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Heritage Safari - 12 days Kenya Tour
Obama has only made three visits to the village
in his lifetime to trace his roots. But none of the visits propelled Kogelo
to the international map as his win did. This is a special safari for
adventurous travelers who want to discover Obama’s Kenyan roots as well as
enjoy Africa's greatest wild animals -lion, leopard, elephant, buffalo etc.
Kogelo, where US President-Elect
Barack Obama’s father was born, was just an ordinary sleepy
village in Western Kenya. The tiny village off a dusty road from
the main Kisumu-Siaya road was unknown to many Kenyans leave
alone the outside world. Kogelo’s status changed overnight after
Obama made history by becoming the first African-American to win
the US presidency and his late father’s village has since then
been basking in the international glory.
Obama has only made three visits to the village in his lifetime
to trace his roots. But none of the visits propelled Kogelo to
the international map as his win did. This is a special safari
for adventurous travellers who want to discover Obama’s Kenyan
roots as well as enjoy Africa's greatest wild animals - lion,
leopard, elephant, buffalo and rhino.
PRESIDENTIAL
HERITAGE SAFARI - 12 DAYS TOUR
Day: 1. Nairobi/ The Ark
Depart Nairobi in the morning and drive through central Kenya to
Aberdare Country Club, arriving in time for lunch. Afternoon
transfer to The Ark for overnight floodlit game viewing. Dinner and
overnight at the tree hotel.
Day: 2. Sweet waters
Depart the Ark after breakfast for Sweetwaters Game Reserve arriving
in time for lunch. Afternoon game drive., Sweetwater's Tented Camp
lies in the heart of privately owned Sweetwater's Game Reserve, in
the Mount Kenya National Park, enjoying magnificent views across the
game studded plains to the snow capped peaks of Mount Kenya, you can
have Wildlife Game Drives Safari Walking Culture Honeymoon
Photography Birding Luxury Tented Camp Cuisine Day Tour Swimming
Pool Horse Riding. Accommodation is provided in luxuriously
appointed tents, with en suite facilities and private veranda. Each
tent overlooks the waterhole. Within the quaint original farmhouse
is the dining room, bar and reception area. Dinner and overnight at
Sweetwaters
Day: 3. Sweetwaters
Spend a full day at this private sanctuary. Other than game drives,
other optional activities include nature walks, horse riding, camel
riding and night game drives.
Dinner and overnight at the Sweetwaters
Day: 4. Lake Nakuru.
Leave sweewaters after Breakfast and proceed to Lake Nakuru still
exploring the dramatic Rift valley. Arrive in time for lunch and
afternoon game drive.
Dinner and overnight at Lake Nakuru
Lodge.
Day: 5. Maasai Mara.
Breakfast and depart crossing the Loita Plains and viewing sceneries
enroute, See red clad spear wielding Masai warriors tending their
multi-colored herds among the presence of wild game Arrive Mara for
Lunch. Afternoon game drive inside the Park which is the Kenya's
best and most scenic. Dinner and overnight at Mara Sopa Lodge
Day: 6. Maasai Mara.
After breakfast, leave with picnic lunches for a Full day game
viewing inside the Park. Optional visit to the Maasai villages for
an insight to their culture. Dinner and overnight: Mara Sopa Lodge.
Day: 7. Maasai Mara.
Full day in Mara to savour the beauty of the park in your morning
and afternoon game drives. Search for wild game that you might have
missed in your previous game drives.
Dinner and Overnight: Mara Sopa Lodge/Keekerok
Lodge.
Day: 8. Maasai Mara - Kisumu
After breakfast, leave with picnic lunches for a full day game
viewing inside the Park. Optional visit to the Maasai villages for
an insight to their culture.
Dinner and Overnight stay at Kiboko Bay
Tented lodge or at Sunset hotel in Kisumu.
Day: 9. Kisumu - Ndere Island
National Park
After breakfast trek to the lake shore or the yacht club, then take
a boat to Ndere Island National park. According to Luo legendary
story Ndere (meeting place) is where Mikaye the mother of the Luo
rested after along journey down the Nile to the Lake Victoria before
reaching her home Kit - Mikaye. The day is spent in search of the
lake's largest crocodiles, Hippos, monitor lizards, birds, water
antelopes etc. Enjoy fishing and taste your catch for dinner. Lunch
on the lake in the boat. Dinner and Overnight stay at Sunset
hotel in Kisumu.
Day: 10. Kisumu -Kogelo Village
After breakfast, drive to Kogelo, a village in Siaya District,
Nyang’oma Kogelo is the ancestral home of Barack Obama Snr the
father to U.S.A PRESIDENT BARACK OBAMA.
The village has a primary school and a high school named after
(Senator Obama Secondary School) There is also a health centre. The
village is linked by road to Kisumu town. It is a typical Kenyan
rural village with most residents living modestly by small-scale
farming. Explore the village and later on visit Ndano falls near
Yala township, a small town in Siaya District. Return to Kisumu
late in the evening. Dinner and overnight stay at Sunset Hotel.
Day: 11. Kisumu - Nairobi
In the morning after breakfast explore the Lake shore and then
transfer back to Nairobi by flight or by road. Dinner at Carnivore
Restaurant. Overnight: Jacaranda Hotel
Day :12. Departure
After breakfast, depending on your
flight schedule, you will be transferred to airport for your
outbound flight.
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