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Type:
Cultural
Price from:
1980 USD /person
Phone:
00 254 20 2020738
Payment Types:
  • No Cash
  • No Credit Card
  • No Cheque
  • No Travellers cheque
  • No Paypal
  • No Wire Transfer
Duration:
10 days
Location Start:
Nairobi
Location Finish:
Nairobi
Start time:
07.00 am
End time:
03.00 pm
We Speak:
English
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Last updated: 03/10/2009

Kenya alone has more than 60 tribal cultural groups among the Africans living in kenya. Distinctions between many of them are blurred - western cultural values are becoming more traditional.

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Itinerary

Day 1

The tour starts at 9.30am from Nairobi heading to Naivasha with a brief stop at the viewpoint of the Great Rift Valley. On arrival, settle at a hotel or camp. After lunch, visit Lake Naivasha (fresh water lake in the rift valley) for birds, hippos and plain game. Boat ride to the crescent island is magnificent combined with a walk to see the game. Dinner and night at your hotel or camp.

Day 2

After breakfast visit the Hell's Gate National Park, one of the unique reserves where one can walk or ride a bicycle amongst the animals. The landscape is beautiful. Have lunch before heading further west to L. Nakuru. Settle at your hotel and have a relaxed evening. Dinner and overnight here.

Day 3

An early breakfast is followed by a thorough game drive to see the black and white rhinos, Rothschild giraffes, waterbuck and millions of flamingoes from which the reserve derives its name the pink lake.

Day 4

An early breakfast leaves us with time to walk in the tea estates and especially the renowned Tea Hotel to see leaves being picked (it's in the center of estates surrounded by manicured lawns]. After lunch, proceed to Kisumu, a town on the shores of L. Victoria ( the biggest fresh water lake in Africa: second the world over). Dinner and night at a Kisumu Hotel.

Day 5

Early morning, visit the impala game park for the antelopes, ostriches and a few caged mammals. Great chances of seeing Hippos in their natural habit at close range. Dunga beach is well known for fishing and possibility to see the rare swamp antelopes sitatunga. After lunch, take a city tour including the museum, one of the oldest markets in Kenya and slum dwelling. Dinner and night in your tour.

Day 6

After breakfast, leave Kisumu to wagusu via Kit-Mikayi, a legendary stone of the area. Lunch at Bondo, dinner and overnight at the village. Sunset is magnificent and the air is fresh with a deafening silence at night. Look at the sky, the lake and contrast it to where you stand.

Day 7

Wake up for breakfast and take a walk in the area to see the difference between your place and Kenya. This is where Kenya lives. The local food, brew, gold mines, blacksmiths and the history of the tribe and the community here. The panoramic view you may want the day to be longer. Dinner and night at the village.

Day 8

Depending on the day, a hunting spree is possible, boat ride that takes us to see the monitor lizards, birds and for a fishing encounter with the locals is enjoyable. Lunch is in a hotel at Wagusu. Afternoon is spent exploring the area more meeting people who look after cattle e.t.c. dinner and overnight at the village.

Day 9

Leave wagusu after breakfast for Got Ramogi, a legendary mountain from where Ramogi ( the great grandfather of the tribe) started life. It is naturally uninterrupted and has some of the oldest trees and is frequented by many traditional doctors for many reasons. Walk through the forest and after lunch, leave for kisumu. Have a relaxed evening at a kisumu hotel. Nightlife can be experienced this day to celebrate the expedition made.

Day 10

After breakfast, leave kisumu for Nairobi with lunch enroute.

Extra Information

Inclusions -
Transport on safari, entrance fee in the park, accommodation full board and guided walking and game drives.
Extras -
he culture in Kenya has become truly and purely Kenyan despite the many and varied influences that have shaped Kenyan society. Kenya has maintained many of its traditional culture much more than any other country on in the wolrd. Kenya tradition and custom is part of everyday life to the people who live in kenya..
Today it is possible to see a Maasai walking across the plains using his distended earlobes to support walkman headphones, a group of urban Kikuyu joining in a traditional wedding ritual in which a bride is sung out of her house by the grooms family, or a Samburu Business man with a traditionally beaded mobile phone cover. The result is a completely unique culture.

Kenyan culture is built on the acceptance and absorption of new and varied culture, whether it was migrant nomads or sea borne traders. The ease with which Kenyans adopt and adapt to new cultural influences has a long history. The end result is a culture of endless influence and yet one completely uniquely Kenyan in character.

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