10 Days Discovery of Kenya's Rare Wildlife, Wonders & Culture

On arrival in Nairobi, you’ll be picked up early in the morning by the assigned Professional Tour Guide/ Driver, at the Jomo Kenyatta Airport, Standard Gauge Railway, or your preferred residential place and kick off the journey to Lake Elementaita via Nairobi-Mai Mahiu-Nakuru Road. On your way, you’ll have a stopover at the Great Rift Valley viewpoint, the travelers' church, and Naivasha where you’ll carry out the boat ride activity and visit the Crescent Island. Here you’ll get to experience the flora and fauna of Naivasha town before proceeding to Sentrim Lodge at the heart of Lake Elementaita. It’s where you’ll check in for lunch, afternoon rest, and sleepover.

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Have breakfast by 7:00 AM EAT, before departing for a full-day game drive at Lake Nakuru National Park with picnic lunch boxes. Lake Nakuru National Park is famously known for both Greater and Lesser Flamingoes which beautify the shores of the lake to appear pink in color. It’s also home to the endangered black rhino and Rothschild Giraffe, not forgetting the southern cross white rhino, cape buffalo, zebras, tree-climbing lions, gazelles, and different bird species among many other wild animals. After the morning hours game drive, you’ll have a picnic lunch at the Baboon Cliff viewpoint which offers a spectacular view of Lake Nakuru. After the lunch break, you’ll visit Makalia Falls known to be the only inlet source of water to the lake, and then proceed on with the afternoon game drive, before checking back to the lodge for dinner and overnight stay.

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Have early breakfast by 7:30 AM EAT and check out to Kitale via Nakuru-Eldoret-Kitale road with few stops on the way for use of the restroom. Expect to check in for lunch at the Aturukan Hotel in Kitale town. After lunch take a drive to Saiwa National Reserve for a nature walk, bird watching, and wildlife viewing.

Saiwa Swamp National Park is a forested paradise filled with exotic flowers, trees, and birds. It is also the habitat of the rare and endangered semi-aquatic Sitatunga antelope and a preserve for the rare De Brazza’s monkey. Water birds include the lesser jacana, grey heron, and the African black duck while the forest shelters the Narina trogons, the collared and orange-tufted sunbird, the yellow bishop, Hatlaub’s marsh widow bird and the Noisy Ross’s turacos which are difficult to miss. After the short afternoon session, we’ll head back to the hotel for dinner and sleepover.

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After breakfast, you’ll check out by 7:30 AM EAT and drive to Kakamega Forest National Reserve for birding, nature walks, hiking, rock climbing, wildlife viewing, visit the Isiukhu falls, and cultural experience. Kakamega Forest is a remnant of the rain forest that stretches all across Central Africa. This beautiful forest is home to various mammals including bush pigs, giant forest hedgehogs, colobus monkeys, the rare Debrazzar monkeys (one among the oldest monkeys in the world), and pottos. Some of the birds to be seen here include the Blue Headed Bee Eater, Black Billed Turaco, Turner’s Eremomela, and Grey Parrots. Later on, you'll proceed and have lunch at Kakamega Golf Hotel followed by a visit to the Luhyia Traditional Pottery Center. After the experience of the pottery culture and interaction with the locals, you’ll kick off your journey to Sovereign Hotel in the City of Kisumu.

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Depart from Kisumu City by 7:30 AM to Mbita via Kisumu-Ramula-Ndigwa road with a short stopover at the Kisumu Equator Point. You’ll get to learn about the Coriolis force effect along the equator, have photos at the Equator mark making Kenya in the list of the few countries where the equator crosses. Thereafter, you’ll proceed and check in for lunch at Victoria Sands Lodge and later have an afternoon game viewing and bird watching at the Ruma National Park before checking in back for dinner and sleepover.

Ruma National Park promises undiscovered wildlife treasures and undisturbed peace. It is also Kenya’s last remaining sanctuary for the endangered roan antelope. It is also the only protected area in Kenya where the globally threatened blue swallow, a scarce intra-African migrant, is regularly recorded. They depend upon moist grassland for both feeding and roosting, arrive in Kenya from their breeding grounds in Southern Tanzania around April and depart again in September.

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After early morning breakfast you’ll take a visit to the ancient rock art in Mawanga Cave and Kwitone by boat before checking in at Mfangano Island Lodge for lunch. It is after lunch when you’ll take part in cycling activities around Mfangano Island, walk around and meet the culture, fishing from the shore, and having your own free time in the evening hours before dinner is served and layover.

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Have breakfast and check out by 7:30 AM EAT and board the boat back to the mainland Mbita then kick off your journey to Masai Mara via Mbita-Rongo-Kilgoris road. On your way, you’ll stop to have a spectacular view of a large tea farm plantation located in Nyamira, Kisii, and Kericho Counties before proceeding on with the journey with your safari and checking in for lunch at Mara Engai. After lunch, you’ll have a rest and later have a welcoming evening game drive until 1830 Hours when you’ll be checking back for dinner and layover. During the game drive you’ll be on the lookout for the African Big Five, giraffes, Zebras, Gazelles, and different bird species among many other wild animals with the help of your assigned professional tour guide.

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Head out for an early morning game drive by 7:00 AM EAT with picnic breakfast. This will grant you an opportunity to have a view of the early morning sunrise on the beautiful plains of the savannah grassland, be on the lookout to spot more wildlife nature and visit the Mara River which is the main source of life in the Mara ecosystem. Along the Mara river, you’ll be able to spot a large number of the Nile crocodiles and hippopotamuses that make the Mara River to be termed the most hazardous river in the world. During the Great Wildebeest migration season, you may be able to spectate a huge number of wildebeest and zebras crossing the Mara River from Serengeti National Park in Tanzania to the Mara Triangle or the greater Mara in search of greener pastures. Later on, you’ll head back to the lodge for lunch and an afternoon rest. During the evening hours, you’ll visit the Maasai Villages to interact, learn, and experience the Maasai culture before coming back for dinner and overnight stay.

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Have breakfast by 7:00AM and head to a full-day game drive. This grants you an opportunity to spot more wildlife animals, visit the border between Maasai Mara National Reserve and Serengeti National Reserve, enjoy a picnic lunch in the bush, or experience more wildebeest migration during the migration period between the months of July to September. After the full-day game drive, you’ll head back to the lodge for relaxation, dinner and sleepover.

After breakfast, you’ll be expected to check out of the lodge by 7:30 AM EAT, and drive to back to Nairobi via Narok-Mai mahiu-Nairobi road. Few stops will be made for health breaks and a chance for one to visit the gift shops to grab something for your loved ones back home or have some bites before driving on to Nairobi at your preferred destination. This will mark the end of your wonderful Adventure in Kenya.