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Find the advice you need to turn your safari wish list into a well planned holiday. Explore costs, destinations and experiences, with practical guidance from the PMK team in Nairobi.
Follow the steps from choosing a route to booking with confidence.
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Kenya is one of the easiest African destinations for a woman to travel through confidently, whether that means joining a small group or booking a private trip alone. Sunrise game drives in the Maasai Mara, elephant herds in Amboseli, a…

Organizing a safari for three generations at once, grandparents, parents, and kids, is a different job than booking a couple’s trip. Someone has to think about nap schedules and mobility at the same time, keep a group of eight or…

Booking a safari for a company retreat, an incentive trip, or a conference add on is a different job than booking for a couple or a family. Someone has to answer for vehicle capacity across a group of thirty, make…

The word luxury gets thrown around loosely in safari marketing, often meaning little more than a nice bed and a swimming pool. We would rather be specific about it. A genuinely premium safari in Kenya comes down to a handful…

Every so often someone writes to us asking a version of the same question: is it actually okay to do a Kenya safari alone? Usually they have already looked through several brochures built around couples and families, and they are…

Reviewed 15 October 2026 by the PMK team Ten days can give you a varied Kenya safari, but visiting six destinations means several substantial road transfers. Start by choosing between a broad circuit and more nights in fewer parks. This…

This itinerary is built for a different traveller than our wildlife-focused routes: one who wants time to actually get the shot, and a real conversation with the Maasai community rather than a five-minute stop. It covers three destinations most Kenya…

Reviewed 15 October 2026 by the PMK team. A combined Kenya and Tanzania safari needs more than a list of parks. Compare the time available in each country, the border transfer, any change of guide or vehicle, and the final…

This is the only itinerary on our site that ends on a beach. Six days of safari across the Masai Mara, Lake Nakuru and Amboseli, then four nights unwinding at Diani Beach on the Indian Ocean, connected by a genuinely…

Quick note before anything else: we’re a safari company, not a medical clinic, so treat this as a practical starting point, not a substitute for talking to a doctor or travel clinic about your own health history. What we can…
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