Three companies
Kenya Safari, Nine Nights
The most expensive trip on this sheet and the one where the company count matters most. Three contracts, and the middle one, the small aircraft, is the piece that decides whether the other two work.
| The company | What it owes you | Its own rule if you cancel | What happens if it fails |
|---|---|---|---|
| The international airline | Seats and bags to the capital and home, usually with one connection | Fare rules. On long haul these are the most expensive rules to get wrong, and they are quoted verbatim | Rebooking under their conditions. Worth marking. It does not move the camps, which is the join that costs the most |
| The safari operator | Nine nights across camps, all meals in camp, the game drives with its own guides and vehicles, park fees and conservancy fees, which are set by others and never discounted | A deposit that goes hard early and a schedule stepping down from the balance date. Camps are small and their terms bite earlier than a hotel's | Guides and vehicles are theirs, and a substitution is normal. A camp closed by weather is rehoused within their own network |
| The internal air operator | The small aircraft between the airstrips, with a strict baggage limit in soft bags, which is a rule rather than a preference | Its own schedule, and seats are limited enough that a change is often a rebooking | Worth marking. Weight and weather move these aircraft. A day lost here is a night lost at a camp, and how the operator and the camp share that cost is set out before you agree |
Why the baggage rule is on this page
Because it is a hard limit in kilograms, in soft bags without frames, and travelers discover it at a rural airstrip where nothing can be done. It goes in your document in bold and it is the single most common way this trip starts badly.
from$4,180per person, two sharing, land only
Split across three companies. What each of them charges, and what none of them charges, is on prices. The figure is confirmed in writing before anything is placed.
What is not in the figure
Tips for guides and camp staff, which are customary and substantial, and we will name the usual amount rather than leave you guessing. Drinks beyond what each camp includes, which differs by camp. Travel insurance, which on this trip we recommend more strongly than on any other here, because the medical evacuation cover is the part that matters.