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Travel within Kenya is effortless when it is thoughtfully arranged and that is precisely what Vard Africa does. Every movemen t within your journey is designed to maximise your time in extraordinary places while...

Movement By Design

Travel within Kenya

Travel within Kenya is effortless when it is thoughtfully arranged and that is precisely what Vard Africa does. Every movemen t within your journey is designed to maximise your time in extraordinary places while delivering the same standard of comfort, priv acy and refinement that defines every other element of your experience.

International Flights

Kenya is served by Jomo Kenyatta International Airport (NBO) in Nairobi and Moi International Airport (MBA) in Mombasa. Direc t flights operate from major hubs including London, Amsterdam, Dubai, Doha and Addis Ababa. Vard Africa designer's advice you on all international flight connections to suit your preferred routing and travel style.

Private Road Transfers

Discreet, chauffeur-driven transfers between airports, hotels, lodges and airstrips in well-maintained, air-conditioned vehicles with professional drivers who know the roads and the landscape. Private transfers offer flexibility, comfort and the privacy that our guests require.

Domestic Scheduled Flights

Kenya's domestic aviation network connects Nairobi's Wilson Airport with the country's major safari regions including the Maa sai Mara, Amboseli, Samburu and Laikipia via trusted operators including Safari Link, Air Kenya, Air wilderness, Scenic wilderness and many others. Scheduled flights are efficient, scenic and an experience in themselves.

Helicopter Transfers

For guests who require absolute time efficiency, scenic aerial perspectives or access to remote locations not served by fixed -wing aircraft, helicopter transfers offer an unparalleled solution. The view of the Mara from a helicopter at dawn is one of the most extraordinary things Kenya has to offer and a privilege we are delighted to arrange.

Scheduled Light Aircraft - Bush Flights

Light aircraft transfers between Kenya's iconic safari airstrips offer spectacular aerial views over savannahs, rivers, wildlife corridors and the Rift Valley. These flights are an integral part of the safari experience and are managed by pilots of exceptional skill and experience.

Private Charters

For families, groups or guests who require complete privacy and schedule flexibility, fully private aircraft charters can be arranged throughout Kenya. Your aircraft, your timetable, your safari.

Guests moving through Kenya on safari
Every transfer should protect the rhythm of the trip.
Seasonality

Timing is part of the craft

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January - March: The Golden Quarter

The first months of the year are among Kenya's finest for safari travel. The short rains of November and December have passed , leaving...

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April - May: The Green season

April and May bring Kenya's long rains and with them, a transformation of the landscape that is, in its own way, completely b eautiful....

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June - October: Peak Season & The Great Migration

This is the season that most people picture when they think of Kenya safari and for very good reason. The dry months from Jun...

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November - Early December: The Short Rains & The Quiet Magic

The short rains arrive in November and typically ease by early December bringing a brief, gentle greening of the landscape an d one of...

Why We Love Kenya

A country with range and feeling

  • We have been asked this question more times than we can count. And every time, the honest answer is the same: because it neve r stops surprising us.
  • We have been to the Maasai Mara more times than we can accurately count. We have watched the migration in every month it occu rs, from every angle the
  • landscape allows, in every condition the weather provides. And every single time every single time somethi ng happens that we did not expect. Something that
  • makes us reach for our guide's arm and say, quietly, did you see that?
  • Kenya is the destination that gave the world its idea of what a safari could be, where it could be and where you could do it right, And it is the destination that,
  • in our experience, most consistently delivers on that idea completely, generously, and with the particular authority of a pla ce that has been doing this for
  • longer than anywhere else on earth.
  • It is also, beyond the wildlife, a country of remarkable beauty and remarkable people, Kenya was actually voted the country with the friendliest people in the
  • world. The Maasai, whose relationship with the land and the animals that move across it is one of the most extraordinary human stori es Africa holds. The
  • Samburu, whose beadwork and ceremony and cattle culture carry an ancient dignity that no outside influence ha s fully reached. The Swahili of the coast,
  • whose culture is a living museum of centuries of maritime trade and cultural exchange.
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  • We love Kenya because it is inexhaustible. Because every journey reveals something new. And because the version of it that we get to share with our guests
  • uncompromised, expertly guided, perfectly timed is, in our genuinely held opinion, among the finest t ravel experiences available anywhere in the world.
Trusted Stays

Our Kenya partnership map

Borana Lodge Sasaab Lodge Sirikoi Lodge Angama Amboseli Palacina Suites Loisaba Tented Camp Ol Malo Segera Retreat Ishara Mara Tented Camp Hemingways Nairobi
A luxury safari camp in Kenya
The right camp changes how a place is felt.