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Kenya Cultural Safari
Day 1 Sweetwaters
On arrival at Nairobi's Jomo Kenyatta International
Airport, you will be met and commence your safari
driving north to Sweetwaters Tented Camp. Check in and
lunch will be served. At 15.00 you will go for a game
drive in the sanctuary and encounter several species of
wildlife. Visit the chimpanzees at Sweetwaters, and if
the weather permits go for a boat ride down the river.
Dinner and overnight at the camp.
Day 2
After breakfast you will proceed to Samburu arriving at
your camp in time for lunch. Relax and spend the rest of
the afternoon game watching. The area around the
life-giving Uaso Nyiro River, is home to the rare and
beautiful species of Northern Kenya such as Grevy's
zebra, reticulated giraffe, gerenuk gazelle and the
Somali ostrich. Elephant, buffalo, lion, leopard and
other plains game are also abundant here. Dinner and
overnight at the Samburu Intrepids Club.
Day 3
Breakfast at the camp and spend a full day in Samburu.
After breakfast you will be met by Samburu tribes men
and dressed up for your visit to a Samburu village.
Leave the camp and walk to the village. Upon arrival
there will be a welcome song by Samburu women followed
by a briefing of the village. Spend the day with the
tribes people to fetch wood and water. Learn how to make
fire the Samburu way (twirling sticks), women will clean
milking gourds as the men go outside the village to
usher in livestock from grazing. You will be shown to
milk the animals (goats) and also participate when the
Samburu elders pray and talk about issues concerning the
village well being. Lunch in the village ( lunch will be
provided by Samburu Intrepids kitchen staff.) In the
afternoon learn the Samburu beadwork, leatherwork,
weaving hut building and traditional games. In the early
evening there will be a cultural lecture and/or story
telling session for everyone, the return to your camp
for a well deserved shower. Dinner & overnight at
Samburu Intrepids Club.
Day 4 Lake Naivasha
After breakfast drive from Samburu, into the Rift Valley
to your lodge situated on the hills overlooking Lake
Naivasha one of the many beautiful Rift Valley Lakes,
and home to thousands of flamingos and other bird and
animal life. Arrive for a late lunch. Check in and spend
the afternoon to relax with several activities to choose
from such as golf, tennis, swimming. Dinner and
overnight at the Great Rift Valley lodge.
Day 5 Lake Naivasha
Breakfast at the lodge. In the morning you will have the
opportunity to visit the communities living on Mount
Eburru. You visit the three communities living on the
mountain. They are people from the Kikuyu's, Turkana and
Nderobo tribes. The Nderobo are the indigenous and most
interesting. The two other tribes are new arrivals from
different parts of Kenya, but are of interest in their
own right. You also visit a local school where the
children are always ready to sing for the visitor. The
visit will take approx. 2 hours.
Return to the lodge for lunch. The second cultural
experience today is to a Masai Centre and also a visit
to Crater Lake. The visit to the Masai centre will show
you how the Masai people live. At Crater lake you will
go on a walking safari on the rim of the lake and if you
are lucky you will see the shy black & white colobus
monkey. Drive back to the lodge in time for dinner and
overnight at Great Rift Valley Lodge.
Day 6 Masai Mara
Continue across the floor of The Great Rift Valley, the
longest rift in the crust of the earth, to the Masai
Mara. You will spend two nights in this natural paradise
among zebra, wildebeest, giraffe, buffalo, elephant,
antelope and gazelle. You will encounter prides of lion
resting in the shade of acacia trees or lying low in the
grass in wait for their next meal. There is a good
chance of spotting cheetah and if you are lucky, the shy
leopard.
Arrive by mid day, check in and go for lunch. After
enjoying your sumptuous lunch at our restaurant, seats
are always arranged at 14.15 under the Historical
sausage tree near the main area whereby the Camp
Cultural Lecturer will give you a fascinating
interesting and educative lecture on the culture of the
Masai who have inhabited the Mara region for the last
300 years with each of the succeeding generation finding
no pleasure to hunt any wild game animals for food
unless under severe times of famine. The lecturer will
talk on the history, homestead, roles of one in the
community, the different stages of life, the modern
Masai and the changes taking place within the community.
Afternoon game viewing in Masai Mara. Dinner and
overnight at Siana Springs Tented camp.
Day 7 Masai Mara
Spend early morning game viewing with lunch and a siesta
at your camp. Afternoon visit to a traditional Masai
village a kilometre away from the camp and situated in
the middle of the Mara, constructed with natural
materials from the orange - leafed croton shrubs will
give you an experience you have always longed for. Here
you have a chance to interact with people who have
maintained their unique cultural ways of life for many
decades. Tall and elegant with narrowly plaited hair
painted in red ochre, the village warriors (Moran)
performs cultural dances thrilling to the bottom of the
heart leaving you with lasting memories to take home.
Return to your camp with a game drive en route. In the
evening it is time for a well-deserved shower and a
refreshing drink by the campfire before dinner.
Overnight at Siana Springs Tented Camp.
Day 8
After breakfast return to Nairobi arriving at midday.
Leave for the airport to catch your next flight.
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