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Lakes Parks Safari Adventure offers you an experience of a breathtaking adventure in Kenya’s best birding destinations in 10 days. Maasai Mara, L. Naivasha, L. Bogoria, L. Baringo, Tsavo East and Amboseli. The rains cause the hilly grasslands to erupt into life and the richly forested areas surrounding the Mara River are another popular habitat for hundreds of birds. Adding to this acacia woodland, swamps, non-deciduous thickets, rocky escarpments, and thorny scrub and you have a veritable ornithological paradise. This tour itinerary is also perfect for beginner photographers as it prepares for extensive stays, diverse wildlife and nature from different parks and destinations.
Visit Kenya’s national parks and you’ll find yourself spoiled for choice with 24 national parks, 15 national reserves, 6 marine parks, and private conservancies. Here is a quick hit list of some of the top national parks in Kenya to help you choose between hot and dry or lush and green, flat or hilly, and north, south, east, and west. These are our selected destinations with a highlights of the sightings to enrich your Lakes Parks Safari Adventure;
Note: price based on 2 persons sharing
Nairobi-Maasai Mara National Reserve
You will be picked up at 8:00 am from your lodge in the heart of the city and start the drive to Masai Mara via the Great Rift Valley viewpoint, where you will have an incredible view of the Rift Valley's floor. Picnic lunch will be served en route. Upon arrival, you will check in at your hotel and go on a game viewing in Mara Reserve. You will return to the camp for a lavish buffet dinner, followed by some time to relax. Your dinner and overnight stay will be at Mara Sopa Lodge.
Maasai Mara National Reserve Full day
After breakfast, you will leave the lodge with a packed picnic lunch ready to spend the full day exploring Masai Mara in search of the Big Five and also different species of birds. You will have picnic lunches in the reserve as you scale the Mara beauty sited at the banks of Mara River. Later in the evening, you will return to your lodge.
Optional: In the evening, you can visit the local Maasai village for a Masai cultural tour at an extra fee and learn about the Maasai community and also interact with the local Maasai people. A balloon safari can be organized in the morning at an extra cost.
Your dinner and overnight stay will be at Mara Sopa Lodge.
Masai Mara National Reserve -Lake Naivasha
You will have an early morning of game drives in Masai Mara. Afterwards, you will take your breakfast and leave for Lake Naivasha arriving in time for lunch at the lodge. In the evening, you will go for a walk along the lake as well as an hour boat ride for hippo viewing. Lake Naivasha being a freshwater lake on the Rift floor is home to an incredible variety of species. Over 450 species have been recorded here. Your dinner and overnight stay will be at Lake Naivasha Simba lodge.
Lake Naivasha-Lake Bogoria National Reserve
After breakfast, you will drive to Lake Bogoria with packed lunches and arrive in the afternoon. You will see the hot springs and geysers with a guided walk along the lake for bird viewing. You will spot birds of all kinds, over 450 species. Later, you will go to Soi Safari lodge for dinner and an overnight stay.
Lake Baringo - Nairobi
You will have an early morning breakfast at the lodge and thereafter, go on a guided bird walk along Lake Baringo. Later, you will return to the lodge for an early lunch. Thereafter, you will check out and drive back to Nairobi arriving in the evening with drop off at La Maison Royale for dinner and an overnight stay.
Nairobi - Tsavo East National Park
After breakfast at the hotel, you will be picked up at 7:00 am and drive through Nairobi to Mombasa highway stopping for lunch along the way, to Tsavo East National Park. You will arrive in Tsavo East later in the day. You will check in at your lodge and later on, go on a game drive to explore the wildlife. The best time to observe birds is between October and January, when many migratory species can be found, including, but not limited to, African skimmers, red and yellow bishops, goshawks, buffalo weavers, and palm nut vultures. Ostriches, kestrels, buzzards, starlings, weaver birds, kingfishers, hornbills, secretary birds, and herons are just a few of the more than 500 bird species that have been identified in the park. Your dinner and overnight stay will be at Voi Wildlife Lodge.
Full-Day at Tsavo East National Park
You will have an early breakfast, and start your game drive with a parked lunch in the park. This vast area is an excellent birding country, popular with birding safaris. Notable species recorded include the rare Basra reed warbler, Friedmann’s lark, ostrich, blue quail, violet wood hoopoe, martial, and crowned eagle. Your dinner and overnight stay will be at Voi Wildlife Lodge.
Tsavo East - Amboseli National Park
You will have an early game drive in the park. Thereafter, you will return to the lodge for breakfast and proceed to Amboseli National Park with packed lunches. You will arrive in time for an afternoon game viewing in the park. Amboseli is popular with birders as elephant watchers. Over 400 species including at least 40 raptors have been recorded. Notable species include the lesser flamingos, many ducks, darters and heron nest in the wetlands, and birds of prey including a small population of martial eagles. Your dinner and overnight stay will be at AA Lodge Amboseli.
Full Day at Amboseli National Park
You will have an early morning breakfast and a packed lunch with our chef. The whole day will be spent exploring Amboseli National Park. The park contains swampy grounds in which elephants and hippos bathe. A variety of plains game, antelopes, and birds can also be seen, and also Mount Kilimanjaro’s peak too if weather conditions permit. Then later in the evening, you will go back for your dinner and overnight stay. Optional: A Maasai village visit, nature walks, swimming in the lodges, (at extra cost). Your dinner and overnight stay will be at AA Lodge Amboseli.
Amboseli National Park-Nairobi
You will have breakfast, check out, and have an optional Masai Village visit and after begin your journey back to Nairobi with a drop off at your hotel/airport.
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