BOTS
E 015 K - BIRDING IN THE RIFT VALLEY
DAY
1: ARRIVAL NAIROBI
On arrival our Courtesy Bus through the city transfers you to
the Norfolk Hotel. Visit the Karen Blixen Museum and the Ngong
Hills of the Out of Africa fame. Also feed the Rothschild giraffe
at the Center for Endangered Wildlife, coming back to the Norfolk
for overnight.
DAY
2: NAIROBI - ABERDARES
Early start, driving north through agricultural plantations to
the town of Mweiga for lunch at the Aberdare Country Club. After
lunch you are ferried by 4WD vehicles up the forest to the Ark
where you spend the evening viewing from the hotel balconies the
numerous wildlife that come to drink at the salt lick close to
this ecolodge. Dinner and overnight at the Ark.
DAY
3: ABERDARES - MT. KENYA SAFARI CLUB
After breakfast we proceed the few kilometers north to Mt. Kenya
Safari Club, a luxurious retreat with spectacular views across
the forested slopes to the snow-capped peaks of Mt. Kenya. Among
the activities available within the grounds of these manicured
lawns and ornamental ponds are - swimming, tennis, golf, bowling,
croquet, trout fishing and game viewing. Lunch, dinner and overnight
at the Club. (Remember that a tie and jacket for the gentlemen
and evening dress for ladies is necessary for dinner at this exclusive
club).
DAY
4: MT. KENYA SAFARI CLUB - SAROVA SHABA
Continue northwards after breakfast for lunch at the Shaba Game
Reserve. Afternoon is spent viewing game within this wildlife
sanctuary. Dinner and overnight at the Sarova Shaba which is set
in a semi-desert oasis in the renowned "Born Free" country of
the late Joy Adamson.
DAY
5: SHABA - SAMBURU
Leave the Shaba in the mid morning for Samburu National Park.
Lunch is taken at the Samburu Intrepid on the banks of the Uaso
Nyiro River. Afternoon game drive to flash out the species that
are unique to this northern wildlife sanctuary including the antelope
giraffe, Grevy's zebra, Somali ostrich and the majestic Beisa's
Onyx, among other animals. Dinner and overnight at this Luxury
Tented Camp.
DAY
6: SAMBURU
Another day is spent driving through the park in search of the
numerous wildlife that is to be found here. Lunch, dinner and
overnight at Samburu Interpids.
DAY
7: SAMBURU - MARSABIT
Traverse this dry desert region to the Marsabit Game Reserve after
breakfast. Arrive at the Marsabit Lodge in time for lunch. Afternoon
game drive in this land of misty forests and beautiful crater
lakes. Among the wild animals most likely to be seen are elephants,
lions, leopard, reticulated giraffe and the graceful greater kudu.
Dinner and overnight at the lodge.
DAY
8: MARSABIT - MARALAL
Continue through desert country to Maralal Town, one of the most
colourful towns in Kenya with the Samburu tribesmen resplendent
in their red ochre adding to the beauty. An unforgettable sight
is of the antelopes, zebras and giraffes mingling with the townspeople
going through their daily chores. Lunch, dinner and overnight
at Maralal Safari Lodge.
DAY
9: MARALAL - BARINGO
After
breakfast leave the country of the Samburu people and proceed
southwards to Lake Baringo. Lunch at Sheraton Baringo then proceed
by boat in the mid afternoon to the Luxury Tented Camp on Ol Kolwa
Island in the lake. Dinner and overnight at Island Camp.
DAY
10: BARINGO - NAIVASHA
Most of the morning is spent bird watching or boating in Lake
Baringo. Over 450 species of birds have been sighted in Baringo
and the resident ornithologist is an encyclopedia of knowledge
on tropical birds. After lunch we continue to Lake Naivasha Lodge
for dinner and overnight.
DAY
11: NAIVASHA - NAIROBI
Spend the morning relaxing on the grounds of this small luxurious
hotel that was formerly the farmhouse of a colonial settler, or
alternatively boating in the lake or horse riding on the grounds
or bird watching among the tropical vegetation. Leave Lake Naivasha
after an early lunch for Nairobi. Evening shopping precedes dinner
at the Carnivore Restaurant, then transfer to the airport for
your flight back home.
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