Right now in the Mara, the light is turning gold.
Your seat in the Land Cruiser is empty. Private safaris from Nairobi with your own vehicle and guide, for a couple, a family or a whole group.
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- KATO bondedLicensed tour operator
- Any group sizeNever shared with strangers
- Private conservanciesMara North and Olare Motorogi
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Nine private journeys. One promise: it is yours alone.
Choose your length. Choose your style. Every journey comes with your own Land Cruiser and a guide who knows this land by name, never shared with strangers, so every decision is yours. Travelling as a big family or group? We plan the vehicles around you.
"The Explorer"
From $1,500 per person all inclusive
Three days, three sunrises and a lot of ground. Early starts, a bush lunch in the field and a guide who reads tracks like a book. You are back in Nairobi before the weekend ends, with stories that take a week to tell.
"The Photographer"
From $2,800 per person all inclusive
Your guide switches off the engine and stays as long as you need. No rushing, no engine shake, just you and the frame you have been chasing for years.
"The Sundowner"
From $3,400 per person all inclusive
Skip the road. Fly in, and your camp is waiting with a glass already poured. Three days of wildlife, then one flight home, with no dust and no long hours in a vehicle.
"The Trailblazer"
From $2,300 per person all inclusive
Start in Samburu among reticulated giraffe and Grevy's zebra, animals you will not see in the Mara. Then fly south to the Mara itself. Two very different Kenyas in five days.
"The Dreamcatcher"
From $3,900 per person all inclusive
Five days is when Kenya starts to open up. On day one your guide maps the pride territories. By day three you are spotting animals before he says a word.
"The Horizon Chaser"
From $4,800 per person all inclusive
Wake in the dark, then rise over the Mara as the sun breaks the horizon. One hour above the plains that guests talk about for years.
"Ultimate Kenya"
From $5,900 per person all inclusive
Big elephant herds with Kilimanjaro rising behind them, then four days in the Mara with the big cats. The whole of Kenya, with nothing left out.
"The Voyager"
From $4,900 per person all inclusive
Seven days is how long it takes to really know a place. By the end your guide can tell one lion from another, and you probably can too. The Mara at depth, not at speed.
"The Constellation"
From $6,500 per person all inclusive
Sleep on an open platform under the Milky Way, with an armed ranger nearby. You can hear the wilderness all around you. It is a night you will remember for the rest of your life.
We started Sundown
because the best moment in Africa
should belong to you
There is a moment in the Masai Mara that changes people. The sun slips below the acacia line. The air goes still. A lion breathes out twenty metres from your vehicle, and you feel it in your chest. You will remember it for the rest of your life.
For three years we have run private safaris out of Nairobi, and we have watched things change. More vehicles. Longer queues at every sighting. Guides who spend their day managing a schedule instead of reading the bush. The quiet that makes a sighting unforgettable was being crowded out.
So we built Sundown around one simple belief. The best wildlife moment of your life should not be shared with strangers on a different schedule. It should belong to you and the people you chose to bring.
That is why your vehicle and guide are never shared with strangers. Strangers cost you the silence, the best positions and the patience that turn a sighting into a memory. Whatever the size of your group, from a couple to a big family, we plan the vehicles around you and each one is still yours.
Your guide makes the difference
Our guides know these corridors like their own neighbourhood. They know which animal holds which territory, which families travel together, and the small signs that tell them where to be twenty minutes before anyone else arrives. You cannot get that from a map or a radio report.
Places most visitors never see
We hold licences in the Mara North and Olare Motorogi conservancies. These private wilderness areas border the Masai Mara, and large group tours are not permitted. Night drives, off road driving and never more than three vehicles at a sighting. It feels completely different.
Nothing hidden, everything checkable
We are KATO bonded and TRA licensed. Our vehicles are independently audited, and our guides carry Kenya Wildlife Service credentials. We name our guides, we describe our vehicles, and we tell you exactly what is included before you commit to anything.
"We talk about what happens between you and the person sitting next to you in the jeep. That is the safari we are here to build."
The Sundown Safaris Team, Nairobi, Kenya
- KATO bonded
- KWS compliant
- TRA licensed
- Nairobi based
Real vehicles. Real sightings. Real guests.
A few moments from recent Sundown trips. This is what private looks like: your own vehicle, your own guide and nobody else at the sighting.
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