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DAY 1: NAIROBI - ABERDARES
Pick up from the airport or the hotel in Nairobi and drive on the 'East
African Highway' on top of the escarpment from where you have a splendid
view into the Rift valley. We leave the main road and start climbing
through pine and bamboo forest up to the gate. The huts are on an altitude
of nearly 3'000 m. Lunch and game drive in the afternoon.
Huts/FB (Single rooms can not be guaranteed)
DAY 2: ABERDARES
The Aberdares offer an exceptional rich diversity of biotopes. Bamboo
forest, lobelias, senecias, tall trees and open areas with Tussock grass.
bush and reed bucks, buffaloes, elephants and with a bit of luck a black
serval can be found. You will visit some waterfalls and if the road
condition allows hikes accompanied by an armed ranger above the treeline
can be undertaken
Huts/FB (Single rooms can not be guaranteed)
DAY 3: ABERDARES - LAKE
BOGORIA
Our last chance to admire the mountain world before we drive down to into
the Rift valley. Lunch in Nakuru town. Passing sisal plantations and acacia
trees we reach Lake Bogoria in the afternoon. The soda lake and its shores
are a National reserve. It is a great picture to see the flamingos through
the steam of the geysers.
2-persons tents/FB Bush Trucker camp
DAY 4: LAKE
BOGORIA
Early morning game drive along the lake. Walk along the lake shore to admire the
geysers and
flamingos. The lake region is an El Dorado for bird lovers.
Lunch and swimming at the hotel. In the afternoon we return to the lake watching out for the Greater
Kudu and maybe we also find a leopard tortoise beside the road.
2-persons-tent/FB Bush Trucker mobile tented camp
DAY 5: BOGORIA SEE - SAIWA SWAMP NATIONAL
PARK
The road leads up the hills and down into valleys. In the later afternoon
we reach Saiwa swamps, where we pitch the camp. If time allows you can
enjoy a walk along the swamp.
2-persons-tent/FB Bush Trucker mobile tented camp
DAY 6: SAIWA SWAMP
NATIONAL PARK
In this rarely visited park you walk foot path and over small bridges build
along the swamp. The park was created to protect the rare semi-aquatic
Sitatunga antelopes. But it also protects the endangered De Brazza monkeys.
You might get the chance to see an otter swimming or feeding in the water.
2-persons-tent/FB Bush Trucker mobile tented camp
DAY 7: SAIWA SWAMP - MT. ELGON
Just a short drive will bring you to the next destination, a clearing an
the slopes of the extinct volcano Mt. Elgon. In the afternoon we visit the
Kitum caves, where elephants left clearly visible marks by scratching
minerals from the walls and bats sleep on the ceiling.
2-persons-tent/FB Bush Trucker mobile tented camp or Bandas
DAY 8: MT. ELGON NATIONAL PARK
Even it is chilly we will go on an early morning game drive to detect black
and white Colobus monkeys and Sykes monkeys foraging on the ground.
Waterbucks, bushbucks and buffaloes will curiously look at us. In the
afternoon either game drive or hike to a view point to enjoy the view on
surrounding hills and plains, accompanied by a ranger
2-persons-tent/FB Bush Trucker mobile tented camp or Bandas
DAY 9: MT. ELGON - KAKAMEGA RAINFOREST
After a 3-hours drive the scene has changed completly. We are now
surrounded by remnants of the West African rainforest. Flora and fauna of
East and West Africa meet here. After a picnic lunch you will be guided by
a local guide on narrow foot paths under tall trees. He will explain the
use of different plants and trees while you hear the hornbills laughing up
on the trees and you see monkeys feeding on fruits.
2-persons-tent/FB Bush Trucker mobile tented camp
DAY 10: KAKAMEGA - RUMA NATIONAL PARK
After an early morning walk we drive to Kisumu for lunch and reach Ruma in
the late afternoon.
2-persons-tent/FB Bush Trucker mobile tented camp
DAY 11: RUMA NATIONALPARK
This small national park is situated near Lake Victoria. It is the only
place in Kenya where the Roan antelopes occur. Morning and afternoon game
drive in search for these beautiful animals. Lunch in the camp.
2-persons-tent/FB Bush Trucker Camp
DAY
12: RUMA NATIONAL PARK -
NAKURU NATIONAL PARK
A long drive awaits you today. You pass Kenya's main tea plantations and
can see tea pickers at work (Please do not take pictures without asking).
Lunch enroute. Lake Nakuru national park will be reached in the afternoon.
2-persons-tent/FB Bush Trucker Camp
DAY 13: NAKURU
NATIONAL PARK
Morning and afternoon game drives. We watch the thousands of flamingos,
observe antelopes, zebras, buffaloes and the rare Rothschild giraffes and
search for lions and leopards. White rhinos are usually easy to meet on the
open areas while the shier black rhinos are harder to track down in-between
bushes.
2-persons-tent/FB Bush Trucker Camp
Day 14: NAKURU - NAIROBI
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