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Samburu Serena Safari Lodge

The Samburu Serena Safari Lodge is set in a landscape of endless skies, dust-red plains and palm-fringed rivers, this refreshingly rustic lodge is renowned for the timeless beauty of its landscape and the serene tranquillity of its setting.  Nestled amidst the acacia groves that border the crocodile-filled reaches of the Uaso Nyiro River, the lodge stands centre-stage to miles of lion-stalked grasslands, elephant-studded plains and wildlife-teeming bush.  It is also ideally placed for visits to the neighbouring parks of Buffalo Springs and Shaba National Reserve.  As to ambience, the long, low, thatched buildings of the lodge blend seamlessly into the soft green of the acacia woodlands lining the banks of the languid brown loops of the Uaso Nyiro River, whilst the architectural style makes optimum use of traditional palm thatch, soft local stone and traditional Samburu building motifs. The cool of the interior, meanwhile, reflects a strong ‘khaki and canvas’ safari influence enriched by a vibrant selection of age-old Samburu masks, spears and ceremonial treasures.  

Location

Samburu Serena Safari Lodge is 90km north of Mount Kenya and 343 km from Nairobi. The lodge has its own landing strip. 

Accommodation

Room choices

Each room is accommodated in a prettily thatched timber cottage with its own blossomed veranda looking out over the river.  The décor melds world-class luxury with quintessential Africa and features a tranquil blend of traditional safari colours, draped nets, soft lamps and stunning Samburu art.  The lodge offers: 62 rooms comprising 9 family rooms, 43 twin-bedrooms and 10 double bedrooms. Services include: Swimming pool, nature walks, bird watching and game drives. Extensively stocked Africana Gift Shop. Luxurious beauty treatments and toning massages.   Full housekeeping services (laundry, valet, babysitting, childrens’ menus and dining facilities, shoeshine etc). Express check-in/out. 24-hour Forex facilities and direct-dial phones. Full medical back-up and emergency evacuation facilities All weather air-strip and well-maintained road network A wide range of board games plus a full library of books on Africa

Dining and bars

The traditionally thatched, breeze-cooled bar and dining area overlooks the flood-lit gather nightly and shy leopards are lured to the forked branch of an acacia tree where a haunch of meat has been laid out for them. Menus are styled to feature traditional barbecues, spicy ethnic cuisine, internationally-themed dishes and a broad selection of hearty safari favourites.  The cuisine majors on ultra-fresh, locally grown produce served in the time-honoured safari style with plenty of fresh fruit and imaginative salads on the side.

Conference and event facilities

The Samburu Conference Suite can accommodate: 35 guests classroom style and 25 guests theatre style, 30 guests cocktail style and 20 guests boardroom style. 

Facilities include: 

  • State-of-the-art presentation facilities 
  • A full selection of projection TV, screen, video, video conferencing and audiovisual equipment. 
  • Full Conference organisation service 
  • A full range of imaginative incentive packages and fully tailored accommodation packages is also available.

Samburu Weddings and Honeymoons 

Options Include:

  • Wedding ceremony and reception on the banks of the Uaso Nyiro River. 
  • Champagne reception around the hotel pool.  
  • Sumptuous floral arrangements, bouquets and buttonholes
  • Private candle-lit honeymoon dinner for two in the bush. 
  • Luxurious honeymoon cottage supplied with tropical fruit and chilled champagne
  • Samburu cultural displays followed by dancing under the stars.
  • A colourful range of guest entertainments.
  • Photography and videoing of your special day.
  • Special accommodation packages for the entire wedding party.
  • Special Occasions
  • A bush dinner

Services include:

  • Individually themed menus
  • Bush barbecues and poolside cocktails
  • Entertaining under canvas – with campfires, hurricane lamps and safari cuisine.
  • Private game drives and savannah picnics
  • Nature trails and guided bird walks
  • Champagne bush breakfasts at Crocodile Point
  • Live music, vivid cultural entertainment
  • Dancing – inside or under the stars
  • Floral decorations or culturally/colour coordinated style themes
  • Individually styled guest gifts

Child-friendly

All Serena lodges are child-friendly and offer: family rooms, additional beds, cots, children’s mealtimes and menus, babysitting services, educational materials, wildlife presentations, guided nature walks.

What to see and do

A place of endless skies, dust-red plains and palm-fringed rivers, Samburu National Reserve lies on the fringes of the vast and arid desert once known as the Northern Frontier District, whose heat-scorched scrublands extend all the way to the jade-green waters of Lake Turkana and beyond. 

Physically dramatic, the 104 sq kilometre landscape of the Reserve features rocky battlements, craggy scarps, dry river beds and fallen boulders rising out of the thorn scrub against a backdrop of the far-distant hills and the great red table mountain known as Ololokwe. 

As for wildlife, Samburu provides one of the few sanctuaries in Kenya for the endangered Grevy’s zebra, the rare beisa oryx and the blue-shanked Somali ostrich whilst large herds of elephant roam the gaunt hills during the day before returning to bathe on the banks of the river in the evening.  

Other attractions

  • The option of a magical, moon-lit, bush dinner looking out over the meandering reaches of the Uaso Nyiro River. 
  • Camel trekking
  • Samburu-guided camel treks across the shimmering scrub-desert to a nearby vantage point offering panoramic views. 
  •  ‘Sundowners’ around the campfire or watching as the elephant gather by the river, the shy leopard arrives for his meat and the riverine wildlife theatre begins. 
  • Picnics and Nature trails, accompanied by the resident naturalists.
  • An early morning game drive followed by an evocative bush breakfast uniquely staged at Crocodile Point. 
  • Samburu Tribal dancing and performances by local musicians. 
  • Traditional Samburu handicraft market
  • Day trips to the neighbouring reserves of Buffalo Springs and Shaba National Reserve.
  • ‘Wildlife and Wilderness’ talks by the resident naturalist. 
  • Walking in the bush (accompanied by our resident naturalist)
  • Samburu-led Camel treks through the bush lands and dry-river beds of this extraordinary region. 
  • Crocodile spotting along the banks of the Uaso Nyiro River
  • Discovering the brilliance of the local bird life
  • Game viewing along the Uaso Nyiro River as a cavalcade of wildlife arrives to drink.
  • Adventure game drives around the Samburu eco-system
  • Swimming in the cool of our peaceful pool

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