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Way & Waves
A hot air balloon drifting over herds on the savanna at dawn
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Romance & Escapes

Honeymoons, anniversaries, and the trips you take to be unreachable.

  • Maasai Mara
  • Lamu
  • Laikipia
  • Chyulu Hills
  • Watamu

The quiet version of Kenya is the best one. Small tented camps with six rooms rather than sixty, a house on Lamu with nobody in it but you, dinner set up somewhere with no other tables. It costs less than people assume, and it needs someone who knows which places are genuinely private and which just say so.

What people come for

  • Balloon over the Mara at dawn, landing to breakfast in the grass
  • Lamu in the low season, when the town is almost yours
  • Small camps in Laikipia — six tents, no vehicles but yours
  • Dinner set somewhere there is no restaurant

Ours to sort out

What we handle on a trip like this.

Small camps and private houses
Room requests made properly, not just noted
Private transfers and light aircraft
Balloon, dhow and private dining
Surprises arranged without you having to explain them twice
Nobody contacting you unless you ask

Roughly how it goes

A shape, not a package.

A starting point we'd happily tear up.

Days 1–3

A small camp

Laikipia or the Mara conservancies. Few tents, no crowds, and a guide who is yours for the stay.

Day 4

The balloon

Up before dawn, down for breakfast. It is the one expensive thing everybody says was worth it.

Days 5–8

Lamu

Fly across, take a house, and do very little for four days.

Getting you there

What we'd put you in.

See the whole fleet
  • Range Rover

    Range Rover

  • Mercedes-Benz GLE

    Mercedes-Benz GLE

  • Toyota Land Cruiser 300

    Toyota Land Cruiser 300

Sound like your kind of trip?

Tell us your dates and numbers. We'll come back with a plan and a price.