Safari E - 'Born Free' - Elsa country - 8 days

This safari encompasses wildlife in the northern districts of Kenya. In it reside species not to be found elsewhere in the country, like Grevy's zebra, reticulated giraffe, Beisa oryx and blue-shanked Somali ostrich. The Samburu and Buffalo Spring game reserves lie in a semi-arid, open savannah plain broken occasionally by small rugged hills. Meru National Park is, outside of Kenya, perhaps best known as 'Elsa' country from the movie Born Free. Joy and George Adamson played a big role in founding this reserve. The park lies in a broad plain dissected by numerous streams, which join up with Tana River that forms the park's southern boundary. The abundance of watercourses forms habitat for over 300 species of birds. Click here for prices.

Mobile Tented Safari. D = double room. FB = full board. BT = Bush Trucker.

DAY 1: NAIROBI - MERU. Pick up from the airport or hotel in Nairobi. You drive through the so-called 'White Highlands' along Mount Kenya. Lunch on the way. We reach the park in the afternoon.
D/FB BT Special Campsite at Rojewero River

DAY 2 & 3: MERU. On our game drives you visit the hippo pools where crocodiles also bask. We drive down to the Adamson Falls and watch out for elephants, greater and lesser kudu, buffaloes, zebras, various antelopes and the colourful birds. If you are lucky you might see a lion or a striped hyena. The vegetation is mainly common flora and acacia trees. The rivers are skirted by trees.
D/FB BT Special Campsite at Rojewero River.

DAY 4: MERU - SHABA. After breakfast you follow the steep road up to Meru town. You will pass Isiolo and reach Shaba for lunch. In the later afternoon you go on a game drive to enjoy this lovely landscape and its inhabitants.
D/FB Shaba Lodge

5: SHABA - SAMBURU. After sunrise we go for a game drive and get back to the lodge for breakfast. We proceed to Samburu for lunch. Game drive in the afternoon.
D/FB BT Camp

DAY 6 & 7: SAMBURU / BUFFALO SPRINGS. We undertake morning and afternoon game drives in both reserves. During the hot midday hours we observe animals near the camp on the bank of Ewaso Nyiro river.
D/FB BT Camp 

DAY 8: RETURN to NAIROBI.

or continue your safari to the Aberdares, Nakuru or Mount Kenya

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