Saruni Samburu
Ranked in Best Safari Lodges in Samburu
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Insane cliff-top views where thousands of stars fill the night sky — huge rooms with separate living areas and stunning Samburu landscape panoramas. Guide Sumoro was the best of the entire trip, and Steve with Emmanuel took excellent care of honeymoon guests.
Highlights
- Wheelchair accessible
Google reviews
- Kameron P.Google review · 16 Nov 2025
The view is insane. The sky at night has hundreds of stars visible to the naked eye. Once your eyes adjust, you can see thousands. I stayed in 2A. The room is huge and had its own separate living room. Balcony is huge. Indoor and outdoor showers had great water pressure. One negative is the balcony is directly in the sun for the majority of the day with no shade, and the bedroom itself is several degrees hotter than outside in the evening. There are 2 fans which help mitigate this. Largest negative is I have never seen so many bugs in my life, but you’re in the middle of nowhere so that’s to be expected. The service is fantastic. Rose (waitress) was flawless. The food was also very good. Some meals were much better than others, but overall, the food was good. The meatball pasta was excellent and better than the one I had at Eagle View. Guide was good. I did miss Kampala, but Emmanuel was an excellent driver. Very good at finding game. The WiFi was excellent in the rooms, but the camp is very spacious and there’s no WiFi in the other areas. Wild and Eagle view are small enough to where you can walk quickly for WiFi, and both have signal. There is no signal at Samburu and I found myself not enjoying the 2 amazing pools as much as I wanted due to needing signal/WiFi to work from my phone. The selling point of this camp is the camp itself. Built into the cliffside, there’s nothing else like it. The night sky is one of the most amazing things I have ever seen. I would 100% recommend staying here at least 1 night for anyone who visits Samburu just to experience the views (both day and night).
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- Sarra W.Google review · 3 Mar 2025
We stayed at Saruni Samburu as part of our 2-week safari and beach honeymoon in Kenya. The location on a cliff offers stunning views of the Samburu landscape. Steve took excellent care of us, and Emmanuel, our guide, was fantastic. Thanks to him, we witnessed two incredible cheetah hunts along with the Samburu Special 5. The lodge is beautiful, the food was great and has an Italian slant. The fruit and vegetables were so fresh. A highlight of the stay was a bush dinner, where we got to eat outside in the bush and experience some Samburu tribe culture. Highly recommend Saruni Samburu, and we can't wait to return.
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- Ashley M.Google review · 26 Feb 2025
My husband and I started off 12 days on safari in October 2024 at Saruni Samburu and absolutely loved it. Our guide, Sumoro, was the best that we experienced throughout our whole trip, and was our personal guide for the entire 3 days we were there. We even went to his village. I also had the best massage of my life here, (actually I got two massages because the first was so good!). The staff goes out of their way to make sure every guest has the best experience, from giving us numerous options for our safari experiences to our server making sure we had a cappuccino to go in the morning for our sunrise drives. The conservancy itself was very interesting compared to the other safaris we went on after, and our guide “tracked” animals throughout the park. We got the closest to the animals here, with elephant ears literally touching the vehicle as they walked by. Don’t hesitate to book here.
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- Mustafa D.Google review · 29 Jun 2024
The views from this lodge is magical . With spacious and comfortable beds together with a dining cum lounge area each unit a great experience. the staff and guides are knowledgeable and friendly. The three course meals offered are really scrumptious and the chef's are flexible to your dietary requirements. Overall an amazing experience.
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- Sue B.Google review · 31 Jan 2024
Amazing experience. This location set us up at the start of our trip to Africa and it was the perfect starting point. We enjoyed every minute of our stay here. We were sad to leave. They treated us like we were family and every moment with them was delightful. The Staff, the location, the animals, the food it was just all so wonderful. I would go back in a second given the chance.
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Location
Kalama Community Conservancy, Kenya
Samburu
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