Sasaab

a quiet base from which to raid into the busy park

Sasaab is located in the Samburu area of northcentral Kenya.

The property is owned by The Safari Collection, a small upmarket company which was founded by Kenyans Tanya and Mikey Carr-Hartley in 2009 and has a refreshing conservation-centred approach.

The name ‘Sasaab’ is the Samburu name for a local white flowering shrub (a sub-species of Ipomoea) that grows in the area.

The lodge design was inspired by the traditional architecture of Morocco, which was judged appropriate since it confronts similar climate challenges.

Set on a hill above the river, the lodge is centred on elegant public areas, leading out to a beautiful swimming pool.

Rooms

Guest accommodation at Sasaab is in eight sumptuous open-sided rooms, each with a private spa bath …

• Luxury Room : x7
• Family Suite : x1

Activities

Sasaab provides the following guided activities, not all of which are necessarily included in the room rate …

• Vehicle safari
• Walking safari
• Camel safari
• Bush meals
• Cultural interaction

Samburu features in a relatively high proportion of trips to Kenya, being perhaps the second most popular area after the Maasai Mara.

The usual stay duration is 2-4 nights.

Seasonality

The best time of year to visit Samburu is generally considered to be the Jun-Oct dry season, but there are good reasons to visit during other months. In an area as naturally arid as this, the Jan-Mar green season can also be particularly interesting.

Getting there

The majority of visitors to Samburu arrive by road as part of budget overland safari, heading to the handful of larger and lower quality lodges inside the reserve. This is the traffic we are trying to avoid.

The majority of our guests access Samburu by light aircraft from Nairobi and distant safari locations like Maasai Mara and Amboseli.

We also sometimes recommend Samburu as a stop on a high quality overland safari steering through the backtracks of this northern region, in which case you would also usually start by arriving into Lewa Downs by light aircraft, heading here by road, then either flying out or continuing overland to the more remote Mathews Range further north.

unusual northern species including gerenuks and Grevy’s zebras