Family Safaris

Family-friendly lodges, shorter game drives, and an itinerary paced for children as much as adults — usually opening in Nairobi before continuing to Lake Nakuru and the Masai Mara. Junior ranger activities and guided walks are worked in wherever camps offer them.

Traveling with children changes what a good safari day looks like — shorter drives, family-friendly lodges with pools and connecting rooms, and stops that keep younger travellers interested between game sightings. VPAAL builds family itineraries around properties that actively welcome kids, with staff used to adjusting drive lengths and timing meals around nap schedules or early bedtimes.

A typical trip opens in Nairobi with a visit to the David Sheldrick Elephant Orphanage or the Giraffe Centre — both good, low-pressure ways to ease into wildlife viewing before the bush — then continues to Lake Nakuru for its flamingos and rhino sanctuary, and finishes with several nights in the Masai Mara. Many family lodges run junior ranger programs or guided nature walks scaled for children, which helps break up long stretches in the vehicle.

We also build in flexibility on drive days: shorter morning outings, a rest afternoon by the pool, and evening game drives kept optional rather than mandatory, so the pace suits the youngest member of the group as much as the adults.