8 Days Lake Turkana Lodge Safari, Lake Turkana Lodge Adventure

Day 1: Nairobi – Samburu National reserve
Depart for at 0730 Samburu passing through hush farmlands, cross the Equator where you can stop for pictures. Proceed to Samburu to a rugged semi desert region. It is noted for game not found to the more lush parks to the south e.g. unusual reticulated giraffe, Grevy’s zebra, Oryx and many more. Lunch at a lodge followed by afternoon game drives. Dinner and overnight at Samburu Lodge

Day 2: Samburu Game reserve
Full day in Samburu with morning and afternoon game drive. Meals and overnight at Samburu Lodge

The highlights of Samburu game reserve is the spectacular scenic beauty, rivers and forests. It is an area where the local people have a rich and colorful heritage. The reserves have numerous permanent springs and a wealth of wildlife which includes leopard, hippo, elephant, lion, reticulated giraffe, grevy’s zebra and crocodile in the Ewaso Nyiro River. Over 365 species of birds have been identified in the sanctuaries

Day 3: Samburu- Marsabit National Park
we head north again along the Trans-African highway to Marsabit (meaning place of cold), an astonishingly cool, green and hilly oasis rising high above the dry heat of the surrounding desert lands. The local Rendille and Samburu people in their bright red outfits, beads and earrings make it a vibrant place.

Lunch at Marsabit Lodge inside the National park and as long as the roads are dry we drive to Lake Paradise and Little Lake. Here, an indigenous forest and a desert come together to create the most compelling landscape o­n earth. Elephants and greater kudu abound. The dense forest in the park is also home to a variety of birds.
Dinner and overnight stay at Marsabit Lodge

Day 4: Marsabit- Kalacha (Chalbi desert)
We depart the Lodge after an early breakfast through the scenic landscape of the arid north with views of picturesque hills. We arrive and camp at Kalacha, a small Gabbra settlement on the edge of the Chalbi Desert. Dinner and Overnight stay at Kalacha Camp

The Gabbra are an Eastern Cushite people related to the Somali-Rendille in their historical origins in the southern Ethiopian highlands about AD 1000. The men wear traditional shorts and a blanket-cloak and the women wear a wrap-around and head cloth. They are pastoralists, particularly attached to their camels.

Day 5: Kalacha – Loyangalani (Turkana)
We depart early crossing the Chalbi Desert to Lake Turkana which is the largest desert lake in the world and extends for 288 kilometres up to the Ethiopian / Kenyan border. It is surrounded by volcanic rock and desert. We arrive at Oasis Lodge where we spend the night

Day 6 : Loyangalani (Turkana)
The day is spent relaxing and you may visit the local lodge to swim or hire a boat to visit the surrounding area (at an extra cost).

In addition, we may visit Loiyangalani and the community settled there while in the evening visiting o­ne of the Turkana Manyattas [optional] for traditional dances at an extra cost if clients wish. An unforgettable experience under a star studded sky so close you can almost touch it.

Turkana, formerly L. Rudolf is now named after one of the tribes who live on its shores and it is in this area that Richard Leakey uncovered the three million year old fossils of ‘Homo Erectus.’ This pre historic site is now known as the “Cradle of Mankind”. The Lake is also known as the “Jade Sea” because of its remarkable blue – green colour. This is a result of algae particles, which shift with changes of the wind and light, so that the water surface shifts from blue to grey to fabulous jade. The lake is home to the largest population of Nile crocodiles in the world. If the weather permits we take a short sunset boat ride to the surrounding areas

Day 7 : Turkana – Maralal
We depart the lodge early in the morning and proceed to Maralal .We journey via the Horr Valley situated between Mount Nyiro and Ol Doinye Mara viewing the breath taking scenery as we continue to climb o­n torturous, rocky hills to Maralal. Near Maralal is o­ne of the most breath taking scenes in all of Kenya – the Losiolo escarpment, an endless stretch as land drops down to the Suguta valley.

Day 8 : Maralal – Nairobi
Heading south again via Laikipia Plains and Nyahururu we may stop at the Thomson falls named after Joseph Thomson who walked from Mombasa to Lake Victoria in the early 1880s. Shaped by the waters of the Ewaso Narok River, the falls plunge over 72m into a rift, spraying the dark forest below. After lunch we drive back into Nairobi by mid-afternoon. Where the safari ends

Cost per person sharing

Price includes:
Ø Transport in a custom made 4x4 Land cruisers – each person is guaranteed a window seat.
Ø Accommodation in lodges on full board basis
Ø Return airport transfers
Ø Game drives/ Park entrance fees
Ø Services of a driver/guide
Ø Flying Doctors emergency evacuation cover
Ø 1 litre Mineral water per person per day

Price Excludes
Ø Hotel accommodations in Nairobi before and after the safari can be arranged on request.
Ø Personal travel insurance
Ø Cultural visits to Samburu/ Turkana Villages
Ø Boat ride in Lake Turkana
Ø Tipping
Ø Drinks
Ø Personal effects
Ø Extras not mentioned above