Day 1 - Samburu:
Depart Nairobi 9.30 a.m. passing through the rich agricultural farmland on the slopes of Mountain Kenya to the mainly dry scrub land and open Savannah plains of Samburu Game Reserve. Here the Ewaso Nyiro River supports a wide variety of game among them elephant, buffalo, cheetah leopard, lion, grevy's zebra, reticulated giraffe, oryx and the long necked gerenuk.
Day 2 - Samburu:
Day spent game viewing in the park and a dip in Buffalo Springs during the hot afternoon may be refreshing.
Day 3 - Baringo:
Leaving Samburu in the early morning, we make a Game drive to the west across the Lerochi Plateau, (lunch enroute) and later descend to the floor of the Great Rift Valley, arriving at Lake Baringo in the afternoon. This is a fresh water lake which supports a great variety of birds as well as hippos and crocodiles. Indeed, the lake is reputed to be the bird-watching centre of Kenya.
Day 4 - Lake Nakuru:
Early in the morning we head south via Lake Bogoria which is a shallow soda lake with a beautiful scenery
and also home to a sizeable number of flamingoes and other species of birds. The highlight, however, is the boiling hot springs and geysers which also contribute to the beauty of the lake. After lunch, we proceed to lake Nakuru in the south - another shallow soda lake which has been described as "an ornithologists paradise and one of the world's most magnificent sights". Here one has an opportunity to see up to two million flamingoes besides tens of thousands of other birds if lucky. Lake Nakuru also has rhino sanctuary and also harbors lions, warthogs, waterbucks, buffaloes, hippo and many other animals. Dinner and overnight in a campsite outside the park.
Day 5. Maasai Mara
Leave Nakuru after breakfast arriving in Maasai mara in the afternoon. Later
Proceed on a pm game drive in Kenya's most popular game sanctuary where you will have the best opportunity of spotting the Big Five (lion, leopard, buffalo, rhino and elephant). Dinner and overnight at the camp.
Day 6 & 7 - Maasai Mara:
From the base camp, we explore the Mara region, packed with the elephant, zebra, rhino and all kinds of game throughout the year with the spectacular wildebeest migration from Serengeti occurring mainly in July and August. Being at Maasai Mara is "as if you found yourself in the New York of the natural world according to some authorities". Indeed, you have the best opportunity of seeing all the big five.
Day 8 - Nairobi:
We break camp and drive to Narok where Maasai souvenirs can be bought and then proceed to Nairobi.
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