Energy Rating: ★★★ (3)
Staff Comment - All of our electricity is supplied via solar panels and batteries.
Guests are encouraged to turn off lights but if they forget the staff do so for them when they are not in their tents.
We supply each room with wind up torches.
Three of our 5 fridge/freezers are powered by solar power
All electrical light bulbs are low energy.
A large cold room made from charcoal to keep fresh vegetables and fruit no power required to run this.
Fresh food supplies are delivered to us on empty aircraft that come to collect clients thus reducing the need of transportation each week

Water Rating: ★★★ (3)
Staff Comment - We tap our water supply from a mountain spring,
The spring water is then filtered to remove impurities and provide drinking water, solar power runs the filter - Reducing need for plastic bottles.
The overflow of water from the spring is fed to the elephant water hole.
The swimming pool is also fed from the same supply, no pumps needed
The sheets and towels are only changed when clients leave, most stay for three nights, or on a weekly basis is the clients are staying longer.

Disposal Rating: ★★★★ (4)
Staff Comment - Compost is made from some of the kitchen waste.
All glass, plastic, tins etc., are taken out of the district at the end of the season, unless utilized by the Samburu, Many wine bottles are cut and used as candle holders
Our green grocer supplies baskets with orders of fruit and veg, these we send back and re use.
Sewage is disposed of into septic tanks under ground

Eco-Active Rating: ★★★★ (4)
Staff Comment - The Samburu own the camp and they are learning how to run it.
Guests are encouraged to donate sums of money to any of our local projects or to the Trust
All of the solid structures through out the camp are made using local materials

Protection Rating: ★★★★★ (5)
Staff Comment - The whole ethos of the camp is to help the Samburu to learn to appreciate and preserve their wilderness, this is clearly seen in all that we do. One of the aims of the camp is to bring an income to the Samburu, In 2007 $150,000 was paid to the Community Trust.
Some purchases of food (and all of our honey) are made from the local project supporting destitute women in Wamba which is a projectrun by the Trust.
All the bead work on sale in the camp shop is made by either staff families or other families in the community Guests are encouraged to visit the nearest manyatta where some of the community live, and to see the "singing well" a truly cultural experience.
Our local guides are all Samburu and therefore can help educate the guests about their wonderful culture Since this project was started the elephant population has gone from none to up to 4,000 in 10 years, As a result of the elephant returning other game are now arriving. The Samburu are not living in fear of their lives anymore, because the bandits have been removed from the area.
The project has a team of 30+ armed scouts with radios who are constantly patrolling and monitoring all activities in the conservation area. The information regarding animal activities are all recorded and used in research - based at Lewa Downs and the Northern Rangelands Trust.
Since low impact tourism has arrived here, the Samburu are starting to appreciate the wild life with whom they have happily lived alongside for thousands of years.

Contact Details

Name:
Sarara Camp
Address:
Namunyak Wildlife Conservation Trust
P O Box 30907
Nairobi 00100
Kenya
Telephone:
+254 (0)733614705
Website:
www.bush-and-beyond.com
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