9 Days Northern Circuit-Rift Valley-Western Kenya Adventure – KCT08
DAY 1: NAIROBI
After your arrival at Jomo Kenyatta International Airport, you get transferred to your Nairobi Comfort Kenya hotel on Bed and Breakfast. Dinner and overnight in the hotel.
DAY 2: NAIROBI – SAMBURU GAME RESERVE
Approximately 343 North east of Nairobi lays the Samburu and Buffalo Springs National Reserves. A drive through the Rift Valley and the highlands takes you to this reserves which are un-parallel in Kenya for the number and diversity of its game. After lunch, you spend time at leisure then go for your afternoon game viewing. Dinner and overnight at the Samburu Sopa Lodge on Full Board basis.
DAY 3: SAMBURU AND BUFFALO SPRINGS NATIONAL PARK RESERVES
Morning and afternoon game drives are provided. Among the wildlife are the various antelopes and all the Big Five (i.e. Elephant, Lion, Leopard, Rhino and Buffalo). All the meals and overnight at the Samburu Serena Lodge.
A leopard with a kill
DAY 4: SAMBURU – LAKE NAIVASHA
After breakfast, proceed to Lake Naivasha arriving in time for lunch. You can take a boat ride in this spectacular only fresh water lake in the Rift Valley or visit the nearby Crater Lake which is a blue algae lake. Lake Naivasha is truly an ornithologist’s paradise with more 300 species of birds. Dinner and overnight at the Lake Naivasha Sopa Lodge(Full Board).
DAY 5: LAKE NAIVASHA – MAASAI MARA
You are awoken by the most natural alarm clock (birdlife) for breakfast then the unforgettable journey to Maasai Mara Game Reserve. You drive via Narok and Olkurruk, where the Maasai culture is displayed by the Oloo Lolo Maasai Cultural Association and thereafter into the Maasai Mara Game Reserve. Being the northern stretch of the world famous Serengeti National park, it is the scene of the teeming wildebeest and Zebra migration. On arrival, have your lunch then relax by the pool. Enjoy your afternoon game drive. Dinner and overnight at Mara Sopa Lodge.
DAY 6: MAASAI MARA
Morning and afternoon game drives are provided. Among the wildlife seen are wildebeest, black rhino, cheetah, giraffe, elephant, great herds of antelope and fascinating primates such as the red-tailed monkey. Game drives in open land rovers and bush walks with excellent resident guides and naturalists reveal the wonders of the Mara in an interpretative experience for you. All meals and overnight at Mara Sopa Lodge.
DAY 7: MAASAI MARA – KISUMU
Depart early from Maasai Mara after breakfast via Lolgorien, Kilgoris, Sondu and into Kisumu City to check in at Kiboko Bay Beach Resort for dinner and overnight. BB basis.
DAY 8: KISUMU
After an early breakfast, enjoy a number optional activities around here like; visit Kogelo, the home of USA President Barrack Obama, Kit Mikaye Rock(According to folk tales, there was an old man by the name Ngeso who adored and cherished the rocks. Every day when he woke up, he would walk into the cave under the stone and rest the whole day. The wife was thus forced to bring him his meals there every day. The old man became passionately in love with this stone and every time residents asked her where her husband was, she would say he had gone to be with his first wife (Mikayi). The stone was thus called the first wife (Kit Mikayi)), enjoy cruise on the Lake Victoria, visit Ndere Island National Park or Impala Animal Sanctuary. Dinner and overnight at Kiboko Bay Resort.
Guests doing cruise on Lake Victoria, Kisumu
DAY 9: KISUMU – KERICHO – NAIROBI
After breakfast in your accommodation in Kisumu, you depart to Kericho for tea plantation tour before you proceed to Nairobi arriving in the evening to end your holiday.
The rest of the days in Nairobi can be spent with an option to:
* see traditional dancers at the Bomas of Kenya,
* visit the nearby Nairobi National Park,
* visit the Karen Blixen Museum,
* see the animals at the orphanage/Nairobi safari walk,
* shop in the bustling metropolis of the city.
For enquiry and booking of this tour, send us an email on: info@keldonkconsult.com
The Prices include:
All accommodation on tour
All meals on tour
Transport in 09 seater minibus
Transfers
All game drives
Park entry fees
Driver’s allowance
Government tax
Excluded are:
All optional activities
Laundry
Drinks outside meals
International phone calls
Tipping
Meals outside the itinerary