4 DAYS SAMBURU GAME RESERVE

Day 1: JKIA ~ Panafric.
Pick up from JKIA on arrival and transfer to Panafric hotel for overnight

Day 2: Panafric ~ Samburu.
Pick up after breakfast at 0800, Leaving Nairobi you drive north through coffee and pineapple plantations and along the foothills of snow-capped Mount Kenya. Shortly after crossing the equator the scenery begins to change and the immense deserts of the north roll out far below you. After passing through the northern frontier town of Isiolo you continue north to Samburu Game Reserve.

Samburu Game Reserve is situated in the hot and arid fringes of Kenya's vast Northern Frontier District. The area is home to the Samburu tribe, pastoral relatives of the Masai. The landscape is rugged and dramatic - against a backdrop of volcanic mountains, gaunt hills and withered scrub tree punctuate the sparse and dry terrain clusters of the Show quoted text - incredibly hardy desert rose providing the ocassional flash of vivid colour. The Ewaso Nyiro river ,lifeline of the area, runs along the southern boundary dividing Samburu from Buffalo Springs Reserve. Crocodile and hippo share the river with the many small herds of elephant which bathe and frolic in the muddy brown waters during the heat of the day before returning later to browse on the lush vegetation of the riverine forest. Buffalo, lion, leopard, cheetah and plains game may also be seen but a special feature of this Reserve are the various species of game unique to these northern parks -Beisa oryx, the long necked gerenuk, Grevy's zebra, reticulated giraffe and the blue shanked Somali ostrich.

Samburu Game Lodge is situated on the northern banks of the Ewaso Nyiro River in Samburu Game Reserve.

Accommodation, all river facing, is in cottages or blocks of twin or single rooms. In the early evening 'bait' is tied to a tree just beside the river in front of the Lodge and several large crocodiles feed here every night. Guests can sit in comfort in the crocodile bar just adjacent to this area, safely separated by a low wall. Across the river 'bait' is also hauled into a floodlit tree each evening and visited most nights by at least one member of the magnificent leopard family. Facilities include a cool and inviting swimming pool.

Day 3: Samburu.
Early morning and afternoon game drives dinner and overnight at the lodge.

Day 4: Samburu.
Day at leisure with early morning and afternoon game drives dinner and overnight at the lodge.

Day 5: Samburu - Mount Kenya - Nairobi

After breakfast and morning game drive, leaving your game reserve you travel south, via Isiolo, and as you gradually begin to gain altitude the scenery changes from arid savannah.After passing through Nanyuki town travel along the foothills of Mount Kenya ,you will have lunch in Nanyuki and then drive to Nairobi.