Somak Luxury Travel

Somak Luxury Travel Somak Luxury Travel is an award winning tour operator who have been booking African safari holidays for over 50 years. https://www.somak.com/special_offers

Somak have been specialising in tailor-made holidays since day dot, and we continue to create completely bespoke holidays with as much enthusiasm as ever. Our knowledgeable and well-travelled team love hearing all about your travel ideas, and will help in any way they can to create your very own African adventure. Whether you'd like to the create a luxury tailor-made honeymoon to South Africa, com

bining romantic accommodation and superb safari game viewing; or a tailor-made family holiday to Ethiopia for its historic sites and fascinating culture, we're confident we can turn your travel ideas into reality.

08/06/2026

Happy World Oceans Day 🌊

Today we celebrate the beauty, power and importance of our oceans, the lifeblood of our planet and home to some of the world’s most breathtaking travel experiences.

From snorkelling vibrant coral reefs in the Maldives, to watching sea turtles glide through the waters of Zanzibar, or sailing across the turquoise lagoons of Mauritius, the Indian Ocean offers endless moments of wonder. 🐠

At Somak Luxury Travel, we believe in travel that connects you to nature and helps protect it too.

Let’s continue to explore responsibly and treasure the oceans that give so much to us all. 🌍

📞 Ready to dip your toes into an ocean escape? Speak to our team on 020 8423 3000 or visit somak.com to plan your next island adventure.

Sri Lanka: Temples, Tea Hills & Elephants 🐘Wonderful news for those dreaming of the Pearl of the Indian Ocean - Sri Lank...
06/06/2026

Sri Lanka: Temples, Tea Hills & Elephants 🐘

Wonderful news for those dreaming of the Pearl of the Indian Ocean - Sri Lanka is now offering a free Tourist ETA (Electronic Travel Authorisation) for travellers from selected countries, including the UK and US, from 25th May 2026. There has never been a better moment to go.

Picture yourself drifting through mist-wrapped tea hills, their emerald terraces cascading into the valleys below. Explore the extraordinary cave temples of Dambulla, adorned with centuries of Buddhist art, and stand in awe before Sigiriya - the ancient lion-shaped rock fortress that rises dramatically from the jungle floor, one of Asia's most breathtaking sights.

In the island's magnificent national parks, elephants roam freely between shimmering lakes whilst colourful birdlife fills the canopy above. Timeless, unhurried, and utterly captivating.

Journey by scenic train through rolling plantations, lose yourself in the cobblestoned colonial streets of Galle Fort, and ease into the gentle rhythm of the sun-drenched southwest coast, cocktail in hand, waves lapping at the shore.

Sri Lanka rewards every sense. Let us tailor your perfect journey there. 🌿🏛️🌊

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🌍 Today is World Environment Day. A moment to pause, reflect, and ask ourselves: what kind of traveller do we choose to ...
05/06/2026

🌍 Today is World Environment Day. A moment to pause, reflect, and ask ourselves: what kind of traveller do we choose to be?

Across the wild places we love most, the pressures are real. Elephant corridors are shrinking. The iconic wildebeest migration faces increasing uncertainty. Tigers, leopards, and endemic birds are losing habitat at a pace that should give us all reason to stop and think.

At Somak Luxury Travel, responsible travel is not a trend or a tagline. It is the foundation of every journey we create.

We work with properties that hold genuine sustainability credentials, from solar-powered camps to lodges that employ and uplift local communities.

We support initiatives including the Mara Rianda Charitable Trust and the East Africa Character Development Trust, because conservation depends on people, not just landscapes.

When you travel with us to Kenya, Tanzania, India, Sri Lanka, or beyond, you are not simply a visitor. You are part of the reason wild places remain wild.

This World Environment Day, we invite you to travel with intention. To choose experiences that give back. To leave the places you love a little better than you found them.

The world's wild wonders are waiting. Let's make sure they always will be. 🐘🦁🐆

👇 Get in touch to plan a journey that truly means something.

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05/06/2026

Happy

There are game drives. And then there is this.

Drifting silently above the Maasai Mara at first light, the plains stretching endlessly below, the only sound the occasional roar of the burner overhead. Elephants moving through the golden grass. A lion pride stirring in the early morning sun. The Great Rift Valley waking up beneath your feet.

A hot air balloon flight over East Africa is one of those rare experiences that genuinely lives up to every expectation. No roads. No vehicles. Just you, the sky and one of the greatest wildlife spectacles on the planet.

And when you land? A full bush breakfast with a glass of something cold and celebratory, right there on the open plains.

We build hot air balloon experiences into a number of our Kenya and Tanzania safari itineraries, and for good reason. Once you have seen the Mara from the air, it is very difficult to see it any other way.

🌅 Could this be part of your next safari? Drop us a message or call the team and we will make it happen.

☎️ Speak to a Somak Luxury Travel expert today.

🍳 The Safari Moment Nobody Tells You AboutEveryone talks about the game drives. The sundowners. The moment a lion walks ...
04/06/2026

🍳 The Safari Moment Nobody Tells You About

Everyone talks about the game drives. The sundowners. The moment a lion walks past the vehicle close enough to hear it breathe.

But ask anyone who has been on safari what they remember most unexpectedly, and somewhere near the top of the list sits the bush breakfast.

Picture this. You are an hour into your dawn game drive. The light is still golden and low, throwing long shadows across the grass. Your guide has just tracked a cheetah scanning the plains ahead. And then he pulls over beneath a solitary acacia, where camp staff have quietly laid a table in the middle of nowhere, with linen, fresh coffee, eggs cooked to order and fruit, with nothing between you and the horizon in any direction.

A herd of elephants moves through the trees a few hundred metres away. A hippo surfaces on the river bend below. Somewhere in the distance, a lion calls.

This is a bush breakfast. And it is one of those rare travel experiences that genuinely lives up to every expectation.

In the Maasai Mara, you eat with the sound of the Mara River below you. In the Serengeti during the Great Migration, a table set on the open plains places you at the centre of the greatest wildlife spectacle on earth. In Botswana's Okavango Delta, you arrive by mokoro through reed-fringed waterways in a stillness that feels almost meditative.

For couples, it is one of those shared moments that needs no planning beyond showing up. For families, it is the story your children will still be telling decades from now.

We have just written about why we think a bush breakfast belongs on every safari itinerary, and how to make sure yours is everything it should be.

Read the full article via the link below. And if it has you thinking about your next safari, our expert team is ready when you are.

📖 Read: Why a Bush Breakfast Belongs on Your Safari Itinerary
🔗 https://www.somak.com/inspiration/why-a-bush-breakfast-belongs-on-your-safari-itinerary/
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What truly makes or breaks a safari?It is not only the lodge, the wildlife, or even the destination itself. It is the pe...
03/06/2026

What truly makes or breaks a safari?

It is not only the lodge, the wildlife, or even the destination itself. It is the person guiding you through it.

A remarkable driver-guide transforms a trip into something unforgettable.

They anticipate movement in the grass before you see it. They understand animal behaviour, read the landscape with instinct, and share stories that give meaning to every sighting. With the right guide, every moment feels curated, considered, and deeply personal.

At Somak Luxury Travel, our professional in-house driver-guides are certified experts, refined storytellers, and your trusted connection to the places we love most.

Many are multilingual, ensuring seamless communication and effortless comfort throughout your journey.

Travel with complete confidence in our own fleet of meticulously maintained safari vehicles, led by experts who bring insight, care, and quiet excellence to every mile.

If you have experienced a safari with one of our driver-guides, we would love to hear about it.

And if you are ready to plan your own unforgettable journey, begin by emailing [email protected] and let us craft something extraordinary for you.

Somak Luxury Travel has been nominated for the Condé Nast Traveler Readers’ Choice Awards 2026, one of the highest honou...
02/06/2026

Somak Luxury Travel has been nominated for the Condé Nast Traveler Readers’ Choice Awards 2026, one of the highest honours in luxury travel, in the category of Tour Operators & Specialists.

Since 1968, we have been crafting holidays that reflect personal passions and deliver truly meaningful experiences. Family owned and independent, our legacy spans luxury safaris, cultural explorations and beachside escapes, each one as individual as the people who take them.

If you have travelled with us and those memories have stayed with you long after you returned home, we would be deeply honoured to have your vote. It takes just a moment, and it means the world to us.

👉 Vote now: https://condenast-interactive.typeform.com/to/iZ5UR4ZT
Search “Somak Luxury Travel” in the Tour Operators & Specialists section and complete the survey.

Thank you so much!

🌍 11 Nights | Kenya Baby Cheetah Safari & Mauritius Island Escape From £4,399 per personTwo worlds. One unforgettable jo...
01/06/2026

🌍 11 Nights | Kenya Baby Cheetah Safari & Mauritius Island Escape From £4,399 per person

Two worlds. One unforgettable journey. Wild Africa followed by seven days of pure island bliss in the Indian Ocean. This is the kind of trip that stays with you.

KENYA | THE SAFARI CHAPTER 🦁
It begins on the shores of Lake Nakuru, where flamingos paint the water pink and buffalo, hippos and rhinos roam freely. One night at Sarova Lion Hill Game Lodge on Full Board eases you gently into the bush, with sunrise and sunset game drives setting the tone.

Then the Maasai Mara calls. Two nights at Sarova Mara Game Camp on Full Board places you right in the heart of one of nature's greatest spectacles. September means the Great Wildebeest Migration is in full flow. Herds thundering across the open plains. Lions, leopards, cheetahs, elephants and giraffes. Twice-daily game drives in 4x4 vehicles. Front-row seats to the wild.

Wake before dawn for an optional hot air balloon flight drifting silently above the Mara, followed by a bubbly bush breakfast on the plains.

Your final safari night is spent in Nairobi at the legendary Sarova Stanley Hotel, a colonial landmark welcoming guests since 1902. The evening ends at the iconic Carnivore Restaurant, where meats are carved tableside over open flames. A proper Kenyan send-off.

MAURITIUS | THE ISLAND CHAPTER 🌊

Then the rhythm changes entirely. Seven all-inclusive nights at Zilwa Attitude on the sun-drenched northwest coast at Trou-aux-Biches. Pale sand, a turquoise lagoon and the easy warmth of true Mauritian hospitality. Creole flavours, Sega rhythms and slow, glorious days that make a week feel like a fortnight.
Kayak the lagoon. Explore by glass-bottom boat. Join a yoga session at sunrise. Or simply do absolutely nothing at all.

✨ What's included:
1 night Sarova Lion Hill Game Lodge | Full Board
2 nights Sarova Mara Game Camp | Full Board
1 night Sarova Stanley Hotel Nairobi | Bed and Breakfast
7 nights Zilwa Attitude Mauritius | All-Inclusive
Twice-daily game drives throughout safari
Dinner at Carnivore Restaurant, Nairobi
AMREF Flying Doctors emergency medical cover
Private transfers in Kenya and Mauritius

✈️ Flights:
Return flights with Kenya Airways from London Heathrow
23kg baggage allowance plus 2 pieces per person
Airport taxes and surcharges included
All regional flights included

💚 Travel That Gives Back
£10 per passenger donated to the Mara Rianda Charitable Trust
£10 per passenger donated to the East Africa Character Development Trust

📅 Travel: September 2026
🗓️ Book by: 31 July 2026
🔖 Quote Ref: 80826
📞 Call us for other travel dates

📞 0208 423 3000
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⚠️ Prices subject to availability and correct as of 01/06/2026. No tourist tax in Kenya. Mauritius applies a mandatory accommodation tax of €3 per person per night for guests aged 12 and over, paid directly to the hotel (total approx. €42 / £36.54). Exchange rate: €1 = £0.87. Regional supplements may apply.

10 Nights Kenya Beach & Safari Escape from £2,779 per person 🌴🦁From the white sands of Kenya’s coast to the untamed beau...
30/05/2026

10 Nights Kenya Beach & Safari Escape from £2,779 per person 🌴🦁

From the white sands of Kenya’s coast to the untamed beauty of the Lumo Conservancy, this unforgettable journey combines barefoot beach bliss with thrilling safari adventures ☀️🌍

Your escape includes:

🏖️ 7 nights at Pinewood Beach Resort & Spa, Mombasa
Deluxe Garden Room | Half Board
Relax on the powder-soft shores of Galu Beach, swim in the warm Indian Ocean, unwind at the Maua Spa and enjoy Swahili-inspired dining, beachfront cocktails and sunset views 🌊🍹

🚂 Scenic 1st Class journey aboard the Madaraka Express
Travel through the wild landscapes of Tsavo with wildlife often spotted from the train 🐘

🦁 3 nights at Soroi Cheetah Tented Camp, Lumo Conservancy
Tent | Full Board
Experience twice-daily game drives through this spectacular conservancy bordering Tsavo West, with elephant herds, dramatic red-earth plains and views towards Mount Kilimanjaro 🌅🐆

Enjoy sundowners by the firepit, guided bush experiences and luxury tented living under star-filled African skies

✈️ Return flights from Heathrow with Ethiopian Airlines
🧳 23kg baggage allowance per person
🚐 Transfers, safari experiences & AMREF medical cover included

💚 Your holiday also supports local Kenyan charities with every booking

Quote Reference: 80650 - £2779 Travel period: 1 – 30 November 2026

Quote Reference: 80638 - £3249 Travel period: 1 May – 30 June 2027
📌 Book by: 30 June 2026

📞 0208 423 3000
📧 [email protected]

T&C's Prices are fluid and subject to availability. Price based on 2 adults sharing, based on a departure date of 7 November 2026 and 5 June 2027. No tourist tax in Kenya and prices are correct at time of posting 30/05/2026.

🇿🇦 9 Nights South Africa in Style from £5,350 per person🚂🦁From the beaches of Cape Town to the wild beauty of Kruger, th...
29/05/2026

🇿🇦 9 Nights South Africa in Style from £5,350 per person🚂🦁

From the beaches of Cape Town to the wild beauty of Kruger, this unforgettable South African journey combines luxury rail travel, iconic scenery and thrilling Big Five safaris 🌍

Your adventure includes:

🏙️ 3 nights at The President Hotel, Cape Town
Mountain Apartment | Bed & Breakfast
Explore Cape Town’s stunning coastline, the V&A Waterfront, Table Mountain, Cape Point and the famous Winelands 🍷🏔️

🚂 2 nights aboard The Blue Train
Deluxe Suite | All meals & drinks included
Travel through the breathtaking Hex River Mountains and Karoo in timeless luxury with butler service, gourmet dining, premium South African wines and an off-train stop in historic Matjiesfontein 🍾

🏨 1 night at Ivory Manor Boutique Hotel, Pretoria
Deluxe Suite | Dinner, Bed & Breakfast

🦁 3 nights at Becks Safari Lodge, Kruger
Deluxe Suite | All meals included
Enjoy dawn and dusk game drives in search of the Big Five, sunset drinks in the bush, lantern-lit dinners under the stars and stunning views across the reserve from your luxury tent-style suite 🐘🌅

✈️ Return flights from Heathrow with Ethiopian Airlines
🧳 23kg baggage allowance per person
✈️ Internal flight to Kruger included
🚐 All transfers included

Book now and travel in 2027 with frozen 2026 Blue Train fares

📅 Travel: March to May 2027
📌 Book by: 31 May 2026
🔖 Quote Ref: 80097

📞 0208 423 3000
📧 [email protected]

T&C's Prices are fluid and subject to availability. Price based on 2 adults sharing, based on a departure date of 18 April 2027. Prices are correct at time of posting 29/04/2026.

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