Ive been led up here in the days last honeyed light by my Maasai guide, Solomon Saidimu.
The Indigenous reverence for nature is one that any traveler planning a trip to Kenya should take heed of.
I knew I wanted to discover another side of Kenya when I traveled there.
Photo: Stevie Mann / Courtesy of Ol Lentille
People arent as aware of these experiences in the north, says Laura Burdett-Munns, managing director at Journeysmiths.
They need to be empowered.
Lekiluai points out bushes peppered with incandescent lilac pentanisia flowers and a veritable pharmacy of medicinal plants.
A view of Ol Lentille Mountain.
This is the first thing you learn in Samburu, says Lekiluai.
You have to know because its how we survive.
On an evening game drive, the open-top jeep pitches and careens along a dusty, red dirt road.
Courtesy of Ol Lentille
Id like you to see the view from up here!
says Lekiluai, pointing to the roof of the jeep and inviting me to take a seat.
The Samburus close relationship with nature is even reflected in their name, which means butterfly.
Overlooking the pool at Ol Lentille.
We learn about the latter one afternoon from a group of arrestingly beautiful young women.
The sweet, heady ochre dye used in the warriors hair perfumes the air like incense.
With the Samburu people whose hands I hold.
Courtesy of Sarara Eco Lodges
With the green forest and looming blue mountains.
A tented suite at Sarara Treehouses.
Learning about traditional beading at Sarara.
