Arrival
Arrival
Day 1
Nairobi - Samburu Game Reserve
Nairobi - Samburu Game Reserve
Breakfast will be served at the city hotel followed by a safari briefing on the adventures ahead. After the briefing, your safari adventure will start immediately after you board the safari vehicle. You will drive overland across the equator from the Southern to the Northern Hemisphere to the Samburu Game Reserve, a semi-arid region excellent for the photographer.
Arrive at the camp in time for lunch followed by some leisure hours for a siesta or a swim before you depart at around 16h00 for an afternoon game viewing and return back to the camp before sunset. The area is home to the famous Samburu people who are related “cousins” to the Masai people and who have retained their cultural traditions. Later, you will have dinner and overnight.
- Main Destination:
- Samburu National Reserve
- Accommodation:
- Ashnil Samburu Camp
Wildlife in Samburu NR
- Meals & Drinks:
Day 2
Samburu Game Reserve
Samburu Game Reserve
Spend a full day in Samburu with morning and afternoon game drives searching for the Big Five and the "Samburu Five". Observe the vast, unspoiled scenery, watch crocodiles bask on muddy riverbanks and velvet monkeys frolic in the late afternoon sun.
Samburu is renowned for its rare species of fauna known as the ‘Samburu Five’. These five animals are usually only found north of the equator. They include the long-necked gerenuk and the reticulated giraffe which is characterized by its liver-colored geometric patches defined by narrow white lines.
Later, we return for an overnight stay at the lodge.
- Main Destination:
- Samburu National Reserve
- Accommodation:
- Ashnil Samburu Camp
- Meals & Drinks:
Day 3
Samburu - Ol Pejeta Sanctuary
Samburu - Ol Pejeta Sanctuary
After breakfast at the camp, you will depart by road to Ol Pejeta Conservancy situated between the foothills of the Aberdares and the magnificent snow-capped Mount Kenya. Arrive at the camp in time for lunch followed by some leisure hours for a siesta or a swim.
Later in the afternoon, you will proceed on an afternoon game viewing across the vast savannah grasslands, a terrain favored by elephants. Visit the Chimpanzee Sanctuary, the only one of its kind in Kenya. The sanctuary is home to orphaned chimpanzees from the Jane Goodall Institute in Burundi. A walk around the sanctuary will give you an opportunity to spot the orphaned chimps. Sweetwater’s Game Reserve is one of only four private game reserves in Kenya and provides visitors with a unique combination of facilities and activities.
Later, we return for dinner and an overnight stay.
- Main Destination:
- Ol Pejeta Conservancy (Laikipia)
- Accommodation:
- Sweetwaters Serena Camp
Wildlife in Ol Pejeta
- Meals & Drinks:
Day 4
Ol Pejeta - Nairobi
Ol Pejeta - Nairobi
Breakfast will be served at the camp, whereafter you'll depart by road to Nairobi with game viewing en route. Arrive in Nairobi in the afternoon which marks the end of your safari.
- Main Destination:
- Nairobi (City)
- Accommodation:
- No accommodation (End of tour)
- Meals & Drinks:
