DAY 1 : LAKE NAIVASHA The tour will leave the capital city of Kenya and travel north to Lake Naivasha where we spend the day at Hell's Gate NP. The interesting name comes from the huge red-coloured cliffs that form the entrance to the geothermal interior. This is the only NP where you can go hiking and activities include game and bird watching. The park entry fees are included and one of the more popular optional activities is to go game viewing from a bicycle. An alternative way to spend your afternoon is to take high-tea at Elsamere, the former home of Joy Adams, best known for her autobiographical novel, Born Free.
DAY 2 - 3 : MASAI MARA NATIONAL RESERVE The Masai Mara NR is the Kenyan side of the Serengeti NP (located in Tanzania). Today the tour will be entering this huge area of spectacular game viewing to photograph some of Afrifa's most abundant wildlife. Famous for the annual migration of around 1.5 million wildebeest, the Masai Mara is also home to many other plains animals, including lions. In addition to what we hope will be a successful day's game viewing, culutural interaction with Kenya's native Masaai people will round off your experience.
DAY 4 : MASAI MARA & LAKE NAKURU NP After some further game viewing in the Masai Mara, the tour will travel towards central Kenya and Lake Nakuru, home of the greater and lesserr flamingo. Originally created as a bird sanctuary, Lake Nakuru was upgraded to NP status in 1968. White Rhino inhabit the transitional savanna ara surrounding the lake and, if you are lucky, you will get some great photographs.
DAY 5 : LAKE NAKURU NP TO NAIROBI The city of Nairobi was originally founded as a camp for the Mombassa-Uganda railway in 1899 and had since become the largest city in both Kenya and the East Africa region, with a population of between 3-4 million people. Nairobi is a cosmopolitan African-European city with many immigrants from former British colonies. The number of churches, mosques, temples and gurdwaras within the city bear testimony to its multiculturalism.
Nairobi is well known as a prime tourist destination, but it does have several tourist attractions, the most well known being Nairobi NP. The park contains many animals including lions and giraffes. Nairobi also has more species of birds than any other capital city in the world. Today the tour will end just before noon. Optional activity: Dinner out in local restaurant
