However diverse your tailor-made itinerary, your trip simply has to include at least one big game safari. Whether you choose to watch vast herds of migrating wildebeest in the Maasai Mara, sidle up to reticulated giraffe on horseback in the remote Laikipia Plateau, go bird watching in Meru or take flight over vast herds of game in a hot air balloon, a Kenyan safari is an experience you won’t soon forget.

The country’s long and glorious coastline provides a convenient and fitting finale, but you can also hop over to nearby Zanzibar or the scenic Seychelles for some well-deserved post-safari R&R.