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The stunning landscape and interesting vegetation provides
great inspiration on a variety of our abundant walks. Game
in the area is shy and scattered.
Baboon and leopard are often heard close-by in the granite
rock cliffs and the fig trees that abound with bird life.
In very close proximity to the lodge we have a exciting natural
rock slide and a perfect picnic site, a fun spot to spend
the midday hours. There are a multitude of walks one can take
from the lodge in the dry rugged country on the valley floor
or high in the Cedar and Podo forest.
After more than a decade of close cooperation
with the local Samburu community, Desert Rose has become not
only an integral part of local life but a lifeline for its
pastoralist neighbours. As well as employing 30 local people,
Desert Rose has built a small primary school and a vital medical
clinic. The depth of their bond with the community means that
Desert Rose guests are always invited to local celebrations
from circumcisions t o colourful wedding parties, granting
the guest a rare insight into Samburu life.
If you have the chance, a week's camel
safari is highly recommended, however we do also a day journey
picnic from the lodge to give you an idea. For a selection
of itineraries, scroll down.
There are also journeys by road, either
north to Lake Turkana for fishing and an adventure into this
rugged part of the world or towards the Ndoto Mountains for
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There
are a myriad of exciting safaris you could enjoy whilst you are
so far North.
Don’t forget distances are deceptive, and it can easily take
six hours to cover one hundred kilometers ! or four days to walk
it !
In this vast timeless terrain it is easy to walk with our camels
for a week or more and not see any sign of a car or another non
ethnic person , so you can actually feel quite lonely with the bowl
of the universe as night time company.
We offer two types of Camel walking safari; the camel train very
simple no ice or meat at cost of $120.00 per day, minimum six nights.
Or something slightly more luxurious with chilled wine and three
course meals, guided by Emma or Yoav Chen, cost $220.00 per day
for a minimum of two pax for a minimum of two nights out.
A typical Day. On a camel Safari,
Begins when the first light seeps over the horizon and the first
birds begin to call.
You awake, take a light snack,and tea trying to be prepared to walk
with the first morning light; taking advantage of the cooler morning,
whilst your camp is packed and loaded onto the rest of the camels.
By mid morning the forward party stops, takes a breakfast and awaits
the rear party. You march on together until the sun gets too hot
or feet become weary and a suitable spot is found for camp. The
afternoon is a time for the camels to feed, and you to rest or read.
The evening sometimes promises a good hill from which to watch the
sun set, whilst your showers are filled, and dinner prepared by
your indulgent hosts. This is a time for letting go all the trappings
of our modern world, and we recommend you don’t wear a watch
!
Camel train leaves Nairobi ONCE a month. Every first Saturday for
fourteen days. !
We recommend a weeks walk. For more information about any of these
safaris, dates and costs please email us
OTHER OPTIONS FOR ADVENTURE OUT OF DESERT ROSE.
WOOD WORKSHOP, take your experience home with you.
Desert Rose has a small wood workshop where we offer the opportunity
for our guests to create their own piece of furniture. Instructed
by our local craftsmen and using fallen wood from the nearby forest.
You can make anything from a simple keyring to a rocking chair to
take home with you.
FISHING ON LAKE TURKANA
One hundred kilometers north of Desert Rose a mere five hours drive,
The jade sea or Lake Turkana as it is now known lies like a jewel
in the craggy heat of the Saguta Valley, its northern windswept
shores holding testimony to prehistoric life.
On the south eastern shores of the lake, is a small house boat,
accommodating up to four people, with an excellently equipped fishing
boat available for the serious to go for the Nile perch, and winds
permitting, some excellent sport.
AN EXPEDITION OVERLAND TO KALACHA( sand grouse shooting option from
October to March )
Another Days drive from the lake shores, North easterly lies the
Chalbi Desert whose mirages loom mysteriously from the Ethiopian
Boarder, where the Gabbra and the Galla peoples have for generations
evolved their livelihood in symbiosis with the Camel, true desert
nomads, they come with their camel caravans from hundreds of miles
to water at the Kalacha springs .
It is nestled among the doumb palm trees, a small camp consisting
of five houses where a central pool and dining area provide cool
shade from which to make morning and evening excurtions. A drive
into the desert to see two thousand year old rock art, or a cultural
walk around this oasis village.
We would then spend one night at the lake and two nights at this
charming spot and return to Desert Rose on the fourth day.
In February of 2006, Ray Johnston designed
a labarynth at Desert Rose. This gives our guests the unique oportunity
to experience the spirituality of the area as they get in touch
with their inner selves.
If you would like to Taylor make
your own unique safari please conact this website at www.rayjohnstoninternational.com
Other relivent links
www.safari-avion.com
/ www.safariavion.com /
www.safari-avion-kenya-tanzanie.com
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