Reserve.

Departure dates are not fixed and can be arranged at any time to suit your requirements. The safari itinerary can be amended to tie in with your international flight arrival and departure times or to reflect the best places for wildlife viewing in the Mara. It can also be extended if you have any special requests.

Arrive in Nairobi to be met and transferred to Fairview Hotel Nairobi for 1 night on B&B basis. On the fisrt day you will be met by Paolo Torchio for an initial briefing and welcome. Overnight Fairview Hotel B&B

Transfer to Wilson Airport for a short flight to the Mara, from where you will be transferred to Mara Porini Camp for 2 nights. Game drives and walks will be taken in the Ol Kinyei Conservancy to photograph the wildlife for which the Mara is famous. Night game drives will also be taken. Dinner and overnight at Mara Porini Camp.

A full day is spent traversing the Mara Reserve from Ol Kinyei to Olare Orok, with a picnic lunch en route and plenty of time for game viewing in the Mara Reserve. You will spend the next 4 nights at the Porini Lion Camp.

You will spend a further 3 days in the Mara with game drives in the Olare Orok Conservancy and in the Mara Reserve depending on where you guide considers the best wildlife viewing to be available. Dinner and overnight at Porini Lion Camp.

Final early morning game drive and transfer to the Ol Kiombo airstrip in the Mara to fly back to Nairobi. Transfer to Jomo Kenyatta International Airport Nairobi for your flight home.

Paolo Torchio's work has appeared in a host of other Kenyan wildlife and travel magazines, including Travel News, Kenya Birding, and About Kenya, as well as in some illustrious wildlife magazines elsewhere in the world. Paolo's photography has earned widespread acclaim. In 2006 he was declared Overall Winner of the East African Photographer of the Year Award.

£2970 - £3535 per person sharing on a scheduled departure.

Terms and Conditions apply. Price is subject to availability and subject to change due to currency fluctuation.

1 Night B&B accommodation in Nairobi, Return flights to Masai Mara from Nairobi, return airstrip transfers, 6 nights on safari with all meals and drinks included, game drive & park and conservancy fees, services of Paolo Torchio as tour leader.

International flights, visas, items of a personal nature, gratuities.