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  • The Great Migration: Now listed as one of the Seven Wonders of the Modern World. Based at Sokonoi (our private tented camp in the Maasai Mara) we are experts at showing our clients this awesome wildlife spectacle.

Wildebeest crossing the Mara River

  • September - December 2008: If you can avoid the school holidays, there are some fantastic flight prices to Kenya during the autumn. KLM are offering return flights from London Heathrow for as little as £398 return including taxes. Contact us if you would like to take advantage of these offers and enjoy a superb safari with us.
  • Early bookings for 2009: We are now actively taking bookings for 2009. To that end there are some superb flight fares available with Qatar Airways to Nairobi for September/October 2009. How does £365 rtn sound? If this appeals to you and you want to take advantage of this amazingly low fare please contact us as soon as possible to plan your safari.
  • How to book your safari: complete our Safari Enquiry Form or phone us to discuss your requirements.
  • Sokonoi Tented Camp: our private, authentic, non-permanent safari camp deep in the bush of the Maasai Mara. Prices from £110 ($220) per person per night. Click here for rates.
  • Gap Year travel: We are currently finalising plans to offer gap-year students and other travellers the opportunity to live and work in the Maasai Mara. More details shortly.

Hyena Cub

  • Wilderness Lodges: Game Drivers Safaris has now signed an agency agreement with Wilderness Lodges. Contact Us for further information and rates for Larsens Camp, Samburu Game Lodge and Keekorok Lodge, Maasai Mara.
  • Read our guests' comments in our Visitors' Book
  • Kenya Coast and Zanzibar: Relax after your safari on the stunning East African Coast or the Spice Island of Zanzibar

Diani Beach< South Coast

  • The Sands Boutique Hotel, Diani Beach: One of the finest hotels on the Kenya Coast. Book your stay through Game Drivers Safaris. From £40 ($80) per person per night B & B.
  • Kenya Info: Find out more about Kenya including weather and travel information.
  • KPSGA: We are members of the Kenya Professional Safari Guides Association and EcoTourism Kenya and run our safaris in accordance with their principles and practices.
  • Flights to Kenya: If you are travelling to Kenya from the UK we can search for and book your flights to Kenya. All flight bookings are ATOL Protected.

Karibu ! Welcome!

Since 1997 Game Drivers Safaris have been running tailor-made Kenya safari and beach holidays for discerning clients from all over the world. Read their comments and see their photographs in our Visitors Book.

We specialise in showing small parties the best that this amazing country has to offer using smaller, private, lodges, camps and hotels. We are experts at taking our clients away from the beaten tourist path and pride ourselves on being able to show "The Real Kenya" at a relaxed pace. The emphasis is on allowing our clients the opportunity to really enjoy each destination that they visit.

Testimonial:

"The holiday was truly awe-inspiring in the true sense of the word. I have never been to a country so full of life, so colourful and so awash with unforgettable experiences. Your staff at Sokonoi are a credit to your organisation, and some of the friendliest, most cultured and sincere people we have ever had the joy of meeting. It was also humbling to see how happy the children in the local villages were - a truly humbling experience.

The scenery and wildlife we saw went far beyond our wildest dreams. Jacob wrote a list for us which numbered over 70 in total - quite incredible.

Neither of us are campers, yet the camp was a level of luxury that we had not expected and we felt totally at home. Audrey loved the Sunday Roast - a stroke of genius on your part! Despite all of the wild animals around us, there wasn't a moment we felt unsafe. All thanks to the staff, their assuredness and their friendliness. " Mr Nick Capewell, Birmingham, UK, August 2008

We have a selection of recommended Kenya safaris for you to choose from and also offer a tailored Kenya safari option. Our tailor-made trips are planned with you by Nigel Francis, the owner and founder of Game Drivers Safaris and, once you have decided on your itinerary, Nigel will deal with your entire booking and then guide you on your safari in Kenya.

Nigel Francis, owner and founder of Game Drivers Safaris in Laikipia June 2007

New for 2008: In addition to our superb guided Kenya safaris and beach holidays, we are now offering you the best destinations for Tanzania safaris as well as beach holidays in Zanzibar. Click to visit our Tanzania safari and Zanzibar page. We have also re-branding our private tented camp in the Maasai Mara. Oropile Camp is now known as Sokonoi Tented Camp and is now available to clients for short stays as well as those taking in the Mara as part of a longer tailored or packaged safari.

Clients staying at Sokonoi Camp enjoy sundowners in the Maasai Mara

Testimonial:

"Sokonoi Camp was luxuriously appointed and the staff was both attentive and friendly. I loved seeing our traditional Masai guards in their traditional attire and armed with their spears. The food was wonderful ... After a pleasant night's sleep (with lions making enough noise in the distance to keep you wondering), we awoke at dawn to embark on our full day drive in the Mara.

We saw every type of wild life imaginable, most of them several times during the course of our day. My life felt complete after finally seeing Elephants at home in Africa. We experienced the notorious crossing of the Wildebeest at the Mara River and ate lunch on the Tanzania border. To say it was a day worth remembering would be like saying electricity had a mild impact on the modern world. " Autumn Spredemann, Milwauke USA August 2007

Male Lion in the Maasai Mara, August 2007

We have also signed an agency agreement with Wilderness Lodges and can now offer exclusive packages to Larsens Camp and Samburu Game Lodge in Samburu National Reserve and Keekorok Lodge in The Maasai Mara.

Ewaso Nyiro River from Larsens Camp, Samburu

If you are looking for a "safari experience" outside of Africa we are also running a limited number of guided, summer and winter trips into the amazing wilderness areas of Norway and Sweden. Follow this link to see details of a trip we are guiding in August 2008. We also plan and organise vacations in The UK for independant travellers. Visit: www.great-british-vacations.com.

For further information on any aspect of our company click on the appropriate links on this page or Contact Us.

"All in all a fantastic holiday...and a superb safari" Steve Harborn, Birmingham, UK (see full review at www.tripadvisor.co.uk)

Sunset over Samatian Island and Lake Baringo, Great Rift Valley

Do you want to be here? If so the first step is as easy as completing our Safari Enquiry Form.

AVIF: Is a UK based charity which specialises in helping vulnerable people in some of Kenya's poorest rural communities. We support their valuable efforts. Click here to read through the itinerary for the AVIF safaris that we offer to volunteers.

My Safari Blog: Autumn Spredemann (a 2007 AVIF volunteer) describes her time in Kenya

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Safari Recommendations:

  • Kenya: Maasai Mara: Great Migration Safari: based at Sokonoi Tented Camp this 4-day safari running from mid July to end October will get you to the thick of the action when over 1.5 m wildebeest and other game cross into Kenya. Prices from £685 ($1370)* per person inclusive of return road transportation from Nairobi. This safari can also be taken from the coast, flying into the Mara from Diani, Mombasa or Malindi. (different cost will apply for coat flight option).
  • Kenya: Beach and Bush:A 14-day safari incorporating a 10-night stay at The Sands Boutique Hotel on Diani Beach with a 3-night fly-in safari to Sokonoi Camp in the Maasai Mara. Prices from £1135 ($2270) per person. With flights from the UK to Mombasa for as little as £140 return, this could be a very cost effective safari indeed.

The Sands at Nomad, Diani Beach, Kenya

  • Kenya: Classic Kenya Safari : An amazing safari combining breathtaking scenery and wildlife diversity with some of the finest accommodation in Kenya. This 14-day trip will take you from the arid beauty of Larsens Camp, Samburu, across the majestic Aberdare Mountains after a night at The Outspan, into The Great Rift Valley to stay at Elsamere on the shores of Lake Naivasha, on to Sokonoi Camp in the Maasai Mara and finally finishing off in style with a flight to The Sands Hotel on Diani Beach. Prices from £2050 ($4100) per person.

Samburu National Reserve

The Ngulia Valley, Tsavo West National Park

The infinity pool, Samatian Island, Lake Baringo

* All prices are based on a party of 2 people sharing double or twin accommodation. Lower prices may apply for larger parties.

Sundowners in Buffalo Springs N.R. September 2008. Photo: Mr T Proud

Kenya and Tanzania are situated on the East Coast of Africa

 

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  • Group Safaris a specialty

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