Journeys · Kenya
The Migration Nine
Muthaiga Golf Club and Karen Country Club at altitude, then a private Maasai Mara conservancy timed to the river crossings — Kenya's greatest hits with a proper scorecard attached.
Highlights
- Muthaiga Golf Club & Karen Country Club — Nairobi's historic Open venues
- A private Maasai Mara conservancy in river-crossing season
- Great Rift Valley Golf Resort — zebra grazing the fairways
- Breakfast with the giraffes for the non-golfers
Best months
Jul · Aug · Sep · Oct
A wildebeest crossing at the Mara River in the morning; reading a bentgrass line a mile above sea level by afternoon.
What's on the card — and where you'll sleep
The golf on this journey
- Muthaiga Golf Club
- Karen Country Club
- Great Rift Valley Golf Resort
Where you'll stay
- Hemingways Nairobi — Nairobi, 3 nights
- Great Rift Valley Lodge & Golf Resort, Naivasha — Lake Naivasha & the Great Rift Valley, 2 nights
- Angama Mara — A private Maasai Mara conservancy, 4 nights
Every property is hand-picked from our register of fifty-two — none paid for, none reciprocated. See the options for this region →
Where you go, and why
Nairobi
East Africa's great capital sits a mile high, and its golf is a beautifully kept secret. Play Muthaiga Golf Club — founded 1913, host of the Magical Kenya Open on the DP World Tour — and Karen Country Club, laid out beneath the Ngong Hills beside Karen Blixen's 'Out of Africa' farmhouse, now a museum you can wander after your round. Non-golfers feed giraffes from the breakfast table and visit the famous elephant orphanage; everyone reunites for dinner in the leafy suburbs.
STAY Hemingways Nairobi
Lake Naivasha & the Great Rift Valley
Drive down into the Great Rift Valley — the 6,000-kilometre tear in the earth visible from space — to the Great Rift Valley Golf Resort, perched on the escarpment above Lake Naivasha. Zebra and gazelle wander the fairways, the par-3 17th ('the Princess of the Rift') is pure theatre, and Hell's Gate National Park next door lets you cycle among giraffe before lunch.
STAY Great Rift Valley Lodge & Golf Resort, Naivasha
A private Maasai Mara conservancy
Fly by light aircraft into the Mara — but to a private conservancy bordering the national reserve, where vehicle numbers are strictly limited and off-road driving, walking and night drives are allowed. In season the wildebeest migration masses here in the hundreds of thousands, and a river crossing — dust, crocodiles, sheer nerve — is the greatest wildlife spectacle on earth. Hosted sundowners on the escarpment close each day.
STAY Angama Mara
Every journey is a starting shape, not a fixed product — add nights, swap lodges, bring the Gallery. Guide price per person sharing, excluding international flights; confirmed precisely in writing before you commit.
Asked before you booked
How much does The Migration Nine cost?
Guide price is from US$12,800 per person sharing, excluding international flights. For an exact figure, use the Price a Private Version tool — adjust the nights, rounds and experiences and our quoting engine returns your private price, checked by a specialist, usually within one working day.
How many rounds of golf are on this journey?
3 rounds are built in — Muthaiga Golf Club, Karen Country Club, Great Rift Valley Golf Resort. Every round can be kept, swapped or dropped when you price your private version.
Can my non-golfing partner come?
Absolutely — this is the heart of how we design. While the golfers play, the Gallery programme runs parallel experiences (game drives, spas, wine, walks, markets), and everyone reunites for lunch or sundowners. Non-golfers never sit out a day.
When is the best time to take this journey?
Best months are Jul · Aug · Sep · Oct. We will be honest about the trade-offs of any month you are considering — every season has its version of this trip.
Where will we stay?
Exact, named properties at every stop — on this journey: Hemingways Nairobi, Great Rift Valley Lodge & Golf Resort, Naivasha, Angama Mara. Every property is hand-picked from our register; none paid for, none reciprocated.
Do I need a visa for Kenya?
Kenya uses a simple online eTA (electronic travel authorisation) which most nationalities complete in minutes before travel. We send you the link and walk you through it at booking.
When is the wildebeest migration in the Maasai Mara?
The great herds are usually in the Mara from July to October, with the famous river crossings most likely August and September. If the migration is your priority, tell us — we will set the dates around it and be honest about what each month usually delivers.
Do I need malaria tablets and a yellow fever certificate?
Malaria prophylaxis is advised for the Mara, Amboseli and the coast — Nairobi itself is low-risk. A yellow fever certificate is only required if you arrive from certain countries; we confirm exactly what your routing needs at booking.
Tell us how you want to feel when you come home.
We'll build the wild, and the golf, around that — and nothing else.
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