The Hemingway Wing Safari (Kenya)

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Such is Africa’s allure: that a bright fellow like Hemingway would lie in his tent, homesick before he’d even parted from a place that had come to seem more like home than home itself. We’re told these days to stick to the now, and the here, but Hemingway—like many of us lovers of Africa—knew that sometimes you can’t micromanage your passions. The Hemingway W...
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Overview

Trip type
Small Group Tour
Lodging level
Luxury - 5 star
Physical level
Moderate
Trip pace
Full schedule

Highlights

    • Visit the Samburu National Reserve
    • Experience earth’s richest wildlife habitat in the northern reaches of the Serengeti-Maasai Mara ecosystem
    • Enjoy a thrilling drive up to one of earth’s wonders, the great, green, animal-nurturing caldera of a once catastrophically cranky, now a mellow volcano, the Ngorongoro

What's this trip about?

    Such is Africa’s allure: that a bright fellow like Hemingway would lie in his tent, homesick before he’d even parted from a place that had come to seem more like home than home itself. We’re told these days to stick to the now, and the here, but Hemingway—like many of us lovers of Africa—knew that sometimes you can’t micromanage your passions. The Hemingway Wing Safari—a cherished favourite of Micato staff—is a tribute, not only to Africa’s tendency to grab hold of our hearts, but also to the old-fashioned and cozy safaris of Hemingway’s time, with three tented camps (a little more luxurious than in Ernest’s day, but he was never one to avoid intelligently offered luxury), good looks at East Africa’s most legendary game parks (and a couple of lesser-known gems), and five swooping flights that bring us into great intimacy with Africa’s landscapes.

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Details

Itinerary focusClassic Highlights
Group sizeSmall Group - 24 max
Age range18 years and up
Flights and transport
Start CityNairobi
End CityNairobi

Travel Themes

  • Nature & Wildlife
  • Safari
  • 50 Plus
  • National Parks

Destinations

Activities

  • Game Drive
  • Safari
  • Wildlife Viewing

Trip includes

    • All gratuities
    • Guaranteed departures
    • Pre-tour documentation with extensive travel information
    • Travel amenities include safari duffle bag, bush hat, luggage tags, flashlight and more
    • Welcome kit in Africa with bird and wildlife checklists, postcards and more
    • Superior leadership and field team
    • Special epicurean luncheon in South Africa’s winelands
    • All meals, from start to completion
    • Complimentary bottled water and soft drinks; often beer and wine as well
    • Sundowner bush cocktails at twilight on the African plains
    • All game park entrance fees
    • On-site shopping and shipping assistance
    • Personal concierge available at all times
    • Airport transfers for all travelers, at any time
    • All porterage included at hotels, camps and airports

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Itinerary

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Day 1: En route

We board our flight and enjoy the anticipation of Africa.

Days 2 and 3: Arrive Nairobi

Meals: Breakfast, Lunch Dinner

Accommodation: Fairmont The Norfolk Hotel

Touching down in Nairobi, we are whisked to Fairmont The Norfolk Hotel, the legendary starting point for grand safaris since the days of the earliest explorers.

Day 3: Nairobi

Meals: Breakfast, Lunch Dinner

Accommodation: Fairmont The Norfolk Hotel

We’ll be met by our Micato Safari Director and whisked away to a place Hemingway spent many Hemingwayesque hours, the Fairmont Norfolk Hotel. We’ll visit the Giraffe Centre and the ...

Days 4 and 5: Samburu National Reserve

Meals: Breakfast, Lunch Dinner

Accommodation: Larsens Camp

We fly 200-plus miles north to the Samburu, in many ways the embodiment of the Africa we’ve been carrying around in our imagination since we were children (it was the home, for instance, of Elsa ...

Days 6 and 7: The Maasai Mara

Meals: Breakfast, Lunch Dinner

Accommodation: Fairmont Mara Safari Club

South by air to the Maasai Mara, the northern reaches of the Serengeti–Maasai Mara ecosystem, earth’s richest wildlife habitat. Our base for explorations in the fabled Mara is the Fa...

Days 8 and 9: The Serengeti

Meals: Breakfast, Lunch Dinner

Accommodation: Serengeti Migration Camp

“How can one convey the power of Serengeti?” asked Cyril Connolly in The Evening Colonnade. “It is an immense, limitless lawn, under a marquee of sky. . . .The light is dazzling, the ...

Days 10 and 11: Ngorongoro Crater

Meals: Breakfast, Lunch Dinner

Accommodation: Exploreans Ngorongoro Lodge

Some of us may wish to visit the Olduvai Gorge before heading to one of the earth’s wonders, the great, green, animal-nurturing caldera of a once catastrophically cranky, now benef...

Day 12: Lake Manyara

Meals: Breakfast, Lunch Dinner

Accommodation: Lake Manyara Escarpment Lodge

Our guy Ernest Hemingway thought Manyara “the loveliest lake in Africa,” and, based from our private chalets at the Lake Manyara Escarpment Lodge, regally perched on a cliff, we’...

Days 13 and 14: Nairobi and homeward bound

Meals: Breakfast, Lunch Dinner

After a last morning in the bush, we fly to Nairobi, where we’ll rest up in day rooms at the Norfolk before our late evening flights.

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Dates & Availability

Price From $11,575
Price per day$827
Last Updated: 7/13/2023

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Logistics

What's excluded

    • International flights from and to Nairobi
    • Additional cost for internal flights ($2,300)
    • Any kind of insurance
    • Passport and visa expenses
    • Personal expenses

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