6-Day Lion Tracking Safari in Samburu with Reteti and Mt. Ololokwe

• Upon your arrival in Nairobi at Jomo Kenyatta International Airport, you will be met and greeted by our local representative and guide. Depending on your arrival time, you will either be transferred to a city hotel (accommodation at an extra cost) or commence your safari.
• Set out for Samburu National Reserve on a six-hour journey, arriving in the early afternoon. Have lunch and check in at Sarova Shaba Game Lodge, then head out for an evening game drive in Samburu National Reserve.

Dinner and overnight stay at Sarova Shaba Game Lodge.

• Enjoy a sumptuous breakfast before driving to Buffalo Springs for a game drive.
• Return to the camp around lunchtime, have lunch, and relax in the afternoon. In the evening, enjoy a nature walk with Samburu warriors.

Dinner and overnight stay at Sarova Shaba Game Lodge.

• Enjoy breakfast in the morning and drive to Reteti Elephant Sanctuary for a full-day safari.
• Have your picnic lunch at the sanctuary, then spend the rest of the afternoon feeding the elephants before returning to the lodge later in the evening.

Dinner and overnight stay at Sarova Shaba Game Lodge.

• Enjoy an early breakfast at Sarova Shaba Game Lodge before embarking on full-day game drives in Shaba National Reserve, east of Samburu National Park and 130 square kilometres north of the Ewaso Nyiro River. Together with Samburu and Buffalo Springs, Shaba is located in Kenya's Northern Frontier Province.
• On the drive to the park, you may often see Samburu herding cattle through the thorn bush or watering camels in the river. The Ewaso Nyiro River is life-giving for the area, and its permanent water ensures abundant wildlife in the reserve throughout the year. The main attractions are the reticulated giraffe, Grévy's zebra, the Beisa oryx, the Somali ostrich, and the gerenuk.
• Enjoy a picnic lunch at the reserve. Later in the afternoon and evening, visit a Samburu village to taste their authentic culture. While there, you can buy a souvenir from their rich collection of handicrafts.

Later, return to Sarova Shaba Game Lodge for dinner and an overnight stay.

• Have an early breakfast and prepare to hike Mt. Ololokwe. Be sure to carry the proper hiking and camping gear.
• Visitors can enjoy camping or picnics at the summit, explore ancient ceremonial warrior caves with early cave art, virgin cycad forests, and rare traditional medicinal plants. The mountain holds great ecological and cultural significance for the local inhabitants. It is also a subject of folklore, including the Samburu people's "Mountain of God" and rock formations called the "eye of God."
• Enjoy a picnic lunch at the summit of the mountain, followed later by a bush dinner over a fire in the evening, and then overnight at Sarova Shaba Game Lodge.

• Rise early for an inviting breakfast at Sarova Shaba Game Lodge. After hotel check-out, begin your journey back. En route, stop for lunch, and later in the afternoon your driver-guide will drop you off at the airport or your Nairobi hotel. This marks the end of the trip.