Tour overview

KENYA BIRDING EXPERINCE…

Safari Highlights: This safari starts with a tour of Nairobi city, visiting the well-preserved Nairobi National park, there after you will visit some heritage sites within Nairobi. You will then leave Nairobi and journey to the Rift Valley province, making you experience some of the most amazing geographical features with it bringing unique birding opportunities.

Voyager African Safaris would like to take you on this amazing 6 days discovery trails through the great rift valley; prolific with birds. Welcome and Discover Africa!

Included

  • All meals and Accommodation as per itinerary
  • All ground transportation in a comfortable 4*4 vehicle
  • Services of a full time English speaking Guide / driver
  • Water /Coffee/ Tea while on Safari
  • Game drives and Ranger fees
  • Park entrance fees
  • All Government taxes / Levies

Not Included

  • Airfare To and from Uganda
  • Visa and departure taxes at the Airport
  • Activities not mentioned in the Itinerary
  • Wines ,beers and spirits & all the beverages other than the mineral water on the safari
  • Personal Insurance
  • Items of personal nature e.g. telephone calls, tips and gratuity, laundry and souvenir

Day 1: Arrival

Met on arrival by our representative at Jomo Kenyatta International Airport in Nairobi and driven to the accommodation facility of your choice (budget or luxury) for check-in, where you will also be briefed on your safari and left to relax and take the rest of the day at leisure.

Day 2: Nairobi Excursion

Early breakfast followed by a visit to the Nairobi National park. This park will give you the easiest introduction of the well-preserved Kenyan wild, right in the centre of a mordern city.

After the park you will visit the National Museum where you will see original fossils found nowhere else in the world. Next to the National Museum is the Snake Park. The park has most of the snake species found in Kenya, enclosed in glass cages or in open pits. Also to be seen in this park are crocodiles and tortoises.

After the snake park you will be transferred to Karen Blixen Museum and the Giraffe Centre situated at the foot of the Ngong Hills. The Museum was originally the home of Karen Blixen of the Out of Africa fame. Next to the museum is the Giraffe Centre. The park has a small herd of Rothschild's Giraffe which visitors will get a chance to hand-feed.

Cultural Experience

You will then break off for lunch and relax. After this you will visit the Bomas of Kenya. A Boma is a traditional homestead. There are 16 Bomas representing the 16 different ethnic groups of Kenya. You will take a guided tour of the different Bomas (huts) within the compound.

And then enjoy the rich traditional music accompanied by dances at this cultural centre within the Bomas. You will then return to your hotel for dinner and overnight.

Day 3: Transfer to Lake Nakuru (2hrs)

After breakfast, you will checkout and transfer to the Rift Valley Province, en route you will stop over at Lake Naivasha, a perfect spot for water birds with over 400 species recorded. Here you will take a leisurely walk around the lake in search of birds, after this you will relax over lunch at Lake Naivasha Simba Lodge. In the late afternoon you will transfer to Lake Nakuru, where you will check-in at the Lake Nakuru Lodge or accommodation facility of your choice (budget or luxury) for dinner and overnight.

Day 4: Full Day Lake Nakuru National Park

Rise early and set off on a Sunrise game drive in Lake Nakuru National Park. Lake Nakuru is the second most visited park in Kenya. Game viewing in this park is rewarding, the park boasts of abundant wildlife and Rhino sanctuary.

After the game drive you will return to your hotel for an elaborate breakfast then relax till lunch.

In the afternoon you will visit Lake Nakuru another shallow soda lake which has been described as arthologists’ paradise and one of the world's most magnificent sights." Here one has the opportunity to see up to two million flamingoes as well as tens of thousands of other birds. After the birding experience you will return to the hotel for dinner and over night.

Day 5: Lake Bogoria Excursions

Early in the morning after breakfast you will check out and we head to Lake Bogoria. Check-in will be at the accommodation facility of your choice (budget or luxury), after check-in you will visit Lake Bogoria, which is a shallow soda lake with beautiful scenery and is also home to a sizeable number of flamingos and other species of birds.The highlights; however, are the boiling hot springs and geysers which also contribute to the scenic allure of this lake.

You will return to the hotel for lunch, where you will relax and watch birds from the garden, some as daring - feeding from your hands. In the late afternoon, you will enjoy a boat trip across Lake Baringo giving you the opportunity to see birdlife, crocodiles and hippos. You will return to your hotel for dinner and overnight.

Day 6: Transfer to Nairobi / Departure

Today marks the end of your safari you will checkout after breakfast and drive to the Southern town of Naivasha, stopping over at Hell’s Gate to see ancient archaeological and historical land forms, hot steaming geysers, gorges and birdlife. Thereafter you will proceed to Nairobi, lunch en route arriving in the afternoon, and depending on the time of your flight you will either be taken to the airport the same day for your outbound flight, or checked-in at the accommodation facility of your choice in Nairobi (budget or luxury) for one night and then transferred to the airport the next day.

Karibu tena!