Samburu Intrepids Luxury Tented Camp set in the Kenyan semi arid north, offers 28 modern and newly refurbished tents with a private view over the wildlife-rich banks of the Ewaso Nyiro River. Each tent sits on a raised deck overlooking the brown river where the elephants sometimes make an appearance or the crocodiles come out to lounge by the river’s banks.

As well as game drives to view the surrounding wilderness, the camp also offers escorted nature walks, memorable bush breakfasts and starlit dinners, sundowners, tours of Samburu villages and lectures and slide shows on culture and wildlife. As a member of the Heritage Hotels group of properties, Samburu Intrepids features the renowned Adventurers’ Club for the kids. For children aged under 12 years The Adventurers’ Club includes activities such as:

Samburu Intrepids Camp offers 27 modern tents with a private view over the wildlife-rich riverbanks. The tent has soft four-poster beds, mahogany closets and desks and en-suite bathrooms with hot showers. The bathrooms also offer twin washbasins, flush toilets, and sockets for shavers and battery charging. The tented camp roofing is all palm-thatched and is raised on stilts to catch the cooling breeze coming from the river.

The main dining room opens onto an outdoor dining terrace where buffet breakfasts, lunches and dinners are served overlooking the river. (Meals can also be enjoyed on your private verandah or at one of the specially selected ‘bush sites’ close to the camp.) Buffet lunches and candlelight dinners are served on an elevated deck amidst the high shade trees.

Facilities include: dining areas overlooking the river, lounge and bar, freeform ‘oasis’ swimming pool and sunbathing garden, small conference room with television/VCR facilities, boutique with souvenirs and safari essentials, telephone, e-mail, fax and postal services and professional health and beauty treatments

Delight in exploring on game drives, or for the more daring, a camelback safari. These are led by local Samburu guides and are a lovely cultural experience. Imagine seeing Giraffe and other animals up close. The guides also conduct nature walks which are a good opportunity to see the regions many species of birds.

Samburu Intrepids Camp has a freeform swimming pool with sunbathing garden and a boutique selling souvenirs and safari essentials. Samburu Intrepids offers guests early morning game drives, walking safaris with skilled Samburu guides, sedate camel rides and raft trips when the river is high.

Samburu is simply stunning – a photographer’s delight with its surreal settings and different lights to photograph it in. Guests at Samburu Intrepids can enjoy game drives in Samburu game reserve and the adjoining Buffalo Springs game reserve where you will see the natural spring pool believed to have medicinal properties.

• Adventurers Club - recommended for children to learn about the wild from Samburu naturalists who specialize in wildlife, plants and survival skills.
• Stargazing - Samburu’s skies are stunning. Close to the equator and lying on the edge of the northern hemisphere so close to the southern hemisphere, the resident naturalist can take you on a celestial journey helping you to identify more than 60 constellations of the 88 known ones.
• Camel rides - A ride on a camel is a biblical affair crossing the Uaso Nyiro to the Samburu villages on the land opposite the reserve. With a high vantage point, you may chance upon the giraffes or the tiny dikdiks of the dry lands or have to cut back your ride when the elephants block your passage.
• Nature Walks - With its unique blend of flora and fauna, a nature walk in Samburu is a must. The naturalist will tell you about everything that comes in the path whether it’s a bird (of which there are more than 350 species in Samburu) or the history of the land.
• Samburu Cultural Visits - The Samburu are a regal people related to the Masai. Like the Masai, the Samburu have a rich history, a people who tracked down the Nile many centuries ago and separate form the Masai.