Kenya
Budget Camping Tours & Camping,Maasai Mara Safari Camping,Samburu
Camping Safaris,Kenya Campsites,Maasai Mara Camping Safari A safari
to the north via the high shoulder of Mountain Kenya to the Game Reserve
of Samburu, the world famous Bird Sanctuaries of the Great Rift Valley
Lakes Baringo, Bogoria and Nakuru, then south over the Mau Escarpment
to Kenya's greatest concentration of game - the Maasai Mara.
Day 1: Samburu
Depart
Nairobi 7.30 a.m. passing through the rich agricultural farmland on
the slopes of Mount 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 elephant, buffalo, cheetah leopard,
lion, grevy'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
as above.
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 centre of Kenya. Take a boat ride to see the
hippos and crocodiles. 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,
proceed to lake Nakuru in the south - another shallow soda lake that
has been described as "an ornithologists paradise and one of the
world's most magnificent sights". Here you have an opportunity
to see up to two million flamingoes besides tens of thousands of other
birds if lucky. Lake Nakuru also has rhino sanctuary and also harbours
lions, warthogs, waterbucks, buffaloes, hippo and many other animals.
Dinner and overnight in a campsite.
Day 5:
Maasai Mara
We head further south to Narok and into Maasai Mara Game Reserve arriving
by afternoon. Showers are available in the camp and meals are served
in the dining mess or in the open. Dinner and overnight camping.
Day 6 Maasai
Mara
Full
days to experience the Mara magic! This is the most popular reserve
in Kenya and it is famed for its astounding concentration of game. From
the base camp, we explore the Mara region, packed with the elephant,
zebra, rhino and all kinds of game throughout the year with the spectacular
wildebeest migration from Serengeti occurring mainly in July and August.
Being at Maasai Mara is as if you found yourself in "the New York
of the natural world" according to some authorities. Indeed, you
have the best opportunity of seeing all the "Big Five". Dinner
and overnight in a camp.
Day 9 - Nairobi
We break camp and drive to Narok where Maasai souvenirs can be bought
or just for a cup of tea and then proceed to Nairobi to arrive by afternoon.
Drop off at your hotel.
End of safari.