Red-roofed villas built among boulders on a rocky hillside at Saruni Samburu

Lodge · Kalama Conservancy, Kenya

Saruni Samburu

Stone villas built into a rocky hillside in the community-owned Kalama Conservancy.

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Photo: Saruni Basecamp Scroll

About the lodge

About Saruni Samburu.

Saruni Samburu opened in 2008 as the first lodge in the Kalama Conservancy, and its villas are built into a volcanic rock face with wide views over northern Kenya. Solar power runs the lodge.

Guests drive in the conservancy and in Samburu National Reserve, by day and at night, and can sit in a photographic hide by a waterhole. Walks, cultural visits and trips to the Reteti Elephant Sanctuary can be added.

At a glance

Location
Kalama Conservancy, Samburu, with access to Samburu National Reserve
Accommodation
Single, family and honeymoon villas; family villas have two en-suite bedrooms
Game drives and more
Day and night game drives, photographic hide, guided walks, village visits, Reteti Elephant Sanctuary
Families
Two-bedroom family villas
Comforts
Two pools, wellbeing space, Wi-Fi

At the lodge

Ways to spend the day.

Striped sofas and patterned floor cushions around a low table with a chess board at Saruni SamburuPhoto: Saruni Basecamp

What is offered can change with the season and the conservancy’s rules. We confirm the details when we plan your stay.

  1. Day and night game drives

  2. Photographic hide

  3. Guided walks

  4. Village visits

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Photo: Saruni Basecamp

When to go

The lodge through the year.

December to March

A high season for wildlife viewing in KWS guidance. KWS describes the north of Kenya as hot and dry.

April to June

The long rains. KWS says park roads may need four-wheel drive.

July to December

The other high season in KWS guidance, when wildlife is easier to see. Sightings are never guaranteed.

Source: Kenya Wildlife Service.

Where it is

In Samburu.

The lodge is inKalama Community Wildlife Conservancy Part ofSamburu safari region NearbySamburu National Reserve

Also in Samburu

Other camps nearby.

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Ashnil Samburu Camp

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A tented camp overlooking the Ewaso Nyiro River in Buffalo Springs National Reserve.

Morning and afternoon game drives · guided walks · sundowners
Elephant walking past shaded dining tables on the bank of the Ewaso Nyiro River at Elephant Bedroom CampPhoto: Expert Africa
Samburu · Samburu National Reserve

Elephant Bedroom Camp

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Fourteen tents with plunge pools under doum palms on the Ewaso Nyiro River, inside Samburu National Reserve.

Game drives · bush meals · sundowners
Reteti House tucked into a green, bush-covered hillside below rocky peaks in the Mathews Range, NamunyakPhoto: Sarara
Samburu · Namunyak Community Conservancy

Reteti House

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A small, exclusive lodge a short walk from the Reteti Elephant Sanctuary in Namunyak.

Sunrise and evening elephant feeds at Reteti, run with Sarara
Dirt vehicle tracks through Maasai Mara grassland, with topi and impala grazing among the bushes

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Thinking of Saruni Samburu?

Tell us when you hope to travel, and we will see how the lodge fits your journey. Rates and availability are confirmed when we plan.

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Email
enquiries@etanasafaris.com
Phone & WhatsApp
+254 795 887765
Office
The Piano Building, Brookside Drive, Nairobi
Your enquiry is answered personally by the family.
Photo: Shafiq Jagani, Maasai Mara
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