Samburu - Tree Lodge - Lake Nakuru Tour

After breakfast, drive north via Nanyuki and past Mount Kenya to the Samburu National Reserve. Rugged and remote, this wildlife reserve provides some the best and most colorful game viewing in the country.

North of the equator some of the animals and vegetation are a little different from those commonly found south such as the Grevy's zebra, reticulated giraffe, and Somali ostrich, the long neck gerenuk, and beisa and hunting dog.
Enjoy an afternoon game drive. Your evening is leisure.

Overnight at Samburu Ashnil Camp or Similar.

Meals & Drinks : Lunch & Dinner

Full day game drives explore the riverine forest areas and rugged plains. Samburu National Reserve is one of the lesser-known national parks, but is nevertheless teeming with life. Situated alongside the Ewaso Nyiro River, there is plenty to attract wildlife from the surrounding savannah plains.

Samburu Game Reserve is rich in wildlife with an abundance of rare northern specialist species such as the Grevy’s zebra, Somali ostrich, reticulated giraffe, gerenuk and the beisa oryx (also referred to as Samburu Special Five).

Wild dog sightings are also a common attraction to thisunique protected area. Birdlife is abundant with over 450 species recorded. Birds of the arid northern bush country are augmented by a number of riverine forest species.

Overnight at Samburu Ashnil Camp or Similar.

Meals & Drinks : Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner

Today we travel to the Ark tree-lodge is uniquely shaped to resemble Noah’s Ark, designed with decks from which numerous balconies and lounges provide superb vantage points for viewing the animals visiting the salt-lick and waterhole.

A ground level bunker provides excellent photographic opportunities and takes you closer than you would believe possible to the elephants. They love the natural salt lick and get onto their knees to dig into the ground with their tusks.

For hours, they eat the salty earth full of minerals. Finally they quench their thirst at the waterhole. It’s almost a face to face experience with the Big Greys!

By night, the Yasabara waterhole is floodlit so that you can observe the comings and goings of rhino, elephant, bushbuck and occasionally also the elusive Bongo.

Numerous other animals also visit this busy meeting place all day and night so there is always something to see. The "Resident Hunter" is always on hand to explain on the wildlife and landscape.

Dinner and overnight at Ark Tree Lodge or Similar.

Meals & Drinks : Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner

Today we travel by road to Lake Nakuru National Park is famous for its bird spectacle featuring over a million flamingos, over 400 migratory bird species from around the world and large flotillas of pelicans.

Two species of flamingos exists in the lake Nakuru Game Park- the lesser flamingo with deep red carmine bill and the greater flamingo with black tip. The flamingos feed on Blue green algae, created from their droppings mixing in the warm alkaline waters, and planktons.

Lake Nakuru National Park is home of a million Flamingos & other Birds: 450 species in total identified. Mammals: 56 different species of mammals have been identified including black and white rhinos, Rothschild’s giraffes, cape buffaloes, Deffassa waterbucks, Thomson’s and Grant’s gazelles, Impalas, lions, leopards, warthogs, olive baboons, black backed jackal, reedbucks, dik diks, elands
Dinner and overnight at Lake Nakuru Lodge or Similar.

Meals & Drinks : Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner

After breakfast we drive back to Nairobi arriving mid afternoon. On arrival transfer to the airport for your onward flight.

Meals & Drinks : Breakfast