The night before

You may wish to follow tradition and spend the night before your wedding in different locations - we can put you in separate lodges or in separate rooms in the same lodge. We have also organised some fabulous pre-wedding evenings for both the bride and groom and there are some wonderful options for you to consider, for example:

• Sundowners in the bush and a dinner cooked on an open fire
• Spoiling spa treatments and a candle-lit dinner by the lodge pool
• An evening in the local village with dancing and singing
• A night time game drive or early evening bush walk
• A delicious dinner with all your guests

 

The important extras

We really are happy to help you with all the arrangements for your wedding day, right down to the finest details. Just because it's an African wedding, it doesn't mean you can't have what you want.  You may want simple flower arrangements of local flowers or prefer to have stunning roses and lilies, which we can fly up from Nairobi or Johannesburg.  We can even provide you with a strikingly decorated multi-tier, traditional wedding cake.

 

The bride

We know that you'll want to feel a million dollars when you walk up to the altar on your wedding day.  You may like help with your hair or your nails.  Maybe you'd like someone to do your make-up.  Within reason, we can organise that for you - and arrange a practice run before the day.  Alternatively, you may simply opt for some out-and-out pampering before your wedding as many of the lodges have fabulous spas offering wonderful treatments.

 

The wedding

African weddings are really exciting because there are so many great possibilities on the day and here are some ideas:

• Go on a game drive to the ceremony (a lovely way to cope with pre-wedding nerves) 
• Go riding on the morning of your wedding
• Arrive at the ceremony on horseback or in a flower-adorned game viewing vehicle  
• Head off on a walking safari at dawn followed by a breakfast picnic in the bush, an amazing start to the day
• Leave the ceremony on a camel - an original going-away vehicle
• Have your wedding witnessed by Samburu warriors
• Enjoy the singing and dancing of the Maasai to celebrate your marriage