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This promises to be an unforgettable adventure filled with stunning landscapes, thrilling wildlife encounters, and enriching cultural experiences, all within the safety and camaraderie of a women-only group
- NO SOLO SUPPLEMENTS ON THESE TOUR DEPARTURES -
This tour offers an incredible opportunity for women travelers to connect with one another while exploring one of Africa's most diverse and beautiful countries. With no single supplements, this tour is ideal for solo female travelers who want to experience Kenya in the company of like-minded women without the additional cost.
From the moment you arrive in Nairobi, you’ll be warmly welcomed by a local representative who will ensure your smooth transition to the vibrant city. Your journey begins with a stay at the luxurious Crowne Plaza Hotel, where you'll meet your female guide, who will be your knowledgeable companion throughout the tour. Her presence adds a unique dimension to the experience, as she offers insights into the local culture, wildlife, and history from a woman's perspective. This initial evening is a perfect opportunity to get acquainted with your fellow travelers and prepare for the exciting adventure ahead.
The tour takes you on an exhilarating journey through some of Kenya's most famous national parks, starting with Tsavo East and Tsavo West National Parks. These parks, known for their diverse wildlife and stunning landscapes, offer unparalleled opportunities for game viewing. Imagine the sight of dust-red elephants spraying each other with water from the Galana River or the thrill of spotting lions, leopards, and rhinos in their natural habitat. The unique combination of Tsavo East's arid beauty and Tsavo West's rugged terrain, complete with the crystal-clear waters of Mzima Springs, ensures a rich and varied safari experience.
One of the highlights of this tour is the cultural immersion you’ll experience at Elerai Conservancy, where you’ll spend time with the Maasai women learning traditional bead-making. This hands-on experience offers a deeper understanding of the Maasai culture and the importance of their traditions. The connection between you and the Maasai women, facilitated by your female guide, makes this an enriching and memorable part of the journey. The conservancy also provides a more intimate wildlife experience, with its stunning views of Mount Kilimanjaro serving as a dramatic backdrop.
From the bustling city of Nairobi to the breathtaking landscapes of Masai Mara, this tour promises a rich and immersive experience
Amboseli National Park, another jewel on this itinerary, is renowned for its large herds of free-ranging elephants and breathtaking views of Mount Kilimanjaro. The park's sparse vegetation offers some of the best opportunities to observe wildlife in their natural environment, making it a photographer's paradise. Spending a full day here allows you to immerse yourself in the beauty of Amboseli, with its varied landscapes and abundant wildlife, from impalas and giraffes to lions and cheetahs.
The tour’s itinerary also includes a visit to Lake Naivasha, where you’ll enjoy leisure time and explore the area’s rich biodiversity. The serene waters of the lake and the surrounding landscapes provide a peaceful contrast to the intensity of the game drives, allowing you to relax and reflect on the journey so far. The visit to the nearby Masai village for another bead-making lesson further deepens your cultural connection to Kenya, reinforcing the tour's emphasis on authentic, immersive experiences.
No trip to Kenya would be complete without exploring the legendary Masai Mara Game Reserve, home to the highest concentration of wildlife in the country. Here, you’ll witness the iconic African savannah and the rich diversity of animals that inhabit it, including the Big Five. The Masai Mara, with its endless plains and teeming wildlife, offers a quintessential African safari experience that is both awe-inspiring and humbling. The cooking class at your camp, led by expert chefs, adds a fun and interactive element to your stay, allowing you to learn about the local cuisine in a beautiful, natural setting.
The journey concludes with a visit to Lake Nakuru National Park, famous for its population of rhinos and stunning flamingo-lined shores. This final leg of the tour encapsulates the incredible diversity of Kenya’s landscapes and wildlife, offering one last opportunity to soak in the beauty of the African wilderness. The early morning game drive provides a chance to capture those last perfect memories before heading back to Nairobi for a farewell lunch at the Karen Blixen Coffee Garden.
Throughout this journey, the '12 Days | Explore Kenya | LADIES TOUR | 2025' offers an extraordinary blend of adventure, culture, and camaraderie, making it a perfect choice for women looking to explore Kenya in a supportive and empowering environment. Whether you’re bonding over shared experiences with fellow travelers or learning from the wisdom of your female guide, this tour promises to be a transformative experience that will leave you with lasting memories and a deeper appreciation for the beauty and diversity of Kenya.
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Itinerary Downloadable Itinerary
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Nairobi
Welcome to Africa! On arrival at Nairobi Airport International Airport, you will be met by a local representative and transfer to your hotel. Your guide will meet you at the hotel this evening to introduce herself and provide a rundown of the schedule and be available for any questions you may have. Dinner tonight is at your own account.
Meals: None
Accommodation: Crowne Plaza Hotel or similar
Nairobi Tsavo East National Park
An early start means that you will collect a breakfast pack from the hotel before being met at and transferred to Nairobi Train Station. The train departs at 8AM and arrives at Voi Train Station, the closest station to Tsavo East at 1205PM where you will be met by your driver to begin a game drive in Tsavo East National Park enroute to your camp. After lunch, enjoy an afternoon game drive ending with a sundowner.
Kenya Railway Journeys – Please be aware that there is limited assistance on the Kenya Railway for boarding, disembarking or help with luggage. At both Nairobi and Mombasa boarding is level, directly from platform to carriage, but at the country stops you are required to navigate narrow stairs down to the platform and can be tricky with baggage. Seating is reserved and a valid passport is required to book the service and you will need to show your identification when entering the main train stations prior to departing. The train is kept clean during the journey and you are welcome to take food and non-alcoholic beverages on board with you but there is a dining car for first class passengers to purchase refreshments.
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner
Accommodation: Satao Camp
Tsavo East National Park
Enjoy a day of game drives in the Tsavo East National Park.
Tsavo East National Park – A national park in Kenya with an area of 13,747 km2. It was established in April 1948 and covers a semi-arid area previously known as the Taru Desert. Together with the Tsavo West National Park, it forms an area of about 22,000 square kilometres. The Tsavo River flows west to east through the national park, which is located in the Taita-Taveta County of the former Coast Province.
The sight of dust-red elephant wallowing, rolling and spraying each other with the midnight blue waters of palm-shaded Galana River is one of the most evocative images in Africa. This, along with the 300 kilometre long Yatta Plateau, the longest lava flow in the world, make for an adventure unlike any other in the Tsavo East. The park forms the largest protected area in Kenya and is home to most of the larger mammals, vast herds of dust –red elephant, Rhino, buffalo, lion, leopard, pods of hippo, crocodile, waterbucks, lesser Kudu, gerenuk and the prolific bird life features 500 recorded species.
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner
Accommodation: Satao Camp
Tsavo East National Park Tsavo West National Park
After breakfast, you will drive to Tsavo West National Park with a game drive en-route. Visit the Mzima Springs and then you will continue to your camp for lunch. Enjoy an afternoon game drive.
Tsavo West National Park – “Land of Lava, Springs, Man-Eaters & Magical Sunsets”
From the sight of fifty million gallons of crystal clear water gushing out of from the under parched lava rock that is the Mzima Springs to the Shetani lava flows, Tsavo West is a beautiful, rugged wilderness. The savannah ecosystem comprises of open grasslands, scrublands, and Acacia woodlands, belts of riverine vegetation and rocky ridges including the Poacher’s Lookout where visitors can see the teeming herds in the plains below. Tsavo West offers some of the most magnificent game viewing in the world and attractions include elephant, rhino, Hippos, lions, cheetah, leopards, Buffalos, diverse plant and bird species including the threatened corncrake and near threatened Basra Reed Warbler.
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner
Accommodation: Severin Safari Camp
Tsavo West National Park Elerai Conservancy
This morning after breakfast, you will continue your journey with a game drive en-route to the Elerai Conservancy. Arrive in time for lunch followed by an afternoon with the Masai ladies for a bead making class.
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner
Accommodation: Elerai Camp (or similar)
Amboseli National Park
Enjoy a full day in the Amboseli National Park with a picnic lunch.
Amboseli National Park – Formerly known as Maasai Amboseli Game Reserve, is a national park in Loitoktok District in Kajiado County, Kenya. It is 39,206 ha (392.06 km2) in size at the core of an 8,000 km2 ecosystem that spreads across the Kenya-Tanzania border. The park protects two of the five main swamps, and includes a dried-up Pleistocene lake and semiarid vegetation.
The park is famous for being the best place in the world to get close to free-ranging elephants and has views of Mount Kilimanjaro, the highest free-standing mountain in the world.
Amboseli National Park offers some of the best opportunities to see African wildlife because the vegetation is sparse due to the long, dry months. The protected area is home to African bush elephant, Cape buffalo, impala, lion, cheetah, spotted hyena, Masai giraffe, Grant’s zebra, and blue wild.
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner
Accommodation: Elerai Camp (or similar)
Amboseli National Park Nairobi Lake Naivasha
Enjoy an early breakfast before driving via Nairobi with a stop for lunch at the Karen Blixen Coffee Gardens. You will then continue onto Lake Naivasha where you will spend an afternoon at leisure.
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner
Accommodation: Lake Naivasha Sopa Lodge
Lake Naivasha
Enjoy an early morning game drive before breakfast. After breakfast you will visit a Masai village for a bead lesson with the Masai ladies. You will return to Sarova Mara Camp for lunch. This afternoon enjoy a cooking class.
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner
Accommodation: Lake Naivasha Sopa Lodge
Lake Naivasha Masai Mara Game Reserve
After breakfast, you will drive past the extinct Volcano of Mt Longonot and Suswa into the homelands of the Masai. The Masai Mara located on Kenya’s southern border with Tanzania, constitutes the northern stretch of the Serengeti and has the richest concentration of animals in Kenya. After lunch at your camp, you will have the opportunity to observe the unique world of the Masai Mara.
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner
Accommodation: Mara Sarvoa Game Camp
Masai Mara Game Reserve
Today you will spend the day game viewing. Return to your Camp for lunch followed by an afternoon cooking class with experts from the camp.
Masai Mara National Reserve – Located in south west Kenya it is a vast scenic expanse of gently rolling African savannah plains measuring 1510 square kilometres in area and bordering the Serengeti National Park in Tanzania to the south. Masai Mara is a unique wildlife conservation haven famous for its spectacular natural diversity of wildlife and is the premier Kenya Safari location in East Africa, offering visitors numerous reasons to visit this animal paradise. Large numbers of Lions, Cheetah, Elephant, Rhino, African Buffalo, Wildebeest, Giraffe, Zebra and many more animals are found in the park in their natural habitat, unconfined and free to roam the vast Kenyan wilderness stretching for miles on end.
It is no surprise that tourists from the world over travel here to experience a Masai Mara Safari tour, more so as the reserve has been voted one of the new Seven Wonders of the World. Regarding the origin of the name, the word ‘Masai’ comes from the Maasai tribe, nomadic inhabitants of the area and the word ‘Mara’ is their word for ‘spotted’, referring to the ubiquitous flat topped acacia trees, shrubs and bushes that dot the landscape across most of the reserve.
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner
Accommodation: Mara Sarvoa Game Camp
Masai Mara Game Reserve Lake Nakuru National Park
Today your journey will take you straight to Lake Nakuru. The park boasts a good number of rhinos as well as a large population of leopards. Enjoy lunch at your Lodge followed by an afternoon game drive in the park.
Lake Nakuru National Park – Lake Nakuru is one of the Rift Valley lakes, located at an elevation of 1,754 m above sea level. It lies to the south of Nakuru, in the rift valley of Kenya and is protected by Lake Nakuru National Park.
The lake’s abundance of algae used to attract a vast quantity of flamingos that famously lined the shore. Other birds also flourish in the area, as do warthogs, baboons and other large mammals. Eastern black rhinos and southern white rhinos have also been introduced.
Nakuru means “Dust or Dusty Place” in the Maasai language. Lake Nakuru National Park, close to Nakuru town, was established in 1961. It started off small, only encompassing the famous lake and the surrounding mountainous vicinity, but has since been extended to include a large part of the savannahs. Lake Nakuru is protected under the Ramsar Convention on wetlands.
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner
Accommodation: Lake Nakuru Sopa Lodge (or similar)
Lake Nakuru National Park Nairobi
Your day will start with an early morning game drive through the Lake Nakuru National Park. After breakfast, you will drive to Nairobi where you will enjoy a lunch at Karen Blixen Coffee Garden and then a transfer to Nairobi International Airport for your onward flight.
Please note: On day of departure we recommend booking flights around 6PM from Nairobi.
Meals: Breakfast and Lunch
Inclusions & Exclusions
Inclusions
- Hotel/Game Lodge/Tented Camp
- 11 Breakfasts, 11 Lunches & 10 Dinners
- Local Drinks on Safari
- 4X4 Vehicle
- Scheduled Train Trip
- English Speaking Driver
- English Speaking Female Guide
- Game Drives
- Game Walks
- Cooking Class
- Bead Work Lesson
Exclusions
- Flights
- Travel Insurance (Required)
- Visas
- Optional Activities
- Tipping - an entirely personal gesture
Want to stay earlier/later: Please contact our friendly Customer Service team about extending your trip and add ons!
Single Supplement: There is no single supplement on this tour! Please speak with our Customer Service Team if you are wanting to book a solo tour.
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