Kenia Questions (Swee****er & Samburu/Amboseli)

"Dave Patterson" escribió en el mensaje
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Do not even worry for a moment about Samburu!
It is (in our opinion) the best reserve for the variety
and certainty of viewing wildlife.
(Asterisk here).. but there are actually 2 reserves!
Buffalo Springs on the south side of the river, and
Samburu on the north side. And you must pay
separate park fees ($30 p.p. per day) when you
are in either, or both. If you visit both on the
same day, then you have $60 p.p in park fees.



Dave,

Personally I've never been asked to pay the double fee when crossing the
bridge. Perhaps the rangers do apply different criteria for groups and for
self-driving visitors with only 2-3 pax in a vehicle. Anyway weep I
haven't been to Kenya for the last three years /weep, so things might have
changed. In any case I'd find it more reasonable to issue a single ticket
even for a higher price for the whole Samburu complex, or at least for
Samburu/Buffalo, if the reason is to share the income between Isiolo and
Samburu districts. I wouldn't mind so much paying more for what this complex
has to offer, but being charged several times in what is roughly a single
reserve is quite off-putting.

Best,
Javier

"Javier Gómez-García" wrote:

Personally I've never been asked to pay the double fee when crossing the
bridge. I haven't been to Kenya for the last three years /weep,
so things might have changed.

I'm afraid they have. To visit both Samburu & Buffalo Springs costs
$60 USD p.p.

On Sat, 30 Apr 2005 17:14:57 -0700, Dave Patterson
wrote:

"Javier Gómez-García" wrote:

Personally I've never been asked to pay the double fee when crossing the
bridge. I haven't been to Kenya for the last three years /weep,
so things might have changed.

I'm afraid they have. To visit both Samburu & Buffalo Springs costs
$60 USD p.p.

Dave,

unfortunately I don't remember precisely how and how much I paid
last year, but I'll keep an eye on the prices and ask at the
bridge.

I still have doubts that you pay twice. They used to have
different rules. Moreover, the bridge is not manned during large
parts of the day, certainly not early in the morning.

Didn't they have a rule that, if you paid for one day on one
side, you didn't have to pay for that same day on the other?

Hans-Georg

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On Sat, 30 Apr 2005 17:14:57 -0700, Dave Patterson
wrote:

"Javier Gómez-García" wrote:

Personally I've never been asked to pay the double fee when crossing the
bridge. I haven't been to Kenya for the last three years /weep,
so things might have changed.

I'm afraid they have. To visit both Samburu & Buffalo Springs costs
$60 USD p.p.

Dave,

unfortunately I don't remember precisely how and how much I paid
last year, but I'll keep an eye on the prices and ask at the
bridge.

I still have doubts that you pay twice. They used to have
different rules. Moreover, the bridge is not manned during large
parts of the day, certainly not early in the morning.

Didn't they have a rule that, if you paid for one day on one
side, you didn't have to pay for that same day on the other?

Hans-Georg

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"Zénon Jacques" wrote:

Definitely , you have to pay the both parks . You pay for the site where you
stay and if you want to go the other
site you pay again 30 $ more !

Do they now collect the money on the bridge?
If not, where?

Slainte

Liz

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