Options
10/5/26 K&T Classic Itinerary Change
We just received notice that we will be going to Samburu National Park instead of Amboseli NP. We will be staying at the Soroi Samburu. Does anyone have experience with Samburu that can comment on the change? It appears that we will be driving instead of flying, a 10 hour drive according to Google Maps. The notice is blaming the change on several incidences of gastrointestinal illness at the Amboseli Serena.
0
Comments
When we took this tour with Tauck back in 2007 for the first time, we did a lot of road travel rather than planes. The roads have been improving in recent years. Don’t forget you will be seeing wildlife along the way. We did go to Sambiru but I can’t recall specifics. I thought Tauck had not been using Serena hotels in recent years. We were last on the tour in 2019.
Half the folks on our August 17 tour got sick, at or shortly after leaving the Amboseli Serena. I heard it got much worse with subsequent tours—too many to ascribe it to carelessness with water. Your doctor can give you a prescription for Azithromycin to take with you; take it on first sign.
Thanks for your insights, guys. I already have my Azithromycin; hopefully we won’t need it.
We were at the Amobseli Lodge for two nights on 7/31 – 8/1. It is the
smallest of the lodges/hotels and was at the mid-point on our
itinerary. Several other large tour groups were there as well. The
dining format was always a large buffet with lots of “fresh salad”
options.
Out of our group of 18, 4 experienced gasto issues (22%) at some point
along the entire tour. I cannot pinpoint exactly when they fell ill
but it was not before visiting Amboseli. Fortunately, Tauck had
physicians on site to assist them. The thinking at the time was that the individuals ate the salads or did
not heed advise to always use bottled water – even to brush your
teeth. Perhaps there is more to this issue than we thought.
Thanks for the input TrippleTime and a big THANK YOU for your trip report. It was very helpful and I passed it along to others that we are traveling with.
Can you be more specific, was this vomiting and diarrhea or just one of those? Malaria meds can cause diarrhea. Food poisoning usually starts with vomiting within a few hours of infection.