Arrival in Nairobi and transfer to accommodation
Today is an arrival day for your Africa Tribes Cultural Photographic Safari Tour, where you will be met by our representative who will then transfer you to your accommodations at Sarova Panafric Hotel for the evening stay and over night booked on bed and breakfast. You will be briefed by your guide about the safari before you start off the following day to Samburu.
- Main Destination:
- Nairobi (City)
- Accommodation:
- Sarova Panafric Hotel
- Meals & Drinks:
Nairobi - Sweetwaters
Our Africa Tribes Cultural Photographic Safari Tour depart Nairobi in the morning heading north via the Thika plantation to Sweetwaters Sanctuary for an afternoon game drive to see the wildlife including rehabilitated chimpanzees. We will arrive in our Hotel in Nanyuki town in time for lunch. After lunch, we will proceed to the Sweetwaters Sanctuary for the game drive coming back to the hotel late in the evening. Dinner and Overnight at Maiyan Country Lodge meal Plan Lunch and Dinner.
- Main Destination:
- Sweetwaters (Chimp Sanctuary)
- Accommodation:
- Maiyan
- Meals & Drinks:
Sweet Waters - Samburu National Park
After breakfast, we proceed to Samburu game reserve to arrive there in time for the afternoon game drive in the park. Samburu National Reserve becoming one of Kenya’s most admired stops after the Mara which hosts the uncommon Gravy’s zebra, gerenuk antelope standing on hind legs to feed.
Traditional Samburu Culture
The Samburu, just like the Maasai are a semi-nomadic people. Only the Samburu are still very traditional and have not parted with old customs as compared to the Maasai. Cattle, as well as goats, sheep and camels, play a vital role in the Samburu way of life and culture. The Samburu are highly dependent on their livestock for survival. Their diet comprises mostly of milk and occasionally blood from their cows.
- Main Destination:
- Samburu National Reserve
- Accommodation:
- Samburu Sopa Lodge
- Meals & Drinks:
Samburu - Africa Tribes Photographic Safari
Like Kenya's other pastoralist tribes, the Samburu people rear large herds of cows, sheep, goats and camels, which they openly graze on their communal land. The Samburu, just like the Maasai are a semi-nomadic people. Only the Samburu are still very traditional and have not parted with old customs as compared to the Maasai. Let us then have a look at five interesting lifestyle facts about the Samburu that you probably don’t know.
- Main Destination:
- Samburu National Reserve
- Accommodation:
- Samburu Sopa Lodge
- Meals & Drinks:
Samburu - Marsabit - Visiting Rendile People
Depart Samburu and proceed to Marsabit with our lunch en-route. We will visit the Rendile tribes along the way taking as many pics as possible. We will arrive in Marsabit late in the evening. The Rendille people are traditionally pastoralists keeping goats, sheep, cattle, donkeys, and camels. Their nomadic lifestyle is become less prominent with the development of boreholes and centers that allow a more permanent existence. Traditional dress includes beautiful beads worn by the women around the neck, wrists, and ankles.
Please note that we do not have a fixed schedule for the next few days on our photography tour. Instead, your guide will assess daily which area is the best to photograph according to your particular photographic requirements.
- Main Destination:
- Marsabit National Park
- Accommodation:
- Normad Marsabit Hotel
- Meals & Drinks:
Marsabit - Kalacha To the Gabra People
We visit Marsabit town and another volcanic crater before making our way back into the desert and lava flows. The Rendille people in their bright red outfits, earrings and beads make it a vibrant place and the best place to take in the cornucopia of culture is the lively market. All meals and overnight at the camp.
- Main Destination:
- Kalacha (Village)
- Accommodation:
- Marabu Camp in Kalacha
- Meals & Drinks:
Kalacha - Lake Turkana Visit Turkana and Elmollo
We depart early after breakfast at the camp crossing the Chalbi Desert to Lake Turkana arriving in time for lunch. While it is the lake that provides the nominal incentives for doing this trip, it is the people of northern Kenya that make the most lasting impression, nomadic pastoralists such as the Gabbra, Turkana and Samburu whose adherence to a strictly traditional lifestyle and dress is practically unique in modern East Africa. In small villages such as North Horr or Kalacha, even in the city of Loiyangalani, you could be forgiven for thinking that the whole human spectacle is being put on for tourists. All Meals and Overnight at the campsite.
- Main Destination:
- Lake Turkana
- Accommodation:
- Marabu Camp in Lake Turkana
- Meals & Drinks:
Lake Turkana Visiting Turkana and Elmollo Tribes
The Turkana tribe originally came from the Karamojong region of northeastern Uganda. Turkana oral traditions purport that they arrived in Kenya while pursuing an unruly bull. The land they occupy is harsh and very dry. The Turkanas were, therefore, less affected by colonialism than other tribes because the British saw little value in their land.
- Main Destination:
- Lake Turkana
- Accommodation:
- Marabu Camp
- Meals & Drinks:
Lake Turkana - Maralal
We depart after break fast via the Horr Valley situated between Mount Nyiro and Ol Doinye Mara viewing the breath taking scenery as we continue to climb on torturous, rocky hills to Maralal. Near Maralal is one of the most breath taking scenes in all of Kenya – the Losiolo escarpment, an endless stretch as land drops down to the Suguta valley.
Maralal is the official capital of the Samburu people and has a distinctly frontier feel about it, like something out of a ‘wild west’ movie. It boasts a colorful Samburu market and a game sanctuary that lies just outside of town. Maralal is also home of the Maralal International Camel Derby that happens once a year between July and October and attracts riders and spectators from the four corners of the world.
- Main Destination:
- Maralal (Town)
- Accommodation:
- Ngari Hill Guesthouse
- Meals & Drinks:
Maralal - Nairobi
Heading south again via Laikipia Plains and Nyahururu we may stop at the Thomson falls named after Joseph Thomson who walked from Mombasa to Lake Victoria in the early 1880s. Shaped by the waters of the Ewaso Narok River, the falls plunge over 72m into a rift, spraying the dark forest below. After lunch, we drive back into Nairobi by mid-afternoon.
- Main Destination:
- Nairobi (City)
- Accommodation:
- No accommodation (End of tour)
- Meals & Drinks: