Visiting The famous Rift Valley and Northern Kenya for the most adventurous in Lake Nakuru and Samburu. Travel to the other side of the Equator and experience a different species of birds and wildlife
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Day 1: Nairobi – Lake Nakuru The adventure starts with a pick up from your Nairobi Hotel at 0800hrs then depart for Nakuru, stopping at the Rift Valley Viewpoint arriving in time for lunch. After lunch proceed for a game-drive within Lake Nakuru National Park to view flamingos, other water birds and various species of plains game with excellent chances for spotting the white rhino as the Park contains a Sanctuary for the Conservation of this rare animal which is an endangered species. Dinner and overnight is at the Campsite/Budget Hotel.
Day 2: Lake Nakuru – Samburu After breakfast depart for Samburu Game Reserve for dinner and overnight at the Campsite, via the Thompson Falls and Nanyuki town for lunch, game drive enroute. Samburu is a journey of about 220 miles north of Nairobi in Kenya’s arid, northern scrub lands. This tiny Park is only 64 square miles but in its boundaries is the best game viewing the northern part of the Country has to offer. Here you will see species you won’t see anywhere else and yes, they are uniformly beautiful. They comprise of the reticulated giraffe and the grevy’s zebra which seems to merge to a uniform grey color from a distance and is easily distinguished from its burchell’s (common) zebra cousin. One of our favorites is the gerenuk, the gracefully long-necked “giraffe” antelope, who’s perfectly capable of stretching full height on his hind legs to snatch an acacia morsel. That strikingly marked huge antelope, beisa oryx, lives here as well, as do a notable elephant herd. Dinner and overnight is at the Campsite.
Day 3: Samburu Breakfast is followed by morning and afternoon game drives in Samburu with a lunch and leisure break at the Campsite. Samburu is north of the equator with most of the rare species of game here being drought resistant and can which go for long periods of time without water. It is also the home of the blue-shanked Somali ostrich among others. In the late afternoon (at an extra cost), go for optional activities like having a nature walk, visiting Samburu villages to see the nomadic lifestyle or swimming in the nearby lodges. Rest of meals and overnight is at a the campsite.
Day 4: Samburu – Nairobi Early morning pre-breakfast game drive. After breakfast depart for Nairobi with lunch enroute. In clear weather the peak of Mount Kenya may be seen and you will by-pass very pleasant countryside with coffee and tea plantations. Arrive in the evening.
Price Includes: • Park entrance fees • Transport and game drives • Accommodation in the campsites • All meals (full board basis) • Driver-guide’s allowance
Price Excludes: • International Flights • Drinking water and other drink assortments • Tribal village visits • Items of personal nature
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This trip: 4 Days: Explore the Northern Rare species
Rating:
rating 9/10
Comment:
We had an excellent time with our guide, Barry, in Lake Nakuru and Samburu. He was informative, knowledgeable and interesting. We saw lots of wildlife, including a spectacular cheetah on a hunt, as well as some of the rarer species (Greve’s zebra, lions, leopards, rhinos, gerenuk) and lots of others too.
We did have one issue and that was when we arrived at the start of our journey to pay the remainder of the costs, we were unable to put this on our credit card. If you are expecting people to pay in cash, you need to let them know in advance, as most tourists these days rely on their credit or debit cards and do not carry a lot of cash or traveller’s cheques (as these are often somewhat difficult to cash also). And there is usually a limit to how much you can take out on a debit card in one day.
