The tall rocky outcrop will be visible for miles before you arrive. Its called Nyasura and it is certainly sacred ground, used for millennia by hunters and others seeking shelter. Ancient graves, flints and pounding stones called boluses are all in evidence around the rocks and particularly the caves. We will be camped beside Nyasura and in the evening after a jaunt about we will scale its slopes for a view and a sundowner. The remainder of the safari traverses a rich Acacia bush country that thrives with plains game as well as the predators that like to eat them. It is not uncommon to run into a lion, leapard, hyaena or wilddog along the course of this safari.
Our walks are guided by Laikipia Masai and Samburu guides local to this part of Kenya. Our area has a very rich traditional culture and on market days (every second Wednesday), all the warriors and women come dressed in their finest adornments
Accommodation in mobile tents, laundry, all meals and snacks, tea/coffee, camels, guides, camp back-up team
Drinks may be included for an extra US$25 per person per day
With our riding camels carrying our heavier cameras, water and snacks we will venture forth each morning while the bulk of the remaining camels bear the tents, fly sheets and kitchen straight on to the next camp.
You may see a range of mammals including:
Guenther's Dikdik, Steinbuck, Klipspringer, Thompson's Gazelle, Grant's Gazelle, Gerenuk, Impala, Highland Hartebeest, Beisa Oryx, Waterbuck, Eland, Bushbuck, Lesser Kudu, Reticulated Giraffe, Elephant, Common Zebra, Grevy's Zebra, Hippo, Lion, Leopard, Cheetah, Caracal, Serval Cat, Wildcat, Spotted Hyena, Striped hyena, Aardwolf, Wilddog, Black-backed Jackel, Bat-eared Fox, White-tailed Mongoose, Dwarf Mongoose, Slender-tailed Mongoose, Genet Cat, Bushbaby, Aardvark, Porcupine
Accommodation in mobile tents, laundry, all meals and snacks, tea/coffee, camels, guides, camp back-up team
Drinks may be included for an extra US$25 per person per day
Our walking safaris traverse beautiful country with geologic structures of immense age that tell stories of a turbulent and rich history beside the Rift Valley. Archeological artifacts like flints, shards, graves and pottery litter much of the ground near our camps and in all this evidence are fascinating stories of an equally turbulent cultural history.
A superb range of birds inhabit these areas:
Ostrich, Kori Bustard, Von Der Decken's Hornbill, White-bellied Go-away Bird, Vitelline Masked Weaver, Spotted Thickknee, Rosy-patched Bushshrike, Eastern Chanting Goshawk, Tawny Eagle, Bateleur Eagle, Marico Sunbird, Red-fronted Warbler, Rufous Chatterer, D'arnaud's Barbet
Accommodation in mobile tents, laundry, all meals and snacks, tea/coffee, camels, guides, camp back-up team
Drinks may be included for an extra US$25 per person per day
The safari finishes on the banks of the Ewaso Nyiro River, the second largest river in Kenya. Hugely popular with our elephants who love to wallow in its muddy stretches, the river offers a great opportunity to approach, study and photograph these riveting animals. From the river camp you will be picked up and transferred to your next destination after a hearty goodbye from the entire team.
Some of the reptiles and amphibians you may see along the way include:
Garmani Toad, Bubbling Kassina, Cryptotsis Sandfrog, Picturatus Dwarf Gecko, Brooks Gecko, Variable Skink, Red-headed Agama, Elementaita Agama, Long-tailed Lizard, Side-striped Chameleon, Brown Spitting Cobra, Puff adder, Rufoun Beaked Snake, Side-stripped Sand Snake.
Accommodation in mobile tents, laundry, all meals and snacks, tea/coffee, camels, guides, camp back-up team
Drinks may be included for an extra US$25 per person per day
