Saruni Samburu
Lodge with villas · Kalama Wildlife Conservancy · Saruni Basecamp
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Saruni Samburu is in Kalama Wildlife Conservancy on the eastern side of Samburu National Reserve, so the conservancy fee applies and a day inside the reserve costs $85 per non-resident adult on top. The lodge opened in 2008 as the first in Kalama and has six villas, four of them family units. Saruni's own page says rates start at US$800 without stating the basis, so confirm what that figure covers before you commit.
Why you'd pick it
- The first lodge in Kalama, opened 2008
- Six villas, four of them family units
- Conservancy rules, so walking and night drives are on the table
What's here
- Family rooms
Read from Saruni Samburu's own website in July 2026. Anything not listed we could not confirm, which is not the same as it being absent.
What the park charges on top
The rate above buys you a bed. Samburu National Reserve charges its own entry fee for every day you are inside. Here is what that adds up to.
- Park entrySamburu National Reserve; Buffalo Springs and Shaba charge $70.
- $85per person, per day
- VehicleA car under six seats at KES 800.
- $6per vehicle, per day
Three nights means three days inside, so two adults sharing one vehicle pay $528 in park fees before anyone pays for a bed.
No published validity period. The counties do not state whether a ticket runs 24 hours or a calendar day, so a multi-day stay could be charged either way.
The full fee schedule for Samburu National ReserveRates
From $800. The owner's own page says starting from US$800 and offers a 2026 rate document for download. It does not say on that page whether the figure is per person or per villa, or whether the conservancy fee is included, so get the rate document from reservations@sarunibasecamp.com before you budget. Samburu National Reserve entry at $85 per non-resident adult is separate in any case.
What the rate covers is not confirmed. We do not know yet whether meals, drinks and activities are included, so read this as the bed only.
Every figure on this page is in US dollars.
Checked in September 2026. This region publishes almost no rates in the open: nearly every camp hides its tariff behind an enquiry form or a PDF, and several operators' own websites were unreachable on the day we looked. Where that happened we say so and list the place as on request, because we only print a rate the owner has published. Agent and tour operator quotes are deliberately left off this page. County entry is extra everywhere: $85 per non-resident adult per day for Samburu National Reserve, $70 for Buffalo Springs and Shaba, and a conservancy fee instead of either if you stay outside the reserves.