Journeys · Kenya
Out of Africa
Blixen country and the Ngong Hills, great elephant herds beneath Kilimanjaro, and zebra grazing your fairway in the Great Rift Valley — the romantic's Kenya, played at a gentle pace.
Highlights
- Karen Country Club beside the Karen Blixen Museum
- Muthaiga Golf Club — the 1913 home of Kenyan golf
- Amboseli's elephants beneath Kilimanjaro
- Great Rift Valley Golf Resort — zebra on the fairways
Best months
Jun · Jul · Aug · Sep · Jan · Feb
Reading your putt at Karen Country Club with the Ngong Hills on the horizon — the very view Blixen wrote about.
What's on the card — and where you'll sleep
The golf on this journey
- Karen Country Club
- Muthaiga Golf Club
- Great Rift Valley Golf Resort
Where you'll stay
- Hemingways Nairobi — Nairobi, 3 nights
- Amboseli Serena Safari Lodge — Amboseli National Park, 3 nights
- Great Rift Valley Lodge & Golf Resort, Naivasha — Lake Naivasha & the Great Rift Valley, 2 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
Begin in the leafy suburb that gave 'Out of Africa' its setting. Play Karen Country Club — established 1937 beneath the Ngong Hills — then wander next door to Karen Blixen's farmhouse museum, kept as she left it. Muthaiga Golf Club, the grand old home of Kenyan golf, completes the Nairobi card, and the Giraffe Centre and Sheldrick Elephant Orphanage fill the gentlest of afternoons.
STAY Hemingways Nairobi
Amboseli National Park
Fly south to the park at the foot of Kilimanjaro, where Africa's most photographed scene plays daily: great elephant families crossing dusty plains beneath the snow-capped summit. Game drives at dawn catch the mountain before its cloud cap forms; evenings end with the peak glowing pink over your sundowner.
STAY Amboseli Serena Safari Lodge
Lake Naivasha & the Great Rift Valley
Finish on the floor of the Great Rift Valley at the Great Rift Valley Golf Resort, where zebra and gazelle graze the fairways and the par-3 17th — 'the Princess of the Rift' — drops theatrically toward the lake. Boat among hippos on Naivasha, walk Crescent Island among giraffe, and fly home from Nairobi with Blixen's Kenya in your bones.
STAY Great Rift Valley Lodge & Golf Resort, Naivasha
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 Out of Africa cost?
Guide price is from US$9,200 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 — Karen Country Club, Muthaiga Golf 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 Jun · Jul · Aug · Sep · Jan · Feb. 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, Amboseli Serena Safari Lodge, Great Rift Valley Lodge & Golf Resort, Naivasha. 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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