East Africa’s Golden Savannahs
15 Days
per person
East Africa’s Golden Savannahs
On our new East Africa’s Golden Savannahs we savour and roam in the ultimate exemplars of that unique world: The fabled Serengeti, the Maasai Mara, Tsavo, and–excuse a phrase your strictest English teacher would disapprove of–the most unique game land of all, the Ngorongoro Crater. We chose the camps and lodges for this safari because they were created to honour and complement the beautiful landscapes of the game lands, and because they allow us to inhabit this World Apart in thoughtful luxury, imbued with gentle, smiling African hospitality.
Day-by-Day Itinerary
Depart home
En route to Kenya and its capital city, Nairobi.
Days 2 & 3Nairobi, cultural capital of Kenya
After landing in Nairobi, we’ll be escorted through the formalities by Micato staff and driven to Hemingways, our jet-lag soothing hotel in one of the capital’s lushest suburbs. (Just another of the many Micato Differences: amazingly quick and smooth touchdown-to-hotel transitions.)
The next day we’ll mingle with the kids and elders at the Micato-AmericaShare Harambee Centre, and head over to the Giraffe Centre (where we’ll hand-feed endangered Rothschild giraffes) and the home of Karen Blixen, now a lovingly restored museum. In 1937, Baroness Blixen (under the pen name Isak Dinesen) published Out of Africa, which many of us consider the most heart-stirring book ever written about the continent. And after a leisurely lunch at one of Nairobi’s stylish restaurants, we’ll return to Hemingways, inspired by our first experiences of African hospitality, by good food and conversation, eager and ready to embark on a classic African safari.
Days 4 & 5Tsavo National Park, favoured stomping ground for The Big Five
It’s fitting that our first camp is in Tsavo, an archetype of all that brings us to Africa’s astounding game lands. The Big Five are in numerous residence, along with the myriad of animals and birds, almost infinite skies, long, golden reaches and million-year quiet that, as Isak Dinesen wrote, “sooth the homesick soul.”
We and our Safari Director make unfailingly exciting game drives based from Finch Hattons Luxury Safari Camp, named for a man who held Tsavo close to his heart. Denys Finch Hatton, a charismatically jaunty British aristocrat was a pioneer of modern safari (and, as you may remember from the book or movie, was Isak Dinesen’s great and tragic love). Now part of Sir Richard Branson’s stellar Virgin Collection, Finch Hattons expertly combines deep respect for history and African culture with modernity and smilingly orchestrated luxury.
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