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Beyond Kenya Safaris
Sabuk Lodge
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Sabuk Lodge & Fly Camp: Laikipia Kenya: Sabuk lodge is a remote and beautiful hideaway… an alluring haven on the edge of the Northern Frontier District. With five double guest cottages perched on a cliff overlooking the Ewaso Nyiro river below, time stands still and the haunting beauty of this wilderness spreads out before you.At Sabuk you can forget all about mechanised transport commonly used in National Parks.There are no rules about staying in vehicles as you view game.Here in Sabuk yo see Africa up close and candid on foot ,and true without rush or noise of engineesand take walking assisted camel safaris for one or several days. Trekking with the Laikipiak Maasai, your professional guide will organise fly camping and walking amongst big game and shaded rest in the cool of the riverine forests. Sabuk lodge has 6 beautifully furnished open sided en suite cottages, plus Eagle Cottages (a family cottage) which consists of 2 en suite bedrooms, and a private seating / dining room with plunge pool. Both the lodge rooms and the cottage have their own fabulous views. Sabuk was fashioned out of the local landscape, built with local materials, twisted wood and stone boulders incorporated into the architecture. Open fronted and private veranda’s face out over the river gorge 150 feet below. Sabuk Fly Camp is perfect for clients spending 3 or more days. Walk with a professional safari guide, a camel train and a team of trained Laikipia Maasai warriors through completely deserted tracts of wilderness: no other tourists, no roads or vehicles, only wildlife and tracks, breathtaking scenery, the sounds of the bush, Africa. Safari Activities
Available at Sabuk: MEAL POLICY Communal dining is encouraged but we can do private dinners on request Breakfast: 06h30 to 09h30 Lunch: 12h30 to 15h00 Dinner: 18h30 to 21h00 The camp has a daily set menu. Please inform us about any dietary requirements prior to arrival. Guests that have booked to arrive before Lunch, but do not, are charged for an extra lunch on their day of departure Sabuk’s community development schemes and eco-preservation projects: For every guest that stays at Sabuk, the lodge pays the Nalare Community a bed-night fee. The lodge is very much involved with a local primary school. It has helped build a house for four teachers, who were specially brought to the school, has fenced the school and provided shelves and learning materials for the children, it has introduced sports (football, etc.), has paid for two educational tours, it funds a 5th teacher, who comes from nearby, and pays for exam fees. It has also funded school furniture, a solar panel & battery, a computer, some food, and there are future plans for building a school kitchen, more classrooms, and a teacher’s block. Sabuk in collaboration with guests has funded the installation of two fresh water boreholes for the local area. Guests are able to visits nearby manyattas, which is included in the lodge’s fees. These visits help to support local craftwork, and allow guests to appreciate the local customs and cultures. Guests also have the opportunity to watch traditional dancing, etc. at an extra fee. All the Sabuk staff are from the local Samburu community.
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Laikipia Lodges Rates Sabuk Lodge: Rates For 2010 In US$ Season: PP Single:Child:Eagles Cottage High Season: 580 690 431 2581 Mid Season: 483 587 357 2052 Green Season: 362 391 265 1564 4 Nights Plus Special Package Per Day Mid Season: 437 529 322 1846 Green Season: 328 351 236 1409 Note: 1. PP is adult Sharing a double room: 2. Child:-anyone between 5-16years sharing room 3. Eagle cottage prices are for 4 adults while any additional pax is charged at Adult/child rate Sharing Sabuk Rates are Inclusive of: 1. Full board Accommodation 2. Game drives 3. Airstrip transfers at Loisaba Airstrip 4. Soft drinks,beers,house wines and Non luxurious spirits 5. Sabuk guided walks and Camel Rides 6. Laundry, 7. Sabuk Bush breakfast/Lunch/Dinners 8. Fishing 9. River Canoeing-seasonal 10. Cultural visits
1. Sabuk Conservation Fee of US$70 for adults and US$35 for child per day 2. Champagne and Luxurious Spirits 3. Domestic Airfare Nairobi/Loisaba 4. Ground Transfers in Nairobi at USD 75 per person 5. Afternoon departures from Loisaba changed at 25 % of day rate
High Season:Jul,Oct 2010 & 21st Dec -2ndJan-11 Green Season:15ThApr-31stMay-2010
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