Non-Resident Plan Details

Ten nights, two of the most recognisable luxury names in East African travel, and one itinerary built entirely around the contrast between them. This is the flagship of the non-resident catalogue, and I do not say that lightly given everything else on this list. Five nights at Fairmont Mara Safari Club place you directly in the migration corridor, and the Fairmont name alone tells an international traveller exactly what standard of service to expect before they even arrive, twice-daily game drives with a professional guide, a property built specifically around this landscape rather than dropped into it. Then the trip shifts entirely. Five nights at Hemingways Watamu in an Ocean View Suite, marine park access, dhow sunsets on the Swahili coast, and the particular kind of decompression that genuinely only makes sense after a proper safari, your body still running on dawn game-drive time, suddenly with nothing more urgent to do than watch the tide. This is the itinerary that international travellers describe to their friends for years afterward, not because any single element of it is unusual on its own, both properties are well known individually, but because the combination, two globally recognised luxury brands, two completely different landscapes, one transfer handled seamlessly between them, is genuinely rare to find packaged together rather than assembled piecemeal by the traveller themselves. If your business only builds one truly premium offering this year, make it this one.

Included

• 5 nights Fairmont Mara Safari Club, Double Room, full board, High season
• 5 nights Hemingways Watamu, Ocean View Suite, full board, High season
• Twice-daily game drives with a professional guide throughout the safari leg
• All Maasai Mara National Reserve entry fees
• Domestic transfer between the Mara and the coast
• All airport, airstrip and resort transfers on both legs
• Welcome drinks and orientation briefing at both properties
• Government levies and taxes across both legs

Excluded

• International flights
• Travel insurance
• Alcoholic beverages beyond the house selection
• Marine park entry fees at Watamu (payable locally)
• Spa treatments and optional excursions (e.g. dhow cruise, snorkelling, deep-sea fishing)
• Gratuities for guides, drivers and resort staff at both properties
• Personal expenses and shopping

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