- Catch your SAMBURU-bound flight scheduled to depart at 0800 Hrs and arrive at 0900 Hrs – Kalama Airstrip.
- This will be followed by a 2-hour road transfer to Kitich Camp – Matthews Range to arrive at your camp in time for lunch.
- In the Mathews Mountain Range, Kitich Camp is situated in the 800,000-acre Namunyak Wildlife Conservancy established in 1995 by the local communities to promote wildlife conservation and socio-economic development through sustainable utilization of natural resources.
- Afternoon game activities as per the camps schedule – this could be a guided bush walk winding down with a sundowner. All meals and overnight at KITICH CAMP
Activities
Guided Walks
If you want a traditional safari in the back of a 4x4, you won’t find it here.
If you’re looking for the chance to ditch the dulcet humming of an engine and walk through a pristine ancient forest with a local tracker, treading in the footprints of a leopard to the sound of a hundred bird calls – you’ve come to the right place.
Quad Biking
Kitich Forest Camp has recently purchased 5 quad bikes and is offering a day at the Reteti Elephant Orphanage and the singing wells. We are within the Namunyak Wildlife Conservancy (along with Sarara Camp), with shared access to the orphanage.
Or spend a fun afternoon ride visiting the colorful local community.
Swimming in Rock Pools
There is no chlorinated, tiled swimming pool at Kitich Forest Camp. Instead, guests can take a dip in a crystal clear, spring-fed forest pool and enjoy swimming the way it should be – in the wild.
Bush Picnics and Sundowners
We’ve got a few fantastic spots in the forest for guests to enjoy a picnic lunch – which is organised and packed by our kitchen team. So whether you would like lunch by the rock pool after a morning’s swimming, or in a quiet forest clearing where you can listen out for the different bird calls, we’ve got it covered.
Cultural Visits: Singing Wells and Ngilai Village
The culture of the Samburu people is rooted in their cattle, and their semi-nomadic lifestyle is determined by the seasons. Close to Kitich Forest Camp are the Singing Wells, deep excavations made by young warriors in dry riverbeds in order to reach water for their livestock. They sing as they scoop water from the bottom, pass it up, and pour it into wooden troughs; a process that can involve several young men.
Night Game Viewing
The Camp’s cozy lounge overlooks an open river glade, which is floodlit at night. Elephant, buffalo, bushbuck, and occasionally leopard emerge from the forest after dark to drink from the river or dig for natural salts, and guests can watch nightlife unfold from the comfort of camp.
- Full day in Mathews Range with game activities as per the camps schedule.
- You may depart after breakfast for a guided walk in the forest across the streams leading you to the natural swimming pool where you can relax/swim if you wish in these crystal clear waters.
- Proceed on for a setup picnic lunch and back to the camp thereafter either on foot or by car if tired already.
- All meals and overnight at KITICH CAMP.
- After a Scrumptious breakfast at the camp, we transfer you to Kalama Airstrip or Loisaba Airstrip in Loisaba Conservancy for your scheduled flight to Nairobi.
