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'TURKANA SPECIAL'

CAMPING SAFARI

(8 DAYS)

 

Day 1
Leave Nairobi for Lake Baringo with a picnic lunch. On arrival at Lake Baringo in late afternoon, set up camp. Dinner and overnight stay at the campsite.

Day 2
After breakfast leave Baringo for Maralal. Picnic lunch on route. A walk after lunch through the most colourful town before proceeding to Baragoi via Losiolo which is at the edge of the Great Rift Valley. Dinner and overnight stay at the campsite.

Day 3
Breakfast then leave Baragoi for Lake Turkana in time for lunch at El-molo campsite which is on the shore of Lake Turkana. Rest of the day is at leisure by the Jade sea. Dinner and overnight stay at the campsite.

Day 4
After breakfast visit the El-molo village. Lunch at the campsite and afternoon at leisure fishing or swimming if the crocodiles permit. All meals and overnight stay at the campsite.

Day 5
Leave Turkana for Maralal. Lunch on route. All meals and accommodation at Mararlal.

Day 6
Depart Maralal for Samburu Game Reserve, thereafter, proceed for a short evening game drive. Return to the campsite for dinner and overnight stay.

Day 7
Early morning game drive then return to the camp for lunch. After lunch proceed for another game drive, later return to the camp for accommodation.

Day 8
After breakfast leave Samburu for Naro Moru River Lodge (picnic lunch). Drop off the clients who want to stay behind or climb Mount Kenya. After lunch the rest leave for Nairobi arriving late afternoon for the end of the safari.

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Lake Turkana covers an area of 7,500 sq km. The lake itself is surrounded by barren volcanic lava beds with little to no vegetation. Also known as the Jade Sea, this lake is an extraordinary sight as the shimmering colours of its surface contrast sharply with the barren, lunar landscape of extinct volcanoes and lava beds that surround it. The lake owes its lovely nickname to algae particles which shift with changes of the wind and light, so that the water surface moves from blue to grey to fabulous jade. Turkana is the largest desert lake in the world and the northern-most of Kenya's Rift Valley lakes. It is fed by the Omo River in Ethiopia and as it has no outlet, its level fluctuates with the river and rainfall in Ethiopia. It's Jurrassic-looking setting is steeped in prehistoric history and this may well be where man first walked upright. In 1888 an Austrian explorer came across human skulls and bones in Turkana. Eighty years later Richard Leakey excavated fossil remains that dated back three million years at Koobi Fora. Today the lake is home to some 22,000 crocodiles, hippos and more than 40 different species of fish - so the fishing up here is good. There are also large numbers of water birds. To protect the breeding grounds of birds and crocodiles, two unimaginatively-named islands, Southern Island and Central Island, have been declared national parks. The barren landscape also supports snakes, Grevy's zebra, reticulated giraffes, and of course camels.