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Pick up from your hotel and drive through Limuru tea farms, descending to the floor of the Great Rift Valley with a brief stop at the viewpoint. Mt. Longonot (which is of volcanic origin) and Lake Naivasha can be seen from far. Enroute to Lake Baringo . This is one of the freshwater lakes in the rift valley and a bird watchers paradise –it has over 460 recorded bird species and a number of hippos. Check-in and have lunch as you get plenty of information on the areas bird life or Campsite. A resident ornithologist leads walks before breakfast and in the evenings. Dinner and overnight at lodge/ Campsite.
After breakfast, take a 1-hour bird-watching trip by boat to the island to view more birds and hippos. On the Island, you can organize short excursions at an extra cost to see the Njemps village (local tribe) and dancing, or a local snake farm. After that, you will proceed to the nearby Lake Bogoria 1 hour away. Lake Bogoria is a shallow soda lake hosting thousands of pink flamingos, a large number of other birds, and the lesser kudu. Scalding hot springs and geysers at the southern end of the lake spurt and steam their alkaline waters. The flamingos feeding in the bluish water present a rare scenic beauty. Dinner and overnight at a lodge/campsite
After breakfast, you will drive to Kakamega national reserve. This is the country’s only tropical rain forest and formed part of the dense rainforest that stretched from West Africa, across central Africa, and into the highland areas East and West of the great rift valley. The forest is world-renowned as home to several hundred species of birds including rare snake-eating birds, insects, monkeys, and other mammals as well as countless exotic tree species. Dinner and overnight at lodge/ Campsite.
You will have early breakfast, then spend 2 hours in the Kakamega national forest reserve with bird walks accompanied by game wardens and our driver/guides. You will later proceed to Kisumu arriving in the evening and check-in at at your hotel
You will wake up early in the morning by 7 am, take your morning breakfast, and have the excursion to Kisumu City, Kisumu Impala sanctuary, and Kit Mikayi rock. Kitmikayi is a large rock formation. This rock is about 70 to 80ft tall. Kitmikayi is a regional sightseeing point and a popular local pilgrimage site for the followers of the Legio Maria sect who Pray and fast at the rock for weeks. Kit Mikayi is part of Mt Elgon and Cherangani Hills ecosystem.
On this particular day, you will spend quality and remarkable moments enjoying boat rides and the cold breeze of lake Victoria, the shores of Lake Victoria, visit Dunga beach, Island, and Ndere Island National Park. Ndele Island national park is well known for Hippos and crocodiles. After spending the whole day having fun you will return back to your hotel for dinner and overnight.
This will be your Departure day back to Nairobi, You will wake up early in the morning by 8 am, take your breakfast then check out from the Hotel. You will leave Kisumu City by 10 am and drive all the way to Nairobi. You will have your lunch en route and arrive in Nairobi by 1800Hrs. That will mark the end of your 7days remarkable and memorable Tour to western Kenya.
