Saruni Rhino is an exclusive and intimate camp located in Kenya’s wild northern territory. It is the first camp in East Africa to offer safaris specifically focused on tracking the critically endangered black rhino.

The camp offers 4 bandas, rustic stone cottages with a thatched roof and canvas roll down windows. All bandas have flushing toilets, hot & cold water and natural stone showers. The bandas are situated along a dry river bed lined with doum palms in a way that ensures maximum privacy for guests.

The camp itself is rustic and consits of a simple open-sided mess area leading out to a camp-fire in the dry Kauro River. The nearby waterhole is visited daily by herds of elephants, impala, kudu, which can be enjoyed from the comfort of the guest’s verandah, the dining and lounge area, the swimming pool or the popular day bed.

One of the bandas is a Family Banda, a large house composed of 2 x double bedrooms sleeping 4 people. Both rooms have en-suite bathrooms & natural stone showers with flushing toilets, a shared lounge and a large stone verandah with great view of the waterhole directly in front.

There are scheduled flights from Nairobi Wilson airport into Kalama, followed by a road transfer to Saruni Rhino (1.5 hrs). Private charter flights are available to Kauro airstrip from where it is only a mere 5min drive to Saruni Rhino.

The camp is situated on the eastern side of the Mathews Range within the Sera Community Conservancy, an area of 3500 km². Within the Conservancy, the 540 km² Rhino Sanctuary is where some black rhino were reintroduced. The rhino tracking takes places within this sanctuary.

Elephants are often seen, as well as reticulated giraffe, impala, oryx and Grevy's zebra. Having said this, the main reason to come to this area is to track the rhinos and visit the singing wells.

Game drives, night drives, bush meals &sundowners, guided walks, bird watching.

Saruni Rhino offers the first rhino tracking experience in East Africa: an amazing walking safari that provides a uniquely thrilling adventure, but also allows guests to actively contribute to the protection of this iconic species. Guests are accompanied by an expert Saruni guide and a highly-trained Sera Community Conservancy ranger, equipped with a transmitter correlating to the GPS whereabouts of the 12 rhino. One rhino tracking experience per day is included in your stay. Please note that the minimum age for this activity is 16 years and all participants need to provide evidence of membership of an emergency evacuation service.

The singing wells of Samburu are an exclusive experience not to be missed. Home to The Fifty Wells, ‘Kisima Hamsini’, a series of fifty springs where local pastoralists take their livestock to water, digging deep in the barren land filling up wells to in-turn fill up holders and troughs whilst singing a unique melody to which each Moran’s herd indiviually heeds.

The Reteti Elephant Sanctuary in the neighbouring Namunyak Wildlife Conservancy provides protection for orphaned and abandoned elephant calves with an aim to release them back into the wild. This visit costs extra and needs to be booked in advance.

Your are guided by Samburu warriors who are passionate about their land and their culture, learning first-hand about their fascinating customs and traditions and their ancient, local knowledge.

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