Cultural Safaris in Kenya
Sweetwaters - Samburu - Lake
Naivasha - Masai Mara. An ideal
safari for those who would like to
combine game viewing with culture in
Kenya. You will visit several tribes
in their natural environments and
also experience their day to day
life. On this safari you will visit
the rugged north, the beautiful Rift
Valley and the famous Masai Mara -as
much of the country as possible. It
therefore involves a fair amount of
driving within a relatively short
time, but like on all our other
safaris we use good tented camps/
lodges and comfortable minibuses.
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 from 12.30. At 15.00 you will
go for a game drive in the sanctuary
and encounter several species of
wildlife. Visit the chimpanzees at
Sweet waters, and if the weather
permits go for a boat ride down the
river. Return to the camp at 18.00
Dinner and overnight at the camp.
Day 2 - Samburu
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 - Samburu
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. We 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.
We 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 Maasai Centre and also a visit
to Crater Lake. The visit to the
Maasai centre will show you how the
Maasai 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 Maasai 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 Maasai 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 Maasai 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 - Nairobi & Onward Flight
After breakfast return to Nairobi
arriving at midday. Leave for the
airport to catch your next flight.
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