This is our favourite place on earth, we want to support it and the Conservancies. Our hearts are just so happy here. See you in January hopefully.
Cherie & John Briggs, Washington State, USA, March 15th 2021
A step by step guide to Kenya Travel Regulations
Step 1 An entry visa is required but this must now be issued in advance online via https://evisa.go.ke/- Step 2 All passengers (inclusive of transit passengers) are required to produce a copy of a Negative PCR Test upon arrival at Nairobi JKIA Airport with the test taken 96 hours prior to arrival. Note that uploading to Trusted Traveller website is currently not mandatory.
- Step 3 All passengers prior to arrival in Kenya must complete a Health Surveillance Form within 24 hours of departure. The resultant QR code issued, either printed or digital, will be scanned on entry. An alternative to the above online form is to download and register on the Jitenge App via Google Play.
- Step 4. Departure from Kenya If your destination requires you to present a Negative Covid PCR Test upon entry, PCR testing is available to all our guests with a 24 hour turnaround. We are arranging in house PCR tests in all our Mara camps ($150 per person) and at our Laikipia Camp ($100 per person). The test result is then automatically uploaded to the Trusted Travel Portal (Panabios), and emailed to the traveller, with a TT code. Any documentation required by your destination (PCR test or proof of vaccination) must be presented at JKIA airport on departure.
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When to go
January
Hot but beautiful, the year’s late rains leave the Mara & Laikipia like a verdant carpet and there is plenty of game with normally excellent predator sightings. After the New Year, Kenya holiday visitors have gone home. The plains are open and the cheetah roam in search of Thomson gazelles enjoying the short grasses. It’s a popular time for wildlife photographers.
See January wildlife sightings
February
Superb weather, normally dry and settled, ideal for Northern Europeans to escape their winter hibernation. The four legged population of our Conservancies has no thought of hibernation. This is the time of the synchronized births of the huge Loita wildebeest herds across the conservancies in the northern Mara. Jackals roam the plains searching for the gazelle fawns which arrive this month and continue into March.
See February wildlife sightings
March
Take advantage of the lower rates on offer. The storms start building up in late March giving incredible skies and amazing light. You will encounter few Kenya holiday makers and many migratory birds as well as plenty of new wildebeest fawns which the predators stlak relentlessly.The Masai Mara is in full bloom.
See March wildlife sightings
April
Camps closed.
May
Camps closed.
August
The plains darken with massive numbers of wildebeest and zebras. The grass is low and the sightings phenomenal. This migration may very well be the finest wildlife spectacle in the world, Kicheche guides have its movements in their DNA. The big migration coincides with school holidays around the globe and triggers the arrival of many makers in the country.
See August wildlife sightings
September
Probably the peak migration month with crossings almost daily. Small antelope calves drop across the plains. Predators from crocs to cheetahs fill their boots as do Kicheche visitors. The reserve is busy with visitors however, you can fully appreciate the quality game viewing in the conservancies due to the strict controls on developments and visitor numbers.
See September wildlife sightings
December
The sightings always superb, made more special by the lack of vehicles earlier in the month. Later on in the month is busier but once again quality is assured with the conservancy low vehicle density restrictions. The lion prides are weaning themselves off wildebeest and turning their attention to zebra, warthog and on occasion buffalo and giraffe.
See December wildlife sightings
Voices
what our clients say
Food was amazing! We are both vegetarian and were astonished each mealtime by the inventiveness of the chef. We ate no processed food at all while we were there and left feeling very healthy indeed. The presentation of both the food and the dining table would not have been out of place at a top London restaurant.
Sarah - UK
Traveling as a single female can be intimidating. The staff at Kicheche Laikipia were beyond exceptional. They made me feel so welcomed and safe and accorded me the best vacation of my life!
Meghan - USA
We feel truly lucky we were able to come to such a special place for our honeymoon. You really went above and beyond with the champagne on arrival and the dinner in our tent on the last night. The Kicheche experience was absolutely exceptional and we will always cherish our time here. Thank you!
Will and Marise - Australia
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