Lake Baringo lies in the solitude of the semi-desert, a haven of peace and beauty in harsh, rugged but majestic surroundings. Its beauty derives as much from an overwhelming sense of repose with nature as its scenic distinction. Until a few years ago L. Baringo was considered well off the beaten track. Indeed this was an explorer's country. J.W. Gregory, who traveled on foot from Mombasa a 100 years ago formulated his theory of the creation of the Rift Valley from evidence found at L. Baringo.
L.Nakuru is world famous for, and was created a National Park, to protect its stunning flocks of lesser flamingo.When conditions are right, between one and two million lesser and greater flamingos feed around the shores of the shallow soda lake, together with tens of thousands of other birds. The best place to view the birds is from Baboon Cliff, where you get an excellent view over the lake. The Flamingoes literally turn its shores pink. |
6-Day Nakuru - Baringo
Day 1: Nairobi – Masai Mara
You will be picked from your hotel, thereafter depart for Masai Mara game reserve stopping at the view point of the Great Rift Valley. Arrive in time for lunch and a game drive in evening in this park that is essentially the northern extension of Tanzania’s Serengeti national park as an artificial border separates the two. The Mara’s landscape is scenic savannah grassland on rolling hills which enables the reserve to attract sufficient rainfall to maintain and support a large population of herbivores, together with the predators that follow. Proceed to the lodge for dinner and overnight.
Day 2: Masai Mara
After breakfast have a full day of game viewing with a picnic lunch at the Hippo pool where you can see crocodiles and hippos basking on the rocks at a close range. You will be lucky to witness the annual migration of close to 800,000 zebras and wild beast that takes place between the Serengeti National park in Tanzania and the Masai Mara Game reserve parks in early July to September. The animals’ move as a great mass across the savannah in a follow the leader fashion in search for food and water. Elephant, lion, buffalo, leopard, Rhino and other varieties of antelopes and plain game can be seen here.
Return to the Lodge in time for dinner and overnight.
Day 3: Masai Mara
After breakfast, you will have another morning of tracking game with your guide returning back to the Lodge in time for lunch. In the afternoon there is a choice between a game drive or at extra cost, you can have a nature walk escorted by masai guides or visit a local Masai village to see their nomadic lifestyle; All meals and overnight at the Lodge.
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Day 4: Masai Mara – Lake Nakuru
After breakfast, leave for Nakuru , with scenic views of Lake Naivasha and Mt Longonot which are in the Great Rift from afar on the main highway. Arrive in time for lunch and evening game drive, overnight at the lodge.
Day 5: l. Nakuru/– L.Baringo/Bogoria
After breakfast, have an extensive game drive in Lake Nakuru National park. This park has a fantastic array of bird life including flamingoes, white pelicans and the marabou stork and other water birds that breed in the lake’s alkaline waters. Other plain game such as Cape buffalo, giraffe, zebra and other variety of antelopes can be seen here. A visit to the baboon cliff offers a scenic panorama of the lake below, surrounded by a vast tract of euphorbia and acacia forest. After game drive proceed to Lake Baringo for an hour’s boat ride which enables you to see hippos at close range and the bird life that inhabits this lake as over 350 species of birds have been recorded here including some that conform to a migratory pattern, as well as crocodiles and Egyptian geese which migrate all the way from western Europe. Depart for Lake Bogoria for dinner and overnight.
Day 6: Lake Bogoria - Nairobi
Early morning breakfast will be followed by a tour of Lake Bogoria, a shallow soda lake which is home to a large number of birds and rare lesser kudu. Scalding hot springs and geysers at the southern end of the lakes spurt and steam their alkaline waters. The bubbling of hot springs, hundreds of singing weaverbirds and flamingos feeding in the bluish water present a rare scenic beauty. After lunch depart for Nairobi to arrive in the late afternoon or early evening.
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