This is one of Africa’s best-preserved cultures and you will get to learn about their way of life while visiting a local homestead. On this day, there is an opportunity for an optional Maasai Village Visit. Depending on our success the previous evening, we have the opportunity for another night game drive and photography hide experience. This afternoon, we shall enjoy another game drive and sundowner experience in Ol Kirimatian Conservancy or Shompole Conservancy. Key mountains here include Mount Ol Doinyo Lengai (a recently active Volcano), Mount Ol Doinyo Gelai and Mount Shompole. Highlight birds include Lesser Flamingo, Great White Pelican, Lanner Falcon and Kori Bustard.įrom the lake shores, you will have great views of the majestic mountains that occur between the Kenya-Tanzania border. Mammals here include African Golden Wolf, Common Zebra, White-bearded Wildebeest and Grant’s Gazelle. Here we shall enjoy driving and walking around the lake shores as we view animals and birds. This is a famous soda lake at the Kenya-Tanzania border, which serves as the largest breeding site for Lesser Flamingos in East Africa. We shall spend the morning exploring the beautiful Lake Natron – a key site for our Lake Natron and Lake Magadi Safaris. This is often a highlight on all our Lake Natron and Lake Magadi Safaris.ĭAY 4: LAKE NATRON – AND MORE OF OL KIRIMATIAN CONSERVANCY AND SHOMPOLE CONSERVANCY We shall also get to enjoy nocturnal mammals both on a game drive and also at the lodge photography hide. In the afternoon, we shall take another game drive, and then enjoy some sundowner drinks at a suitable location. Mammals expected here include African Golden Wolf, African Lion, Savannah Elephant, Common Zebra, Unstriped Ground Squirrel, Olive Baboon, Common Impala, White-bearded Wildebeest, Grant’s Gazelle, Spotted Hyena, Leopard and White-tailed Mongoose. We shall enjoy a game drive around the conservancy and the neighbouring Shompole Conservancy, as we scan for local mammals. We shall then proceed to the Ol Kirimatian Conservancy where our Lake Natron and Lake Magadi Safari will continue to the second leg. Some dry country mammals may be encountered too, such as the Gerenuk antelope, Common Zebra, White-bearded Wildebeest and the tiny Kirk’s Dik-dik.ĭAY 3: OL KIRIMATIAN CONSERVANCY AND SHOMPOLE CONSERVANCY We shall visit these springs in the afternoon. The lake has multiple hot springs that can be explored on foot, allowing you to try out their therapeutic properties on your skin. We shall enjoy a morning birding and photography session around the lake. The lake has a huge array of birds, and we often find a great number of Lesser Flamingos and Greater Flamingos among other waterbirds. This is a soda lake that hosts a local soda ash mining factory. On our second day of the Lake Natron and Lake Magadi Safari, we shall enjoy exploring the vast and beautiful Lake Magadi area. We shall enjoy a relaxed afternoon in camp as we enjoy some great sun bathing. In the afternoon, we shall proceed to the beautiful Lake Magadi area, one of the Great Rift Valley Lakes. Here you will enjoy learning about the findings of the peoples of the Acheuleus or “Hand axe” culture. Scientific evidence has shown that this place used to host a lake basin that acted as the lifeline of human species about 100,000 to 200,000 years ago. This is often referred as the “factory of stone tools” and indeed it has many of these. We shall continue our Lake Natron and Lake Magadi Safari to the famous Olorgesailie pre-historic site and museum. Our guide will share the story of the Ngong Hills and then you proceed down the escarpment into the Great Rift Valley. The Ngong Hills have been made famous by the book and film Out of Africa, which features the story of Karen Blixen. Our Lake Natron and Lake Magadi Safari will kick off at the amazing and historical Ngong Hills view point. The Lake Natron and Lake Magadi Safari can be combined with our Masai Mara Widllife Safari.ĭAY 1: OLORGESAILIE MUSEUM TO LAKE MAGADI Lake Natron and Lake Magadi Safari LAKE NATRON AND LAKE MAGADI SAFARI
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