Sweetwaters Game Sanctuary & Samburu Game Reserve

4 Days/3 Nights Kenya Safari

 

Sweetwaters Jane Goodall Chimpanzee Sanctuary

Samburu Game Reserve - The Beisa Oryx Antelope

Samburu Game Reserve - Reticulated Giraffe

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Itinerary Summary

Day 1: Nairobi – Sweetwaters Game Sanctuary
Day 2: Sweetwaters – Samburu Game Reserve
Day 3: Explore Samburu Game Reserve
Day 4: Sweetwaters – Nairobi

 

Cost for 2011: Per Person
Land Arrangements (Per Person)

Child rate 2 – 11 years is 75% of the adult rate

 

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Sweetwaters Game Sanctuary – Samburu Game Reserve 4 Day/3 Nights Kenya Safari

Sweetwaters Game Reserve is 70,000-acre private ranch with magnificent views across the plains to the snow capped peaks of Mount Kenya. This game sanctuary is the closest reserve to Nairobi (2.5 hours drive) home to all the big five game, and has the highest ratio of game-to-area of any park or reserve in Kenya. Its popular waterhole is floodlit by night, providing excellent and secluded rarely seen game viewing.

 

Game drives at Sweetwaters are indeed a pleasure. Game viewing may also take the form of game walks accompanied by our Resident Naturalist, and game rides on horseback. Camel riding, night game drives and "bush" lunches or dinners are a delight. The Chimpanzee Sanctuary is most informative and entertaining and should all be visited while in the Game Reserve. The Sweetwaters Chimpanzee Sanctuary is incorporated within the Ol Pejeta Conservancy and is the only place in Kenya where this highly endangered and remarkably intelligent species can be seen.

 

Samburu National Reserve is not very well-known, but definitely worth a visit. It is situated on the banks of the Ewaso Nyiro River in Kenya. This means plenty of water, trees and shade to attract wildlife like elephant, lion, giraffe and zebra from the surrounding savannah plains. Leopards are also regularly spotted. The reserve is not particularly well-known and is therefore not too crowded - a huge plus in Kenya where so many reserves are often overflowing with tourists. It is often grouped together with the Buffalo Springs and Shaba National Reserves as they lie so close together.

 

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Detailed Itinerary

Day 1
Nairobi – Sweetwaters/Ol Pejeta
This morning we depart Nairobi and proceed north, driving through lush tea and coffee estates to Sweetwaters Tented Camp. Sweetwaters land, the Ol Pejeta Conservancy and its sumptuous ranch were once the private domain of famed multi-millionaire, Adnan Kashoggi. We visit the Chimpanzee Sanctuary, a charming haven established by the Jane Goodall Institute to provide sanctuary to orphaned chimps, and the specially protected and fenced refuge of black rhino with its stunning forty specimens! In fact Sweetwaters boasts excellent game viewing with the highest ratio of game to area of any park or reserve in Kenya. Moreover, the camp has its own private waterhole and salt-lick so we’ll be guaranteed unprecedented close encounters. Whether its day or night game drives, camel trekking, lion tracking, al fresco dining or relaxing by pool, Sweetwaters is bound to delight.

Overnight at Sweetwaters Serena Tented Camp or Porini Rhino Camp or Ol Pejeta Camp
Meal Plan {Lunch & Dinner}

 

Day 2
Sweetwaters – Samburu Game Reserve
This morning we travel by road to Kenya’s northern frontier. Wild and rugged, Samburu is fiercely beautiful with its arid savannahs watered by the lovely Uaso Nyiro River. It is also one of Kenya’s most protected areas and home to species only found north of the equator, from the reticulated giraffe to Grevy’s zebras and Beisa oryxes. We also enjoy Larsens Tented Camp or Samburu Intrepids Camp, our luxurious hostelry set beneath a canopy of acacia trees along the banks of the river.

 

Overnight at Larsens Tented Camp or Samburu Intrepids Camp or Samburu Serena
Meal Plan {Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner}

 

Day 3
Samburu Game Reserve
Dawn breaks in golden bands as we start our day in the bush by scanning the river from our tent’s veranda with a cup of steaming coffee in hand. Before the dew is off the grass, we’re off in pursuit of the elephants, lions, leopards, and cheetahs that thrive in the reserve’s grasslands and acacia woodlands. And so the day is spent in alternating pursuits of exploration in the bush and relaxation in our cozy camp.

 

Overnight at Larsens Tented Camp or Samburu Intrepids Camp or Samburu Serena
Meal Plan {Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner}

 

Day 4
Samburu – Nairobi
Depart our Camp after breakfast and drive back to Nairobi. Connect with one of our other exciting safari packages. Your choice of – the exotic Amboseli National Park, the world famous Maasai Mara Game Reserve (also known as the eighth wonder of the world), perhaps a climb up Mt. Kilimanjaro, or relax on the clean white sandy beaches of Mombasa Island along the warm Indian Ocean, are some of the wonderful options available. You can also choose to visit a children’s orphanage, explore the shops or simply relax before your departure tonight.

 

Meal Plan {Breakfast}

 

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Included Safari Features

• Multi-lingual Professional Safari Guide/Driver. (Professional Safari Escort is available upon request)

• Round trip transport from Nairobi – Sweetwaters Game Sanctuary – Samburu Game Reserve
• Guaranteed departures for two or more passengers booking this safari

• Finest accommodations in Sweetwaters and Samburu Game Reserve

• Guaranteed window seating with open top for easy photography
• Membership in Flying Doctors Society – Emergency air rescue
• Safari vehicles carry cold drinks and mineral water
• All applicable Game Park entrance fees

• All meals included while on safari

• Pre–tour itinerary document
• 6 extensive Game drives

 

 

Excluded Safari Features

• Personal expenses such traveling insurance, excess baggage fee, communication charges that include, laundry, emails, faxes and phone calls beverages including luxury champagne, luxury spirits, beer, wines during meals or meals not indicated in the itinerary

• Camel rides, Nature walks, Night Game drives while at Sweetwaters Game Reserve etc
• Gratuity for Porterage / waiters at hotels, camps and airports

• A visit to a Turkana, Kalengin, Samburu or Maasai Village

• Christmas, New Year and Easter Supplement

• Sundowner bush cocktails and bush dinner
• Gratuity for your professional driver guide
• Cost of obtaining passport and visas
• Accommodations in Nairobi
• International Airfare

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Options that Complement this Safari

 

 

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