Day 1: Nairobi / Lake Baringo
Pick up from your hotel and drive through Limuru tea farms, descending
to the floor of the Great Rift Valley with a brief stop at
the viewpoint. Mt. Longonot (which is of volcanic origin)
and Lake Naivasha can be seen from far. Enroute to Lake
Baringo.
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is one of the two freshwaters lakes in the Rift Valleyand a
bird watchers paradise – it has over 460 recorded bird
species and a number of hippos. Check in and lunch at Lake
Baringo country club of which the rooms have plenty of
information on the areas bird life or campsite. A resident
ornithologist leads walks before breakfast and in the
evenings.
Dinner and overnight at Lake Baringo Country Club,
Lake Bogoria Hotel or campsite.
Day 2: Lake Baringo
After breakfast, take a 1 hour bird watching trip by boat to
the island to view more birds and hippos. On the island you
can organize short excursions, at an extra cost to see the
njemp village (local tribe) and dancing, or a local snake
farm. After proceed to the nearby Lake Bogoria 1 hour away.
Lake Bogoria is a shallow soda lake hosting thousands of
pink flamingoes, a largenumber of other birds and the lesser
kudu. Scalding hot springs and geysers at the southern end
of the lake spurt and steam their alkaline waters. The
bubbling of hot springs, hundreds of singing weaverbirds and
a million flamingos feeding in the bluish water presents a
rare scenic beauty.
Dinner and overnight at Lake Baringo Country Club,
Lake Bogoria Hotel or campsite.
Day 3: Lake Baringo / Kakamega
After breakfast, drive to Kakamega national reserve. This
is the country’s only tropical rain forest and formed part
of the dense rain forest that stretched from West Africa,
across central Africa and in to the highland areas East and
West of the Great Rift Valley. The forest is world renowned
as home to several hundred species of birds including rare
snake eating birds, insects, monkeys and other mammals as
well as countless exotic tree species.
Dinner and overnight at Kakamega Golf Hotel or
campsite.
Day 4: Kakamega
After breakfast, spend a full day in Kakamega national
reserve with bird walks accompanied by game wardens and our
driver/guides.
Dinner and overnight at Kakamega Golf Hotel or
campsite.
Day 5: Kakamega / Nakuru
Drive to Lake Nakuru National Park after an early
breakfast arriving at the Lake Nakuru lodge in time for
lunch. The park is a home to stunning flocks of lesser and
greater flamingos, which literally turn the lakeshores in to
a magnificent pink stretch.
The bird life here is world renown and over 400 birds’
species can be seen like, white pelicans and the marabou
stork, all water birds, that breed in the lakes alkaline
waters. You may also spot white rhino, rare Rothschild
giraffe, and other plain game.
Dinner and overnight at Sarova Lion Hill Lodge/Lake
Nakuru lodge or campsite.
Day 6: Nakuru / Naivasha
A pre-breakfast bird spotting drive in the park and
around the lake before returning to the lodge for breakfast.
Drive to Hells gate national park with a brief stop at the
Lake Elementaita view point. The park is famous for its
natural steaming geysers and a haven for birdwatchers. The
walking / hiking in the park gives one a sense of freedom,
open space and a clear view of wildlife.
The cliffs are breeding grounds for over 120 species have
been recorded here. Lunch at Lake Naivasha Country Club and
the afternoon is spent at leisure either to explore the
rich, bird filled gardens or an optional boat ride to
Crescent Island (at an extra cost).
Dinner and overnight at Lake Naivasha Simba
Lodge/Lake Naivasha Sopa Resort/ Lake Naivasha Country
Club/*** or campsite.
Day 7: Naivasha / Nairobi
After a leisurely breakfast drive back to Nairobi and
drop off at your hotel or drop off at JKIA Airport to catch
your flight back home.
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