Kenya

Samburu Northern Frontier

5 days / 4 nightsfrom $1,690

Overview

The dry north for travellers who have already done the Mara. Grevy’s zebra, reticulated giraffe, gerenuk and beisa oryx, along the Ewaso Nyiro river with almost no other vehicles.

Included as standard

  • Private 4×4 with pop-up roof and your own driver-guide
  • All park, conservancy and reserve fees
  • Accommodation and meals as listed in the itinerary
  • Airport pickup and all ground transfers
  • Bottled water, and a Nairobi number that reaches a person

Where you will be

Day by day

Day 1

Nairobi to Samburu

Depart early via Nanyuki and the Mount Kenya foothills, arriving for lunch. First drive along the river at 4pm.

Day 2

The special five

Full day in the reserve looking for the northern species you cannot see further south, with a bush breakfast on the riverbed.

Day 3

Buffalo Springs & culture

Morning in Buffalo Springs reserve, then an afternoon at a Samburu manyatta arranged directly with the community.

Day 4

Leopard evening

A slow morning, midday rest, then a long evening drive to the kopjes where the resident leopards hunt.

Day 5

Return south

Breakfast, a last river drive, then the road to Nairobi via Nanyuki for lunch. Arrival late afternoon.

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