Nairobi · TRA Licensed
Where Heritage
Meets the Wild
Tailor-made luxury safaris across East and Southern Africa, planned on the ground in Nairobi by people who know the parks, the seasons and the camps first hand.
Start planning your trip- TRA Licensed Operator
- Kenyan Owned and Operated
- Nine Countries
- Written Proposal in 48 Hours
Who we are
We plan a small number of trips each year
Eden Heritage is a Nairobi based company arranging luxury and ultra luxury safaris across nine countries in East and Southern Africa. We take on a small number of trips so that each one gets proper attention.
We work with a small group of camps, lodges and private houses we know personally, and we only put forward the ones we would stay in ourselves. If the Maasai Mara is busier in August than you would like, we will say so and suggest Laikipia instead. We quote in US dollars, in writing, with everything the trip includes set out plainly.
How your itinerary arrives
Kenya and Tanzania,
twelve days
Every itinerary comes as a document laid out the same way. A map of the route, each day set out hour by hour, and every camp named with a note on why we chose it.
- Duration
- 12 days, 11 nights
- Countries
- Kenya and Tanzania
- Travel
- Private vehicle and guide
- Season
- July to October, migration
- Where you sleep
- Two camps, one lodge
Where we go
Nine countries across East and Southern Africa
Each destination has a guide behind it covering when to go, what it costs, and the kind of trip it suits. If somewhere is not right for your dates, we will tell you.
Extraordinary journeys. Timeless memories.
Signature journeys
A few trips to start from
These are real itineraries we have put together before. Each one can be adjusted to suit your dates, your pace and the people travelling with you.
9 days · Kenya
The Classic Kenya
Amboseli for elephants with Kilimanjaro behind them, a slower couple of days at Lake Naivasha, then the Maasai Mara. This is the trip we suggest most often for a first safari.
from $4,850 per person
12 days · Two countries
Mara and the Crater
The migration in the Maasai Mara, then south into Tanzania for the Serengeti and the Ngorongoro Crater. A dawn balloon flight on the morning it makes the most sense.
from $7,200 per person
8 days · Northern Kenya
Samburu and Laikipia
Red earth, reticulated giraffe and Grevy's zebra in the north, then private conservancies where you will see very few other vehicles. A good choice when the Mara is at its busiest.
from $5,400 per person
How this works
How we plan your trip
- One
Tell us the basics
Where you would like to go, roughly when, how many of you are travelling, and the budget you have in mind. An outline is enough to start.
- Two
We send an itinerary
A full written plan within 48 hours, with named camps, travel times and costs set out line by line.
- Three
We adjust it together
Most trips go through two or three versions before they are right. There is no charge for revisions.
- Four
You travel
You will have a direct number for our Nairobi office throughout, and someone at the other end who knows your itinerary.
Who you will be working with
You will be dealing with us directly
At a lot of safari companies you never quite find out who is handling your trip. Here it is straightforward. There are two of us, and one of us will look after you from the first email to the day you fly home.
We answer the emails, we write the itineraries, and we are the people you can call if something needs sorting out while you are travelling. If we think a plan will not work well for you, we will say so before you commit to anything.
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Guides worth reading before you book
Detailed, specific and kept up to date. Written to help you decide where and when to go.
Guide · 18 min read
The Maasai Mara, month by month
What the reserve is actually like in each month of the year, including the two we usually suggest avoiding.
Guide · 22 min read
What a safari really costs
Park fees, conservancy fees, internal flights and tipping, with the full arithmetic of a ten day trip.
Guide · 14 min read
Your first safari
What a day looks like from five in the morning onwards, what to pack, and the practical things that are easy to miss.
For travel advisors
Working with travel advisors
If you sell Africa to North American clients, we handle everything on the ground while you keep the relationship with your traveller. Any enquiry that reaches us from your client goes straight back to you.
Advisor enquiries- 48h
- A written proposal within 48 hours, including the complicated requests.
- Calls
- We are happy to join your client discovery calls.
- Rates
- Commission terms agreed in advance and paid on schedule.
- Trade
- Itinerary documents you can brand as your own.
Before you ask
The questions people actually have
Is a safari safe?
Yes, and it is the question we are asked most often. You travel in a vehicle with a guide who has been doing this for years, in parks with clear rules about how close you go and how you behave. The animals are wild and we treat them that way. In practice the things most likely to trouble you are sunburn, dehydration and a long stretch of rough road, which is why we build slower days into every itinerary.
Can we bring children?
In most cases yes. Some camps set a minimum age, often eight or twelve, and a number of them have family rooms that make everything easier. Game drives are long and hot, so with younger children we keep the drives shorter, choose camps with a pool, and plan the day around the early morning and late afternoon rather than the middle of it.
What does a trip like this cost?
A well planned ten day trip in Kenya usually falls between $5,000 and $9,000 per person, not including international flights. Most of that range comes down to where you stay. Park and conservancy fees on their own run from $70 to $250 per person per day, and we always show those as a separate line rather than folding them into one figure.
I have never done this before. What is a day like?
You are usually woken around half past five with coffee. You head out in the vehicle by six, because both the light and the animals are better then. Back for a late breakfast, and the middle of the day is yours to rest. Out again around four until the sun goes down. Dinner follows, and most people are asleep by nine, which tends to surprise them.
Tell us about the trip you have in mind
A few short questions, most of them just a tap. You will hear back from one of us, usually the same day.
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