Saruni Experience fly-in safari
7 Nights
₤ 5,041 (PPS)
Overview
The Saruni Experience is 7 night fly-in Safari to Masai Mara & Samburu. It combines two wonderful camps both by the Saruni company, chosen for their style, originality and location. It combines a relaxing pace with spectacular lodges, world-class game-viewing and interesting Samburu culture.
After a night in Nairobi, you head to the Samburu area. away from the crowds.
With some of Africa’s best camps, guides and virtually everything included, days are as lazy or adventurous as you would like them to be. Some of the activities include walking safaris, day and night game drives, spa treatments, cultural village visits, bush dinners and much more.
Note: This price is based on 2 people travelling and so there is a flight supplement of $760 (for the 3 flights) for out of season months (Jan to June and Nov to Dec). This is in case there are no other people joining you on the flight. If you are a party of four, the price will be lower as no flight supplement is needed. If there are other people joining on some of the flights, then you will be refunded (per flight sector) after the trip.
Saruni Experience fly-in safari at a glance
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On arrival, you are met and transferred to Hemingways for your overnight stay in Nairobi.
Hemingways Nairobi is an exclusive boutique hotel far from the bustle of central Nairobi, set between Nairobi National Park and the foot of the Ngong Hills. This all-suite property offers a full butler service, gourmet restaurant, brasserie and a bar. It is perfectly placed for trips to Nairobi National Park and the capital.
Enjoy an optional excursion (for a supplement) if your arrival flight time allows.
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Early transfer to Wilson Airport for the scheduled flight to Samburu National Park, with possibly seeing sights of the spectacular Mt Kenya, Africa’s second highest mountain en route. Flight departs Nairobi at 0800hrs and arrives into Samburu at 0920hrs. Upon arrival, you will be met by a guide from the camp and enjoy a game drive to the camp. Following lunch, there is an afternoon game drive returning to camp as the sun sets.
Overnight Saruni Samburu on full board basis including all soft drinks, beers, house wines, non-luxury sprits, guided walks, shared day and night game drives, bush meals, sundowner, picnic excursions & laundry
Saruni Samburu commands some of the best views in Kenya. It’s a much loved design lodge located on Kalama Conservancy next to Samburu National Reserve, in Kenya’s wild north. Surrounded by a 95,000 hectares private reserve and perched on top of a spectacular viewpoint, its villas and its swimming pools overlook waterholes where the famous Samburu elephant, leopard, reticulated giraffe and Grevy zebra gather to drink.
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The vastness and the purity of this African landscape, combined with the untouched local culture, will make your wildlife safari a different experience. We are close enough to game drive inside Samburu National reserve, Buffalo Springs National Reserve and West Gate Conservancy, but many activities take place in Kalama, a well-kept secret of Kenya’s North. The recent introduction of water means that Kalama is becoming an important attraction to all the Samburu wildlife. Our activities include night and morning game drive in Kalama Conservancy, rock climbing, professionally-led game walks, bush dinners and star gazing. The traditions and semi-nomadic heritage of the local Samburu people are an important part of the experience. Led by professional Samburu guides, our guests enjoy a new dimension of this rightfully popular region: the feeling of exclusivity, of having an incredibly large area totally to their own, and a high level of comfort and tailor-made service.
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After breakfast clients are transferred to the airstrip for their schedule flight to the Masai Mara. Flight departs Samburu at 0930hrs and arrives into Masai Mara 1100hrs. On arrival in the Mara you are transferred to the lodge for lunch. Following lunch and an afternoon siesta, there is a game drive in the Mara North conservancy that returns to the lodge as the sun sets.
Overnight at Saruni Mara on a full board basis including all soft drinks, beers, house wines, non-luxury sprits, guided walks, shared day and night game drives, bush meals, sundowner, picnic excursions & laundry
Saruni Mara is the smallest permanent lodge in the Mara eco-system and is located in the game rich and exclusive Mara North Conservancy. It is an intimate lodge set in a private conservation area which borders the Masai Mara National Reserve, the most famous game park in Africa. With accommodation for only 14 guests in six spectacular cottages, it is set in a remote valley at the heart of the most exciting wilderness of Kenya.
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Enjoy morning and afternoon game activities in the Mara North Conservancy
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Following an early morning activity and breakfast, you will catch the scheduled flight to Nairobi. Flight departs Masai Mara at 1100hrs and arrives into Nairobi at 1215, on arrival at Wilson airport you will be met and transferred to either Jomo Kenyatta airport or your hotel for your onward travel arrangements.
Milandi Joubert
Africa Travel Specialist
An idea of price
This is a set tour using specific camps. However many tours can be adapted. Chat to us about your options. It excludes international flights but includes an estimate for all domestic or regional flights within the tour.
Includes:
B&B in Narobi, full board basis on safari including selected house drinks, guided walks, shared day and night game drives, bush meals, sundowner, picnic excursions & laundry plus all flghts between the three destinations and road transfers in Nairobi
Excludes:
Dinner & Optional excursions in Nairobi, Items of a personal nature (eg tips, curio purchases, spa treatments)