Best 2010 Walking Vacation

Great Rift Valley, Nakuru & Masai Mara
Spring 2010 (Page 1/2)

This hiking tour takes off with minimum 4 and maximum 6 participants.

Looking for the best 2010 walking vacation? You are in the right page if you are active, adventurous and your idea of spring in Africa is being away from mass tourism and preferably without breaking the bank!

The best is relative but to the active, the best African Christmas vacation should have a good mix of walking safari, vehicle game drives, luxury accommodation and great guiding. This is what you find with Ontdek Kenya safaris - the leader of non-package nature safaris in Kenya.

Take a walking safari with us, we operate small groups of 4 -6 walkers, we take you to small national parks and private wildlife reserves – areas which are not 'tourist hot spots' but where nature is at its very best and on the walking safaris expect to see giraffes, zebras, gazelles and numerous birds.

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How about accommodation on your spring 2010 walking tour in Kenya? We go for small resorts with very personal service.

Join us on one of these spring 2010 walking tours (Feb 15 - 24 or March 16 - 25). Guaranteed departures, limited spaces left. Contact Ontdek Kenya Safaris!

ITINERARY OF THE BEST 2010 WALKING VACATION
IN THE RIFT VALLEY & MASAI MARA
Feb 15 - 24, 2010
March 16 - 25, 2010

Arrival at the airport at night and reception by Ontdek Kenya. 45 Min transfer from the airport to the Acacia Camp in the Swara Plains.

Day 2. Crescent Island. O/N Lake Naivasha Sawela Lodge

After breakfast there is the briefing by the guide about the program. By 8.30 a.m. we leave Nairobi via the Nakuru road to the Rift valley. The Nairobi - Nakuru road is on a contour along the rim of the Rift valley and on viewpoints we will be able to see our whole route for the next days.

We arrive at the Lake Naivasha Sawela Lodge, our base for three days, in time for lunch. This recently opened lodge has beautiful grounds and lawns that stretch down to the lake's shore.

In the afternoon we do our first African game viewing walk at the privately owned Crescent Island, which is a peninsula on the eastern shore of Lake Naivasha. There is a lot of easy to see game e.g. giraffes, waterbucks, elands, zebras and impalas. It is also a heaven for birds with +200 species recorded. The walk is gentle and satisfying. We return to the Sawela Lodge in time for afternoon tea. Today's program should be taken as light as possible to wear off the jet lag.

Best 2010 Walking Vacation: Hell's Gate National Park. O/N Lake Naivasha Sawela Lodge

We wake up for breakfast with the sun giving a wonderful effect over the lake. An early morning here should not be missed by anyone with an eye for birds since the lake boasts a wide variety of water and woodland birds.

After breakfast we do a short transfer to the gate of the park. This is a unique park where walking is done in the middle of wildlife. Giraffes, zebras, warthogs and many types of gazelles are found here. The first part of this walk is done in typical flat African savanna in a volcanic area with huge rock boundaries. There are camphor and acacia trees all over and this is where to look for the giraffe as they mainly feed on them. A picnic lunch will be at the Rangers post.

The last part of the walk is done in the Hell's Gate Gorge by descending into a steep canyon with running water from geysers and wild vegetation. The climax of the day is in walking in the Side Gorge where the rocks have split to leave only a walking path. We climb back to the rangers post for transfer back to the Sawela Lodge.

For a consultation on walking vacations in Kenya, contact Ontdek Kenya safaris, we have 14 years experience in walking holidays in Kenya.

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