Laikipia Riding Safari

Fly or drive up to Laikipia from Nairobi and on arrival at Sosian you will be met and shown around the lodge before lunch by the swimming pool.

After lunch by the pool and some time to relax and refresh yourselves, you will head to the stable yard to meet your horses and have an evening ride with your guide. 6pm return to the lodge, in time for a drink and dinner.

Your days are tailored to you, but an early morning ride to a bush brunch will not disappoint.

Whilst the horses cool off under an Acacia tree you can enjoy delicious home cooked food to fuel you until your next meal! In the evening after a siesta, explore the ranch by car in order to get a different experience of the wildlife and property.

After a morning of any activities that you choose, from the lodge, we will head off on the horses, whom you have now become familiar with, heading north towards our basic fly camp for the night. You will traverse a varied cross-section of landscapes and habitats of Sosian, ending up on the vast open plains so characteristic of East Africa.

Your camp will be ready for you with cold drinks and hot bush showers, and a 3-course dinner under the stars, whilst the horses are secured for the night on the picket line close to camp. This will be your most basic accommodation over the week and a truly magical experience of simple comforts under canvas, reminiscent of a bygone era.

Waking up with the sun and a hot cup of tea or coffee, you will get ready to ride off in an easterly direction, stopping for breakfast under a shady tree.

As you continue to ride down into the valley, you will meet the Ewaso Narok River and follow its winding path until, we reach Suyian Soul, Laikipia’s ultimate ‘eco camp.’ After lunch head out on foot , learning about the medicinal qualities of many plants and how they are used by the local tribes-people. This is a wonderful opportunity to learn from the best!

Leaving after breakfast, we will spend a full morning exploring Suyian by horseback, with good opportunity for long canters across the plains and jumping any obstacles along the way this is a super morning of riding. As we head back towards the Ewaso Nyiro River we cross onto Ol Donyo Lemboro Ranch.

We arrive at Laikipia Wilderness Camp in time for lunch. Later that afternoon we can head out into the bush for a game drive and / or a walk. This area is good for tracking wild dog and such encounters on foot, are an exhilarating and thrilling experience not to be missed. Additionally this area has become famous for its rare melanistic (black) leopard which is also a must-see.

This morning we head off early again, into the beautiful and unexplored Mutara Valley. Winding our way through this ‘Garden of Eden’, following the seasonal river bed we’re likely to come across giraffe, elephant, eland and buffalo amongst others. Under the shade of a large Acacia tree, with plenty of fresh water for the horses, we’ll stop for a bush breakfast.

After breakfast, this is our last leg of the journey riding past seasonal marshlands and back to Sosian in time for a well-deserved lunch by the pool and an afternoon to relax and refresh! This evening you can head out for an evening game drive or camel ride to sundowners and a bush dinner around the campfire. You may even be lucky enough to spot the ‘not-so-elusive’ leopard on the way back to the lodge for the night!

Today is entirely flexible to do as you wish. For those who wish to ride again, a morning out riding around the cross-country course is a lot of fun or if the dams are full enough, swimming with the horses is also a great experience. Jumping off waterfalls, kayaking, mountain biking, cattle ranching, or simply taking it all in and relaxing by the pool, you can fill your day as much or as little as you want!

Today is your last day and after breakfast at the lodge, you will head back to Nairobi in time for your international flight home