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5 Day Tumaren Walking Safari
Special Dates available: Any time between
20th November and 30th November 2008
See Special Rates Below.
Day 1: Sinyai Lugga
It is a short dramatic drive from our local airstrip to our camp
on the Sinyai Lugga (a dry river bed). In camp we will be greeted
by our team of cooks, camel guys, and guides. After a refreshing
lunch we will enjoy a rest before a short evening walk and sundowners
on a tall promontory with a commanding view. Greater Kudu inhabit
the hillsides that slope down toward our camp and we will scan
for these elusive animals. Back at camp we will find our welcoming
campfire on the edge of the sandy lugga. Dinner always includes
healthy but delicious fare.
Day 2: Nayusere
We will begin our walk climbing the Sinyai Lugga, looking for
game like Kudu, and Klipspringers. We may pass local Masai singing
to their livestock as they call them down to water from wells
dug in the sand. After a couple kilometres in the lugga we will
ascend the western hillside and follow a ridge toward a basin
holding an incredible rock outcrop in its midst that resembles
a giant sand castle. The local Laikipia Masai call these rocks
Nayusere and stone chippings suggest that they have been used
as a camp for millennia.
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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 3: Narara
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 4: 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 5: Losirimoru
From our camp on the Ewaso Nyiro River we will be heading to our
last and most dramatic camp at Losirimoru, the tallest of the
local rocky hills and a place frequented by Wild Dogs. Along our
way we will be passing excellent country for spotting game, sweeping
plains often times teeming with activity.
Our perch in camp looking south toward Mt. Kenya is an incredibly
serene spot and an ideal location to ponder our travels and adventures.
From the rocks above camp at sunset a glass of wine or a Tusker
may be the best drink you have ever had.
Day 6: Travel
Drive out to our local airstrip or make the drive back to Nanyuki
for the scheduled flight back to Nairobi.
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TOTAL COST: US$ 1,465
INCLUDES:
Full board accommodation on safari for 5 nights
Drinks
Guides and vehicles, transfers
Camels and our team of Laikipia Masai
Flying Doctor Membership
Visits to a Laikipia Masai or Samburu Manyatta
Conservation fees (US$ 20 each per day)
EXCLUDES:
Gratuities
Flights
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