3 Day Tumaren Walking Safari
Dates available: Any time between 20th
November and 30th November 2008
See Special Rates Below.
Day 1: Nayusere Camp / Tumaren
A cool drink will greet you in camp after a short drive from our
local airstrip or from Nanyuki if you choose to use the scheduled
Nairobi / Nanyuki flight. A beautiful outcrop of stone overshadows
the camp and you will have seen the feature from miles as you
approached in the vehicle. The local Laikipia Masai call these
rocks Nayusere and stone chippings suggest that they have been
used as a camp for millennia.
We too will use the rocks starting with a refreshing lunch and
short rest in our classic roomy safari tents. After lunch we will
head out on a short walk looking for game and getting a feel for
the country. As the sun begins to set we will find ourselves at
the crest of Nayusere and there a blanket with drinks and bitings.
As we enjoy our sundowners we will continue to spot game from
our vantage and watch as the baboons come back to roost on the
face of the rock. A short descent will find us back in camp for
a delicious hardy dinner.
Day 2: Narara Camp
From Nayusere we will head out early after breakfast so to see
as much game as possible on our walk north towards Narara Camp.
Narara means Cheetah in Masai and the camp was given this name
because of a large male that has been seen in the area.
Along our walk we will walk across large plains as well as mixed
bush. Herds of Zebra, Oryx and Grant’s gazelle predominate
on the large plains with smaller numbers of Jackson’s Hartebeest
and Thompson’s Gazelle. In the mixed bush we find Dikdiks,
Gerenuk, Impala and Lesser Kudu if we are lucky enough to see
them.
At camp we will arrive in time for lunch. The pack camels with
our camp will have made a more direct route than us and so they
will have arrived before us and set up most of camp before our
arrival. After lunch we will follow our routine of resting, reading
or badminton for the energetic and later another walk in the evening
to a pretty spot for sundowners.
Day 3 Tumaren Ewaso Camp
Today we will be heading down toward the Ewaso Nyiro River, which
runs along the eastern edge of the Laikipia Plateau and then turns
eastward toward Samburu National Reserve. Along the way we will
be looking for Eland, Steinbuck, Giraffe, Waterbuck, Grevy’s
Zebra as well as all the tough-to-see predators such as Wild Dog,
Hyena, Lion, Leopard or Cheetah. We will also be looking from
high open points for Elephants as we as the shy Buffalo that hide
by day in thick bush. For safety reasons we carry a gun on every
safari and we never walk blindly through thick bush country where
we can’t know what is around the next corner.
When we arrive at the Ewaso Nyiro we may want to take a quick
swim before lunch. After lunch, our rest and sundowners on a high
rocky hillside we will return to our camp on the river for dinner
and a toast to our adventure.
Day 4
Say goodbye in the morning to our team and after breakfast we
will drive to our local airstrip or to Nanyuki for the Scheduled
flight to Nairobi.
TOTAL COST: US$ 975 per person
Min 2 people and maximum 12 people
Level of Walk: Easy to Moderate on animal tracks
Hours walking per day: 3-4 hours
INCLUDES:
Full board accommodation on safari for 3 nights
Drinks on safari
Guides and vehicles, transfers to and from Nanyuki
Camels and our team of Laikipia Masai
Visits to a Laikipia Masai or Samburu Manyatta
Conservation fees
Flying Doctor Membership
EXCLUDES:
Gratuities
Flights
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