KENYA CAMPING SAFARIS, CAMPING
SAFARIS IN KENYA
African
Wildlife Kenya camping budget Camping in kenya masai mara with accommodations
in tents, Kenya camping safari at Samburu Lake Nakuru and Baringo.
Kenya camping
safari to SAMBURU/GREAT RIFT VALLEY LAKES
A safari to the north via the high shoulder of Mt. Kenya to the Game
Reserve of Samburu, then the world famous Bird Sanctuaries of the Great
Rift Valley Lakes of Baringo, Bogoria and Nakuru.
Day 1 - Samburu
Depart Nairobi in the morning passing through the rich agricultural
farmland on the slopes of Mountain Kenya to the mainly dry scrub land
and open Savannah plains of Samburu Game Reserve. Here the Ewaso Nyiro
River supports a wide variety of game among them
Here
the Ewaso Nyiro River supports a wide variety of game among them elephant,
buffalo, cheetah leopard, lion, gravy's zebra, reticulated giraffe,
Oryx and the long necked gerenuk. Dinner and overnight camping.
Day 2 - Samburu
Day spent game viewing in this Northern Kenya park. Dinner and overnight
camping.
Day 3 - Baringo
Leaving Samburu in the early morning, we make a scenic drive to the
west across the Lerochi Plateau, (lunch enroute) and later descend to
the floor of the Great Rift Valley, arriving at Lake Baringo in the
afternoon. This is a fresh water lake which supports a great variety
of birds as well as hippos and crocodiles. Indeed, the lake is reputed
to be the bird-watching center of Kenya. Dinner and overnight camping.
Day 4 - Lake Nakuru
Early
in the morning we head south via Lake Bogoria which is a shallow soda
lake with a beautiful scenery and also home to a sizeable number of
flamingoes and other species of birds. The highlight, however, is the
boiling hot springs and geysers - hot enough to boil an egg - which
also contribute to the beauty of the lake. Don't fall in! After lunch,
we proceed to Lake Nakuru in the south - another shallow soda lake which
has been described as "an ornithologists paradise and one of the
world's most magnificent sights". Here one has an opportunity to
see up to two million flamingoes besides tens of thousands of other
birds. Lake Nakuru is a rhino sanctuary and harbors lions, warthogs,
waterbucks, buffaloes, hippo and many other animals. Dinner and overnight
in a campsite .
Day 5 -Nairobi
After breakfast, we proceed to Nairobi arriving in the late afternoon