SINYAI – TUMAREN WALK –
6 nights
Level of Walk: Easy to Moderate – 8–14
kms each morning.
Good for: Changing scenery, excellent wildlife, Traditional
Samburu and Laikipia Masai culture and birdlife.
DATES:
August 7–13, 2010 (Full)
Sept 4–10, 2010
October 9–15, 2010 (4 Spaces Left)
November 13 – 19, 2010
December 11–17, 2010
Saturday: Nairobi Hotel
You will be met at Jomo Kenyatta International Airport and
taken to your hotel.
Sunday: 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. Sit down dinner under the stars.
Monday: Nayasura
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 Nayasura 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 Nayasura with drinks and bitings, watching
the baboons come back to roost on the face of the rock.
Tuesday: Narara Camp
From Nayasura we will head out early after breakfast so to
see as much game as possible on our walk north towards Narara.
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.
Wednesday and Thursday: Tumaren Ewaso Camp – 2 nights
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. When we arrive at the Ewaso
Nyiro we may want to take a quick swim before lunch. In the
afternoon we will go for a stroll along the river. The following
morning we will walk to some beautiful rocks for a brunch
and if anyone wants to rock climb this is the perfect place
to try it out. We will then enjoy a picnic on the river with
a quick dip to cool off before a siesta. In the afternoon
we will have the opportunity to drive to a Masai Manyatta
to learn more about Masai Culture or else walk up to a rock
for a sundowner.
Friday: Travel
After breakfast and bidding farewell to the team you will
be driven back to Nairobi and if you want can go shopping,
visit the Giraffe Centre and if you have time go for a meal
before the evening flight.
COST: US$ 2,150 per person sharing
US$ 200 single supplement
NOTE: If you would like to go on to stay at a luxury tented
camp like the Kicheche the cost will be US $ 400 – 650
per person for 2 nights full board accommodation with drinks
included. If you wanted to go to the coast the cost would
be US$ 750 per person for 2 nights full board accommodation
at Kizingo or similar.
INCLUDES:
Full board accommodation on an Expedition Style Safari
Non alchoholic drinks
Guides and camels for your safari
Conservation fees
Flying Membership
EXCLUDES:
Gratuities
Insurance
Items of a personal nature
|
