I really did not what to expect when we pulled up to Samburu Intrepids Camp in January 0f 2012. The next 3 days and nights were truely a terrific experience and one that I will never forget. The accomodations were excellent as well as the food. The staff and the service were wonderful, and I highly recommend Samburu Intrepids to anyone who visits, Samburu Game Preserve.

Vervet Monkeys played on the walkways, and Superb Starlings flitted through the open air meal area. We happened to stay in early Nov 2011 when the Nyeri river flooded during the night. Gentle voices woke us "Missus and Mister, please get up now, the river is coming." After the initial shock, we and other guests gathered in the main building, as the sun rose and the river receded. We were offered various opportunities to leave, or stay (the river was receding and had damaged only landscape.) We stayed and within our 4 days saw Cheetah Mom and cubs, lionness with cubs, leopards very close 5 times, and at least 120 elephants in family groups and single bulls. The animals were out in abundance after the flood, and Samburu never looked greener! As a tented camp, the tent was beautifully equipped with clean bathroom facilities and a comfortable four poster bed. We loved the porch looking out on the river at sunset. Food was good, breakfasts were cooked before you with a great buffet. Other meals served at table with a variety of choices on menu. Staff were attentive and very helpful, yet plenty of privacy too. Interesting evening slide programs presented by a Samburu Warrior with powerpoint and cell phone were enjoyable. We highly recommend staying here.

The service is great, the rooms are beautiful and clean, the staff here is amazing. The food is pretty good too!

We stayed at Samburu Intrepids 2 nights and despite the first impression of a quite “wild” camp , we found it absolutely nice.

We landed in the Buffalo springs park which is connected to Samburu but it took us almost 2 hours drive to get to the camp because we were told that , due to the flooding of the past weeks, the bridge linking Buffalo springs and Samburu collapsed . Anyway in Buffalo spring we could see 3 out of the Samburu five: the Grevy zebra, the Reticulated giraffe and the Oryx. Once we arrived in Samburu we saw the other 2 : the blue Ostrich and the Gerenuk. We also saw a leopard and many elephants crossing the river.
Compared to Masai Mara ( which we visited after that ), Samburu has fewer animals but
the landscape is worth seeing : it is mainly hilly, some of the hills are quite high, there is a mountain at the back, with a few plain areas in between and quite a lot of bush : the variety of views is very nice

The camp is situated in the bush but with a stunning view of Ewaso River and all the tents overlook it ; nature around the camp and the tents is savage and in the night you can hear baboons and elephants : actually they seem to be just outside your tent! The camp is fenced and this made me a little bit more confident but I certainly wouldn’t have dared out of the tent at night!!

We have been in Africa many times and this was the first time we slept in a tent and I must say that I was quite worried about it: on the contrary the tent was really very comfortable and a very clean .and actually it was rather a room with wooden floor , 2 twin poster beds with net , a separate toilet, quite a big shower and 2 washbasins, a desk and a beautiful veranda with chairs and table .We couldn’t expect more .

We found a very caring staff always smiling and ready to help you: we had a problem with our mobile and they did their best to help us , finally succeeding . The food was nice too.
We appreciated especially the light breakfast served in our tent as our attendant woke us up early in the morning before our first safari. Although we prefer smaller camps, Samburu Intrepids proved to give us a good privacy and it was less crowed than its partner Mara Intrepids -even though they are very similar-and so more intimate.


We were very lucky to have Jelly as a driver because he was very good at finding animals , he had a very good eye .

You are offered 2 safaris a day and when we came back from the evening safari a boy from Samburu tribe showed guests slides about his culture : his name was Steve and he was absolutely great ; he also had a very good knowledge of stars that illustrated us during a clear night sky. We regret so much not being able to visit his local tribe.


It was really a memorable experience . thank you to all of you

anna and francesco from Italy