|
|
10 Days Turkana Truck via Sweetwaters
offered by supplier M16801 (view this supplier profile)
Key Information:
Tour Duration: 10
day(s)
Group Size: 2
- 10
people
Destination(s):
Kenya
Specialty Categories:
Wildlife Viewing
Desert Expeditions
Season: January - December
Airfare Included: No
Tour Customizable: No
Minimum Per Person Price: 1000 US Dollar (USD)
Maximum Per Person Price: 1200 US Dollar (USD)
|
|
You will traverse along some of Africa's worst roads, see beautiful mountain forest surrounded on all sides by hot dusty deserts, eventually arriving at the Jade Sea (Lake Turkana). You will see a great variety of tribes and cross the Chalbi Desert if dry. During the rains it becomes an enormous shallow lake.
Tour Itinerary:
Day 1: Mt. Kenya. Pick up from your hotel and proceed to Mt Kenya region. Afternoon game drives at Sweetwaters game ranch to see the wildlife including chimps. This private ranch is the only sanctuary for rehabilitation in Kenya of these widely abused primates with two groups living in a environment as close to their natural habitat as possible. It is something interesting to see besides others attractions. Overnight at Mountain Rock Campsite.
Day 2: Mt Kenya - Samburu. After breakfast depart in the morning for Samburu game reserve. Afternoon game drive in the park. Dinner and overnight camping.
Day 3: Samburu. The day is spent game viewing in the park. Elephants abound; you may see lion, reticulated giraffe, gerenuk, grevy's zebra and Oryx.
Day 4: Marsabit. We head North again along the African highway to Marsabit, which is an extinct volcano heavily forested on its upper slopes. Marsabit National Park is an Oasis in the middle of a desert. After setting up camp, we will visit the lodge inside the National Park. You may see elephant, buffalo and kudu as the lodge is situated on the edge of a water-filled crater. Dinner and overnight camping.
Day 5: Kalacha. We visit Marsabit town and another volcanic crater before making our way back into the desert and lava flows. We camp at Kalacha, a small settlement on the edge of the Chalbi Desert.
Day 6: Lake Turkana. We depart early crossing the Chalbi Desert. The desert cannot be crossed if wet but there are alternative roads around the North and South. We arrive at Loyangalini where we set up our camp soon after lunch. It is here that one really connects with the Turkana traditional way of life as you mingle with the locals. Dinner and overnight camping.
Day 7: Lake Turkana. We spend the day relaxing and bathing only interrupted by a short boat excursion to visit the surrounding areas. In addition, we visit Loiyangalani and the community settled there while in the evening we may visit one of the Turkana Manyattas for traditional dances under a star studded sky at an extra cost if clients wish. Unforgettable experience. Dinner and overnight camping.
Day 8: Baragoi. We journey via South Horr to Baragoi, which is a Samburu Center. The Samburu abound in their red-ochre. Dinner and overnight camping.
Day 9: Lake Baringo. Heading South via Maralal we visit Lake Baringo where we do some bird-watching or take an evening boat ride to see the Hippos and crocodiles. Overnight in a campsite.
Day 10: Nairobi. After Breakfast drive back to Nairobi arriving late afternoon. Drop off at your hotel.
Notes:
Airfare is not included in the tour price.
Also see tour packages in:
Africa
Kenya
Wildlife Viewing
Desert Expeditions
Email it to a friend:
Click here to email this vacation to a friend
|
|
|
|
