MASSAY
BUSH SAFARIS CULTURAL SAFARIS
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. At 15.00 you will go for a game drive in the
sanctuary and encounter several species of wildlife. Visit the chimpanzees
at Sweetwaters, and if the weather permits go for a boat ride down the
river. Dinner and overnight at the camp.
Day 2
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
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. You 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. You 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
Masai Centre and also a visit to Crater Lake. The visit to the Masai centre
will show you how the Masai 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 Masai
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 Masai 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 Masai 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
After breakfast return to Nairobi arriving at midday. Leave for the airport
to catch your next flight
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