4 Days Samburu - Abedares Lodge Safari
Trip Summary:
This tour takes you to visit 2 National parks located in the southern of Kenya, where you will stay for 2 nights in Samburu National Park and 1 night in Aberdares West National Park with game drives. Accommodation can be either at luxury, standard lodges or camping as per your choice.
You will enjoy and experience nature, wildlife, habit and habitat of the fauna and flora in the natural areas, also peoples and culture. Availability 90%
Minimum Rate Per Adult: US$
Departing From: Nairobi
Duration: 4 Days / 3 Nights Samburu - Aberdares Lodge Safari
Departure Time: 0800 Hrs (possible to leave earlier than)
Departures: Daily
Minimum Persons Required: 2
Best Time: All round the year
Trip Itinerary:
4 Days Samburu & Aberdare Lodge Safari:
Day 1: Nairobi - Samburu National Reserve, Kenya
Distance: 360 km (5 hrs, 30 min.) Drive north through cultivations of
sisal and pineapple to the northern frontier district and on to Samburu
National Reserve. Afternoon game drive in this reserve famous for its
exclusive game viewing. Dinner and overnight at Samburu Serena Lodge or
Sarova Shaba Lodge, L,D.
Day 2 : Samburu Game Reserve, Kenya
Full day of game viewing drives in this dry semi-arid park with its
striking background view of the Mathew's Range. The gently flowing Uaso
Nyiro river which traverses this Park provides evergreen vegetation for
the rare gerenuk, Grevy zebra and reticulated giraffe found in this
park. All meals and overnight at Samburu Serena Lodge or Sarova Shaba
Lodge, B,L,D.
Day 3: Samburu to Aberdare National Park, Kenya
Distance: 210 km (3 hrs. 30 min.). After breakfast at the Lodge. Drive
to the Aberdare Country Club. Lunch at the Club. Afternoon transfer into
Aberdare National Park and on to The Ark Lodge for bird watching and
overnight floodlit game viewing from the lodge viewing decks. Ark Lodge,
set in the heart of the Aberdare National Park, is an unique tree lodge
with a veranda that overlooks a floodlit waterhole and saltlick allowing
undisturbed views of wildlife visiting the waterhole. Elephant, rhino,
leopard, bushbuck and occasionally an elusive bongo and giant forest hog
have been sighted. The 60 guest rooms are all en-suite. All cabins have
private bathrooms with shower, and are comfortably furnished with
bedside lamps and carpeted floors to ward off the evening and morning
chill. Resembling and named after Noah's Ark, The Ark Tree Lodge is
designed with 'decks' from which numerous balconies and lounges provide
superb vantage points for game viewing. A ground level bunker provides
excellent photographic opportunities and takes you closer than you would
believe possible to the wildlife. Dinner and overnight at The Ark Lodge,
B,L,D.
Day 4: Aberdare to Nairobi, Kenya
After breakfast, return to the base hotel. Reconnect with your driver
for a drive back to Nairobi to arrive just before lunch where the tour
ends, B.
Special remarks:
Children below 7 years are not admitted at the Ark Lodge and/or Treetops
Lodge. Only an overnight rucksack is permitted at the tree lodges owing
to limited space in the cabins. Excess luggage is stored at the base
hotel. Travellers are advised to pack warm clothing for the Aberdare
National Park since nights are pretty chilly. The above itinerary may be
rerouted to operate on the reverse direction in which case the price
remains unchanged.
Tour Cost Includes:
-Guarantee price/guarantee safari on confirmation
-All ground transport whilst on safari in a comfortable safari vehicle
equipped for game viewing, photography and touring
-Full board accommodation whilst on safari and meal plan as described,
B=Breakfast, L=Lunch and D=Dinner
-Accommodation in double/triple room
-All park entrance fees to include government taxes
-Service of an English speaking professional driver/guide
-All game drives as detailed in the itinerary
-Bottled water whilst on safari
-Start and end in Nairobi.
Tour Cost excludes:
-Tips
-Laundry
-Beverages/Drinks
-International flights
-Visas
-Items of a personal nature
-Any other extras not detailed in the above itinerary
Samburu National 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 with clusters of the
incredibly hardy desert rose providing the occasional flash of vivid
colour. The Ewaso Nyiro river, lifeline of the area, runs along the
southern boundary dividing Samburu Game Reserve 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 Reserve covers an area of 104 km2 on the
northern bank of Uaso Nyiro river. Samburu Game Reserve has a unique
landscapes of rounded and rugged hills and undulating plains.
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Access of Samburu Game Reserve is either by road or air.
Aberdare National Park:
The Aberdare National Park was created in 1950 to protect the forested
slopes and moors of the Aberdare Mountains. While the park has elephant,
lion, rhino, black leopard and the beautiful but elusive bongo antelope,
it is rarely visited by safari companies and individual travellers.
There are a number of reasons for this, one is that the high rainfall
turns the roads to mudslides and you need a 4x4 to get anywhere, and as
a result the park often closes in the wet season. Added to this is the
dense forest, which makes game viewing tricky. Lastly, other than
campsites with minimal facilities, the only accommodation is at two very
expensive tree lodges.
The lodges are also the main attraction of the Aberdare. Both Treetops
and The Ark are built above the ground beside floodlit waterholes with
salt licks. Visitors must book in advance and cannot make their own way
to the lodges in private vehicles. Instead check-in is at the Aberdare
Country club for The Ark and the Outspan Hotel for Treetops and they bus
you to the lodge. Treetops is one of Kenya's most famous hotels as this
is where British Princess Elizabeth was informed that she was now Queen
in 1952 when her father died. The Ark, however, offers better game
viewing, especially at night.
Nocturnal game viewing is taken so seriously that there is a buzzer in
each room which sounds if an unusual animal turns up at the waterhole.
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