Itinerary Type - Budget Safaris
Destination - Kenya

Itinerary Summary

A camel trek allows you to see amazing places as the camels carry all of our camping gear and supplies enabling you to travel in style in stunning country. We walk and the camels carry everything, though we do have one or two riding camels should you need them. The distance covered each day depends

Day 1: To Nairobi

Day 2: Nairobi to Kijabe Group Ranch
We meet you off your flight from at JKI Airport, Nairobi, for a transfer to Kijabe Group Ranch, Laikipia. The journey travels through local Kikuyu farmland before circling the base of Mt. Kenya, complete with equatorial glaciers. From Nanyuki it is a two hour drive to Kijabe Group Ranch for a night stay before heading off on the camel trek.

Day 3 to 6: Kijabe Group Ranch to Kipsing Valley
Waking up early in the cool of the morning we begin our camel trek. We spend most of the morning walking with the camels before the heat of the day kicks in. This is also when animals are most active and it is possible to see elephant, giraffe, kudu, impala, masses of birds and other game. After selecting our camping site around midday the camels are set free to graze and we put up our camp before a hearty lunch. We often sleep on a mattress under a mosquito net where the stars peel out before your eyes. The afternoon is yours to explore, learn some bush skills, track animals, make a spear or just relax and listen to the sounds of the wilderness.

Day 7: Camel trek to Tassia Community Lodge, Lekurruki Group Ranch.
Tassia Lodge is a community owned eco-lodge, run and hosted by the Mukogodo Maasai and owned and managed by the Lekurruki Community Conservation Group Ranch. The lodge looks over the northern frontier district towards Samburu, Shaba and the sacred Lolokwe mountain, sprawling gently over a rocky bluff that protrudes from the Mukogodo escarpment. The valley is full of Loimugi trees, a favourite food for the elephants that visit the area.

Tassia is booked on an exclusive use basis where you will be the only guests. A comfortable sitting and dining area overlooks the stunning swimming pool that is built into rocks where extraordinary shaped fig trees adorn the cliff edge. Accommodation is in triples and a bunkhouse, all with ensuite bathrooms.

Day 8: Relax at Tassia
You may spend the day as you wish; relaxing at the lodge, a game drive or a walk in the forests full of butterflies, birds, rare plants and animals of all descriptions. Tassia is an eco-friendly lodge; water is gravity fed from a spring, electricity is from solar panels, and hot water from paraffin heaters. At Lekurruki, while traditional land use is maintained, the introduction of income from tourism means that the dependence of the Maasai on livestock will be reduced. Profits from the lodge are divided amongst the local community and will help to support the local people, schools, water supplies and other group ranch operations. Wildlife is rapidly returning to the area.

Day 9: Tassia Lodge to Nairobi.
A drive back through Lewa Wildlife Conservancy where you can see all of the big game, and onto Nairobi in time for your flight.

Day 10: Arrive Home