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8 Days
Kenya Cultural Safaris

Nairobi – Samburu – Marsabit – Chalbi Desert – Turkana – Maralal – Nairobi

Day 1 Bomas of Kenya
Pick up from the JKI Airport and transfer to a city hotel on bed and breakfast basis (other meals to be paid direct). Depending on arrival time, an optional excursion to Bomas of Kenya is available on request.

Day 2 Nairobi – Mwea
Morning departure for the Mwea Tebere rice fields, the traditional rice growing area of Kenya. The people here are extremely hardworking and their industrious nature attracted the early slave traders who captured and transported them to the Far East and the Oman. Picnic lunch out in the open fields whilst you enjoy the countryside scenery before proceeding to Kerugoya town, which overlooks Africa’s highest mountain. Diner and overnight at Roswam Hotel.

Day 3 Mt. Kenya
Depart after breakfast for the Mt. Kenya tea growing farms, which are adjacent to the rain forest in this mountain region. You will be taken on a tour of the local tea factory to give you first hand experience on how this world famous beverage is processed. Dinner and overnight at Roswam Hotel.

Day 4 Nyeri
After breakfast drive through Karatina in Nyeri town to the largest open air market in East Africa Lunch at Thomson’s Falls Lodge, which overlooks the mighty falls discovered by Joseph Thomson in 1883. Afternoon spent visiting the town market area and the environs. Dinner and overnight at the Thomson’s Falls Lodge.

Day 5 Nakuru
Drive through Subukia after breakfast to arrive in Nakuru town late morning. Visit the dormant Menengai Crater, which bubbles up every so often, causing faults that break up the highway nearby. Thereafter proceed to Hotel Kunste for lunch. Visit the Lake Nakuru National Park in the afternoon to view the magnificent Pink Flamingoes and other birds on the lake, which also has a protected sanctuary for endangered species. Dinner and overnight at Hotel Kunste.

Day 6 Masai Mara
Depart for the world-famous Masai Mara Game Reserve after breakfast. The Masai way of life is deeply rooted in tradition and their age-old pastoral life continues to defy modernization. Their peaceful co-existence with wildlife has contributed immensely to conservation efforts. Lunch and an afternoon drive in search of game will add to the adventure of the safari. Dinner and overnight at a lodge or camp.

Day 7 Masai Mara
Full day in the Mara viewing game with a picnic lunch in the open plains. A visit to the Mara Hippo pools where crocodiles and hippos bask lazily in the sun. the pools also happen to be the natural ‘corridor’ for the annual migration of the Wildebeest as they cross from the Serengeti in Tanzania to the Kenyan Mara Reserve. Dinner and overnight at a lodge or camp.

Day 8 Nairobi
Early morning game drive and back to the lodge/camp for breakfast. Thereafter depart for Nairobi with an optional stop at the Masai Village which is conducted at an extra cost. Lunch en-route before you drop off at your hotel or JKI Airport.


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9 Days
Kenya Cultural Safaris
Nairobi – Baringo – Eldoret – Cherengani Hills – Kakamega – Kisumu – Kericho – Nakuru – Nairobi

Day 1 Nairobi – Baringo
Pick up from your hotel or JKI Airport and drive via the highlands, gradually descending to the floor of the Great Rift Valley to Nakuru. Lunch at Hotel Kunste, thereafter continue with your journey arriving late afternoon at Lake Baringo Club. Relax at the club or take a nature walk or boat ride on the lake (both at extra cost) before dinner and overnight at Lake Baringo Club.

Day 2 Baringo- Eldoret
After an early breakfast drive via kabarnet through Iten and down to the Kerio valley flouspour mines with picnic lunch en-route. Explore the magnificent scenery around the mines before continuing to Eldoret town. Dinner and overnight at Sirikiwa Hotel.

Day 3 Cherangani Hills
After breakfast depart from the Cherangani Hills for a full day’s nature walk with your drive /guide. Picnic lunch en-route. There after return to Sirikiwa Hotel for dinner and overnight stay.

Day 4 Kakamega
Drive to Kakamega with picnic lunch stop at Kakamega forest, the only remaining tropical rain forest in Kenya and part of the once great tropical rain forest that stretched across Central Africa. The forest is world renowned as home to several hundred spices of birds, snakes, insects, monkeys and other mammals, as well as countless tree species. Thereafter depart for Kisumu for dinner and overnight at Sunset Hotel.

Day 5 Kisumu
Drive via Ahero after breakfast with picnic lunch stop at Katito. Thereafter continue via Sondu, Oyugis, Kisii, Rongo, Homa Bay and Mbita to your final destination across the causeway to Rusinga Island on Lake Victoria. Your stay in Kenya would not be complete without a visit to this paradise Island located within the second largest freshwater lake in the world, and the source of the River Nile. Dinner and overnight at Rusinga Island Lodge.

Day 6 Rusinga Lodge
A full day filled with exciting excursions and activities including fishing at Takawiri or a boat ride on the lake. Or you can just relax and laze about on the breezy Island with all meals being taken at the lodge. Overnight at Rusinga Lodge.

Day 7 Kericho
After breakfast drive via Kisii to Kericho Tea Hotel, with a picnic lunch stop en-route. Arrive at the Tea Hotel late afternoon and check in for dinner and overnight stay.

Day 8 Nakuru Park
After a relaxing breakfast drive to Lake Nakuru National Park, arriving in time for lunch at Lake Nakuru Lodge. Afternoon game drive in search of the protected Rhino and Rothschild Giraffe among other game. You will also see the Pink Flamingoes found around the lakeshore. Dinner and overnight at Lake Nakuru Lodge.

Day 9 Nairobi
Early morning game drive returning to the lodge for breakfast. Thereafter check out and drive to Nairobi, arriving at lunch time and drop off at your hotel or the airport.