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Day 1
Nairobi – Lake Naivasha
From your Nairobi Hotel you depart after
breakfast headed for the Great Rift Valley
to Lake Naivasha.
A couple of stops enroute for the stunning
view points of the rift valley. You arrive
at Lake Naivasha by mid-morning and do a
bird-walk before lunch time. Lunch in Lake
Naivasha lodge. Lake Naivasha being close to
Nairobi (65 km) makes it a comfortable
weekend-resort for professional and amateur
birders. It was declared a bird sanctuary in
1967 and supports pastoral industries, of
wine and flowers. Ospreys, fish eagles,
herons, lily-trotters will be seen here. You
later visit Elsa Mere Center and here you
relieve the experience of Joy Adamson’s
“Born Free”. Over 450 species have been
recorded here. Dinner and overnight in
Naivasha.
Day 2 Lake Naivasha – Lake Nakuru
We head for Lake Nakuru National Park after
breakfast. The Park is regarded by many as
the Greatest Bird Spectacle on the Earth.
You arrive in the park by mid-morning,
followed by lunch at Lake Nakuru lodge. This
will be your chance to watch the great
populations of Lesser and Greater flamingoes
among other species including Cliff Chat,
Tawny eagle, etc. Other mammals share this
park and we will have a good chance to see
the white rhino, black rhino, and Rothschild
giraffe. Overnight stay in Lake Nakuru.
Day 3 Lake Nakuru – Masai Mara
After breakfast we will drive along the
floor of the longest crust on Earth to Masai
Mara National Reserve. A portion of the
Great Plains known as Serengeti Ecosystem,
Masai Mara, stands prominent in the
populations of plains game not to mention
the world famous migration. You will have a
chance to compare notes as you sort out the
various bird species that you add to your
list. Lunch, Dinner and over night in Masai
Mara.
Day 4 Masai Mara
Full day in Masai Mara exploring the
extensive grasslands. Large numbers of
palearctic migrants will be recorded e.g.
Caspian plovers, white storks among the
local species which will include Rock
cisticola, Yellow Bellied Hyliota, Pale Wren
Warbler etc. Meals and overnight in
lodge/campsite.
Day 5 Masai Mara – Nairobi
We leave Masai Mara after breakfast followed
by lunch in Nairobi. Dinner will be served
in the Carnivore Restaurant in the early
evening and there after your transfer for
your departure flight. |
