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National Parks
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Abedare National Park
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Bird Watching
Safaris Kenya : Lake Nakuru Safaris & Tours-Rift Valley
Lakes:
Lake Nakuru National Park.
Lake Nakuru is a very shallow strongly alkaline lake 62 km2 in
extent. It is set in a picturesque landscape of surrounding
woodland and grassland next to Nakuru town. The landscape
includes areas of marsh and grasslands alternating with rocky
cliffs and outcrops, stretches of acacia woodland and rocky
hillsides covered with a Euphorbia forest on the eastern
perimeter.
The lake catchment is bounded by Menengai crater to the north,
the Bahati hills to the north east, the lion hill ranges to
the east, eburu crater to the south and the mau escarpment to
the west. Three major rivers, the njoro, makalia and enderit
drain into the lake, together with treated water from the
town's sewage works and the outflow from several springs along
the shore.
Lake Nakuru was first gazetted as a bird sanctuary in 1960 and
upgraded to National Park status in 1968. A northern extension
was added to the park in 1974 and the lake was designated as a
Ramsar site in 1990. The foundation of the parks food chains
is the cyanophyte spirulina platensis which can support huge
numbers of lesser flamingo.
Location:
Central Kenya, 140km north-west of Nairobi, in Nakuru District
of the Rift Valley Province. It covers an area of 188 km2.
Climate:
Ranges from Cold, Hot and Humid, Hot and Dry. Annual rainfall
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MAJOR ATTRACTIONS
Flamingo (Greater and Lesser) and other water birds including
a variety of terrestrial birds numbering about 450 species in
total.
Mammals: 56 different species including white rhinos.
View-points: Lion hill, Baboon cliff and out of Africa
Hills: Enasoit, Honeymoon, Lion hill ridge etc.
Waterfalls: Makalia
Unique vegetation: About 550 different plant species including
the unique and biggest euphorbia forest in Africa, Picturesque
landscape and yellow acacia woodlands.
ACTIVITIES
Game viewing, bird watching |
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WILDLIFE
Major Animals:
Aardwolf; Ant Bear; Baboon, Olive; Bat, African Mouse eared;
Bat, African Trident; Bat, Angola Free-tailed; Bat, Banana;
Bat, Epauletted Fruit; Bat, False Vampire; Bat, Hollow-faced;
Bat, Lander's Horseshoe; Bat, Lesser Leaf-nosed; Bat,
Long-eared Leaf nosed; Bat, Rousette Fruit; Bat,
Yellow-bellied; Bat, Yellow-winged; Buffalo African; BushBaby;
Bushbuck; Cat, African Wild; Cheetah; Civet, African; Colobus,
Black and White; Dik-dik, Kirk's; Dog, Hunting; Duiker, Bush;
Eland; Fox, Bat-eared; Gazelle, Grant's; Gazelle, Thomson's;
Genet, Large-spotted; Genet, Small-spotted; Giraffe,
Rothschild's; Hare, African; Hippopotamus; Hyaena, Spotted;
Hyrax, Rock; Hyrax, Tree; Impala; Jackal, Black-backed;
Jackal, Side-striped; Klipspringer; Leopard; Lion; Mongoose,
Dwarf; Mongoose, Marsh; Mongoose, Slender; Mongoose,
White-tailed; Monkey, Black faced Vervet; Monkey, Sykes;
Pangolin, Lesser Ground; Rat, Cane; Ratel; Reedbuck, Bohor;
Reedbuck, Chanler's; Rhinoceros, Black; Serval; Shrew, Giant
White-toothed; Shrew,Spectacled Elephant; Steinbok;
Waterbuck, Defassa; Zebra, Common. |
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| Flamingo (Lesser and Greater), Egyptian goose, Great white
pelican, Cattle egret, Blacksmith plover, Great white egret,
Sacred ibis, Hammerkop, Sandpipers, Black winged stilt, Grey
heron, Yellow billed stork, Little Grebe, Great cormorant,
Hadada ibis, King fishers, African spoonbill, Green shank,
African snipe, African Jacana, African fish-eagle, Marabou
stork, Tawny eagle, European roller, Ox peckers, Bee eaters,
Secretary bird, Ground hornbill, Ostrich, Augur buzzard,
Martial eagle, Kori bustard, Fiscal shrike, Drongo, Starling,
Guinea fowls, Yellow necked spurfowl, Mourning dove. |
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COMMON VEGETATION
The vegetation is mainly wooded and bushy grassland with a
wide ecological diversity and characteristic habitats that
range from the lake waters to the escarpment and ridges.
The normally water-covered surface of the lake occupies about
a third of the park. The lake water supports a dense bloom of
the blue-green Cyanophyte Spirulina platensis from which it
derives its colour and which is the major food source for the
flamingo.
The lake is fringed by alkaline swamps with areas of sedge,
Cyprus laevigatus and typha marsh along the river inflows and
springs. The surrounding areas support a dry transitional
savanna with lake margin grasslands of Sporobolus spicatus
salt grass moving into grasslands of Hyparrhenia hirta and
rhodes grass Chloris gayana in the lower areas.
More elevated areas have dry forest with Acacia xanthophloea,
olive Olea hochstetteri and Croton dichogamus; Euphorbia
candelabrum forest; and bushland dominated by the composites,
Mulelechwa Tarchonanthus camphoratus and Psiadia arabica.
Rocky hillsides on the parks eastern perimeter are covered
with Tarchonanthys scrub and a magnificent Euphobia
candelabrum forest. |
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ASBW 070:6Days/5Nights:
Bird Watching Safaris Kenya.
Lake Naivasha/Lake Nakuru/Maasai Mara:
Day 1.Nairobi.
Arrival at Jomo Kenyatta international airport. We recieve you
and transfer to Hotel. Overnightstay.
Meal
plan: {BB} |
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Day 2.Lake Naivasha .
Breakfast at hotel in Nairobi and at 7:00am drive via the
Great Rift Valley arriving
Lake Naivasha is one of the fresh water lakes along the rift
valley and offers a superb birding site with lake fringed by
the Papyrus on the shores and the Acacia woodland habitats
supplemented by the dormant volcanoes of Mt. Longonot, Mt.
Eburru and the Ol Karia.Lake Naivasha boasts of over 350 bird
species that include species as Goliath, Black Heron, Pied
Kingfishers,Long-toed,Long-tailed and Great Cormorants,
Three-banded Plover, Cape Wagtail, Grey-headed Kingfisher,
White-headed Barbet, Blacksmith Plover, Grey-headed Gull,
Red-winged Starling, Northern Anteater-Chat, Grey-capped
Warbler, Saddle-billed Stork, Arrow-marked, and Black-lored
Babbler, White-winged Widowbird, White-fronted Bee-eaters,Grey-backed
fiscal, Yellow-Collared Lovebird.Big game such as the
Giraffes,Hippos, Elands, Waterbucks, Buffalos are present.
You can take optional boat rides to see the hippos.Meals and
overnight at Lake Naivasha Sopa Lodge/similar.
Approx Transit time: 2 hrs
Meal plan: {B,L,D} |
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Day 3. Lake Nakuru .
Lake Nakuru National Park is termed as the "the greatest
ornithological spectacle in the world" with both Lesser and
the Greater Flamingoes sometimes exceeding 1.5 million
individuals. The alkaline habitat supports thousands of
resident and migratory waterfowl. The alkaline lake, acacia
woodland, grassland, rivers and inlets with marshes hold over
the 450 species of birds recorded. Some of the common birds
includes, the Little Grebe, Great White Pelican, Black-winged
Stilt, Gull-billed, Whiskered Tern, Grey- headed Gull, Cape
and Red-billed Teal, Southern Pochard, Long-crested, and
African Crowned Eagle, White-fronted Bee-eater, Arrow Marked
Babbler, Little Rock Thrush, Wailling Cisticola, Ruppell's
Long-tailed Starling, Lilac Breasted Roller, Cliff Chat and
many species of waders.
The Park is also is rich in big games that includes the
Reticulated Giraffes, buffalos, Common Waterbucks, Elands,
Hippos, both Black and White Rhinos, lions, Leopard, Spotted
Hyenas, among many small mammals.Meals and overnight at Lake
Nakuru lodge/Sarova lion Hill lodge.
Approx Transit time: 1.5 hrs
Meal plan: {B,L,D} |
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Day 4. Masai Mara.
Morning drive West past extinct Mt Longonot into Masai Mara
Game Reserve with it high concentration of wildlife and
outstanding scenic views. Afternoon game viewing drive. The
birdlist totals over 450 species and includes - Egyptian
vulture, Hooded vulture, Griffon vulture, Nubian vulture,
White-backed and White-headed vulture, Ostrich, Cardinal
Quelea, Woodpeckers (Golden-tailed, Little Spotted and
Fine-banded), among other hundreds of species. Lunch, dinner
and overnight at Sarova Mara Tented lodge/Mara Sopa Lodge/Keekerok
Lodge.
Approx Transit time: 6 hrs
Meal plan: {B,L,D} |
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Day 5. Masai Mara.
Full day of wildldife and bird watching in this typical
savannah country a well-known site for various wildlife
movies.
Masai Mara Game Reserve is a plain of rolling grassland dotted
with acacia trees and plain game which includes large herds of
elephants, zebras, topis, hartebeests, gazelles, impalas,lion,
cheetah, hyena,Birds include Long-tailed, Trilling, Rock
Loving Cisticola, Usambiro Barbet, Wattled Plover, Sooty Chat,
Penduline Tit, Pale Wren Warbler, Shalow's Turaco, Rufous-bellied
Heron, Red-tailed Chat, also Ashy Flycatcher, African Blue
Flycatcher, Bateleur, Black-chested Snake Eagle and probably a
bonus of Mwanza Flat-headed Agama.Meals and overnight at
Sarova Mara Tented lodge/Mara Sopa Lodge/Keekerok Lodge.
Meal plan: {B,L,D} |
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Day 6.Nairobi
After breakfast,enroute game viewing as you drive back to
Nairobi.
Approx Transit time: 5.5 hrs
Meal plan: {B}
High season: Per
Person Sharing a Double/Twin Room USD1325.
Low season: Per Person Sharing a Double/Twin Room USD1010.
Seasons:
1. High Season: 16 Dec - 31 March :01 - 30 June: 01 July - 15
Dec
2. Low Season: 01 April - 31 May.
Daily
Departures, Minimum 2 People. |
Inclusive in cost as per itinerary;
-Full board accommodation on safari,All park entrance
fees,Transportation in tourist minibuses with HF Radio
communication and pop-up roof for easy viewing and
photographing,services of English speaking skilled and
experienced driver/guide,Extensive game drives in the national
parks,Return Airport transfers in Nairobi.
Exclusive in safari cost ;
-Any Local/international flights,Any overnights in
Nairobi,Alcoholic drinks,Flying Doctors service (recommended.
$30 per person),Beverages,Airport departure Tax,Tips
,Visas,Laundry,Drinking mineral water,Personal Toiletries,
Optional activities like city tours, carnivore
restaurant etc,Items of personal nature.
To book
this safari or inquire more info, Kindly complete our online Enquiry
Form indicating the safari code/reference OR email us . |
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