Elephant Bedroom in Samburu National Reserve... a wonderful get-away

For the long weekend in November (22-24), Brian and I went up to Samburu National Reserve with our good friends Devin and Sue. This was our first trip to Samburu and we were absolutely blown away by the beauty of the landscape and the amenities at Elephant Bedroom camp. Indeed, the elephants do wander right around the tents to feed; both nights we were woken up to find a large male elephant (named Samburu) standing right outside our tent. The first night, in fact, he stood looking across the mesh screen at us for about 10 minutes before moving on to eat some fruits from the duom palm tree. It was absolutely magical. Throw in 12 new birds, a leopard, a lioness, gerenuk (long-necked gazelles), Somali ostrich, and some oryx... the combination was unbeatable. What a fabulous weekend.