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User Reviews of Samburu National Reserve (81 Reviews)

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Avatar icon Gillian Ashworth & Hugh Epsom Spain flag ES       Visited: July 2018 Reviewed: Jul 27, 2018

Email Gillian Ashworth & Hugh Epsom

Another excellent safari in a new [to me] park

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Elephant Bedroom lived up to its name as ele's munched outside our tent. Also saw herds of 25 and 60+ ele's which, after sniffing us, walked calmly past. About 50 walked past each lunchtime on the other side of the river. Leopard in a tree was a plus, but pity we missed the cheetah. Grevy zebra, reticulated giraffes, large herds of oryx, rare Somali ostrich, usual gazelles including dik dik, plus gerenuk, warthogs etc. and plenty of birds, too. The well-appointed tents were very comfortable, gourmet food, staff friendly and our driver, Julius, was excellent, managing to find a lioness and three cubs before anyone else did! The only negative: the weather was cooler than expected/usual with a pesky strong wind.

Male avatar icon Mr Alun Pritchard United Kingdom flag GB       Visited: February 2018 Reviewed: Mar 19, 2018

Email Mr Alun Pritchard  |  65+ years of age  |  Experience level: 2-5 safaris

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A rugged beauty - a sense of the wild.

Female avatar icon Em Australia flag AU       Visited: September 2017 Reviewed: Sep 29, 2017

Email Em  |  35-50 years of age  |  Experience level: first safari

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Great diversity of wildlife and ecosystems. Could have spent longer than our 2 days here. So much to see.

Male avatar icon Gavin Rowley United Kingdom flag GB       Visited: September 2016 Reviewed: Oct 2, 2016

Email Gavin Rowley  |  50-65 years of age  |  Experience level: first safari

Unforgettable experience

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Congratulations has to be given to my guide, Steven from Rhino Safari, he was very knowledgable, helpful, accommodating and took care of us. I wanted to see a Leopard and he delivered! He went above and beyond my expectations.

Samburu was, in my opinion, the ultimate all round intimate safari experience. For example staying near the river, the game drives in Buffalo Springs. I preferred Samburu to the Masai Mara as it was more personal towards the animals.

The food was excellent, I actually returned from Safari heavier! The local people cannot do enough for you.

Overall I would highly recommend going to Kenya and in particular Samburu. Africa is a beautiful country with beautiful wildlife and people. I feel very fortunate to have experienced this in my lifetime.

Avatar icon Ludoc007 Malaysia flag MY       Visited: June 2016 Reviewed: Jul 1, 2016

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Small but very interesting birding and wildlife destination

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Wild life was plentiful and within easy reach . Birding was very good

Male avatar icon GavinKenya United States flag US       Visited: July 2015 Reviewed: Dec 8, 2015

Email GavinKenya  |  50-65 years of age  |  Experience level: 2-5 safaris

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Very hot when I was there and I loved it! I seem to like desert type places and the arid landscape there was much fun. Many wildlife experiences there too.

Male avatar icon jasonlu01 Taiwan flag TW       Visited: July 2014 Reviewed: Jun 6, 2015

35-50 years of age  |  Experience level: first safari

To feel humanbeing as part of wildlife nature and find the beautful essence of all creatures.

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I think the Samburu is wonderful place ,but I also find there are a lot of children need help.

Male avatar icon aaroy Kenya flag KE       Visited: May 2015 Reviewed: May 6, 2015

20-35 years of age  |  Experience level: over 5 safaris

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Very nice park, with less tourists than the more famous parks. Big cats are there, though not in large numbers. Zebras and giraffes are differents species than here than in the south/central Kenya.

Avatar icon Mitchell Klein Visited: July 2014 Reviewed: May 5, 2015

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The birds, animals, people, food - all a once in a lifetime experience not to be missed.

Female avatar icon Iwona Poland flag PL       Visited: October 2002 Reviewed: Apr 17, 2015

Email Iwona  |  35-50 years of age  |  Experience level: over 5 safaris

Paradise on earth

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This Park I remember as one almost at the end of the world , driving there was hard and long but what I have seen and felt brought me a lot of pleasure and happines. Wildlife was great, camp also and offcourse possibility to have a short swimm in this weather in nature was great.