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Laikipia, Kenya

Karisia Samburu led Walking Safari

One of our favorite ways to explore Northern Kenya. These Samburu led Walking Safaris offer unique perspective, a different style, and along with great wildlife, a chance to learn about culture, conservation and natural history. Highly flexible, you can choose how long and how much luxury you want to include.  — Mango's view

This three night / four day serviced Samburu led Walking Safari is fabulous as guest get to escape the constraints of a vehicle and lose themselves in Kenyas stunning wilds. You walk where no car will go, exploring new country every day with camels as your friendly beasts of burden. Your Samburu guides are fluent in natural history, English, Swahili, Maa, the local culture as well as providing a luxurious adventure. Every day is unique.

Your safari begins as you land in Nanyuki, Kenya. Your guide will collect you and you being with a short a scenic drive to your first safari camp in Tumaren called Nayasura Camp. After a short rest and lunch, you head out on a short safari walk looking for wildlife and to get a feel for the country. As the sun begins to fall, you will have a chance to stop at a viewpoint for sun-downers drinks. You return to camp for dinner and overnight.

The next day you depart camp early after breakfast. The pack camels and camp staff will move on ahead to set up your next safari camp at Nyarara Camp while you and your guide walk north across large plains as well as mixed bush. Herds of Zebra, Oryx and Grants gazelle predominate on the large plains with smaller numbers of Jacksons Hartebeest and Thompsons Gazelle. You arrive at camp in time for lunch. The pack camels and staff with your camp will have made a more direct route and so they will have arrived and set up most of camp before your arrival. After lunch you have some siesta time for resting, reading, or badminton for the energetic and later another walk in the evening to a pretty spot for sun-downers. Again you return to camp for dinner and overnight.

On day three you will be heading down toward the Ewaso Nyiro River, which runs along the eastern edge of the Laikipia Plateau and then turns eastward toward Samburu National Reserve. Along the way you will be looking for eland, steinbuck, giraffe, waterbuck, grevys zebra, elephants as well as all the tough-to-see predators such as wild Dog, hyena, lion, leopard or cheetah.

When you arrive at the Ewaso Nyiro you may want to take a quick swim before lunch. After lunch and siesta time, you will have an afternoon walk and sun-downers on a high rocky hillside. You return to camp on the river for dinner and a toast to your adventure. The next morning you are transferred back to Nanyuki to meet your onward flight.

Includes: All meals, local drinks, & safari activities