14 Days Safari Kenya Research Internship Program, University Students Exchange Program Package

After the breakfast, you will be picked up and then head to Kibera slums which house a population of about 500,000. This is the Africa’s largest informal settlement scheme.  Our tour includes courtesy call at children’s home for the orphans, selected households share, play and spend the day with the kids as you interact with them and learn more about the Kenyan Culture. We crown with a visit to the government's slums upgrading project, where new houses have been built to resettle the slum dwellers. Lunch will be served at the Mercy Care Centre in Mathare Community village where you share meals with the residents. We have lined up a few activities including class lessons, games, and painting of the class rooms. Return to your hotel for dinner and overnight stay. (We recommend you bring on Bibles, children toys, play balls, story books, pens, candies, used clothes as gifts for children.

After breakfast in Nairobi, drive to the home of orphans called St. Barnados home located in Nairobi. Children bravely born but they have lost their parents. After a lecture with them, continue to Nyumbani home, a place for the orphaned children leaving positively with Aids. Share a word of encouragement with them and a hope for the future. Dinner and overnight at your Nairobi Hotel.

Kiambethu Tea Farm, the family home of one of the earliest tea growers in Kenya, is situated 30 Km away from Nairobi. Kiambethu Tea Farm dates back to 1910 and the present house set amidst colorful gardens, has been home to four generations. At Kiambethu the guests are given an insight into the tea making process followed by an opportunity to see tea in the field. At Kiambethu Tea Farm accompanied by a resident Kenyan guide, guests can also take a short walk into the small indigenous forest and learn about the plants and how they were used traditionally, watch the Colobus monkeys and birds that are resident in the gardens or just enjoy the sweeping views across the tea fields to the Ngong Hills.

Longonot Ranch House activities include horse riding, mountain hiking, boating, walking and game viewing by safari vehicle. Bush sundowners and night game drives are also available on request. Other activities nearby include Hell's Gate National Park, Mt. Longonot National Park, Lake Naivasha - well known for its birdlife, black bass fishing and water sports, Lake Nakuru National Park (1 hour 15 minutes), the Aberdare National Park (1 hour 30 minutes), Great Rift Valley Golf Resort at Green Park, Mt Suswa caves, and Eburru - 18 hole Golf Course.

Lake Naivasha is an astonishingly beautiful lake – “the best fresh water lake in the world for birds,” according to the late Roger Tory Peterson famed, American ornithologist – and the various people’s lives which interwove at a spot there named by the Maasai, Oserian meaning “Place of Peace”. The possibilities yielded by this rich, fertile land brought about the birth of Oserian flowers. It begun as a family owned vegetable growing farm in 1969, with a 5 hectare production area and 6 employees. It gradually evolved into the first cut flower production farm in 1982, under the skillful hands of Hans Zwager, his wife, and son Peter. As the flower growing industry in Kenya continued to flourish and develop beyond all expectations, Oserian was opening doors and they now stand at the forefront of the industry as a leading force and the largest multi – crop flower farm in Kenya. Naivasha is about two hours west of Nairobi and home to a large freshwater lake, and possibly the largest flower industry in the region or world. Flower firms arrived in Naivasha in the late 1980s, attracted by the water, and since then have grown and flourished. The scenic landscape of the lake, set in the plains of the Rift Valley, is now peppered with huge white strips of nylon polytunnels which house the too perfect roses which are cut, packed and even priced before being freighted to stores like M&S and Tesco, etc. for us to buy the next day.

Tucked away in a hidden corner of Kenya's Great Rift Valley, Crater Lake offers a stirring encounter with wild Africa, just ninety minute's drive from downtown Nairobi. This magical lakeside lodge is the perfect stopover en route to the Nakuru and the Masai Mara game parks, as well as a romantic getaway by itself. History is everywhere at Crater Lake. The 10,000-acre game sanctuary houses the famous hilltop grave where Happy Valley's tragic heroine, Lady Diana Delamere, is buried with her last two husbands, Gilbert Colvile and Thomas Delamere. For the truly intrepid, there are the mysterious 'Caves of God' in the golden wheatfields of Ndabibi, reputed to be an inspiration for H. Rider Haggard's Allan Quartermain. Crater Lake Naivasha. The camp is built on the shores of green volcanic like in the bottom of an old volcanic crater.The crater is 87 hectares in extent and the lake takes up to 14 hectares of this area.Over the last four years, the camp has been awarded a total of four awards by the Kenya travel Magazine "Travel News and Lifestyle" including Best tented camp in Kenya and Best Weekend getaway. It has also gained the reputation of being the most romantic camp in Kenya. The camp is open for 24 hours. Activities at the camp are centred round nature and wildlife. There are guided nature walks in the crater and the Sanctuary.The bird list is over 400 species, of which it is easy to spot more than 100 species in a day. There are 30 species of wildlife in the sanctuary .At night the Hippo come out of the main Naivasha Lake to graze, and it is possible to see the Aardvark and spring hares on night game drives. There is a colony of over 70 Colombus monkeys living here, In addition for the most of the year are Flamingos covering almost the entire lake, numbers of which can go up to 3-4000

After the breakfast check out and proceed to Lake Nakuru. The park is also famous for its rhinoceros sanctuary, in which 70 white rhinoceros and 25 critically endangered black rhinoceros can be seen. This concentration is one of the largest in Kenya, and makes the park the ideal place to visit if you are eager to see these beautiful creatures in the wild. Lake Nakuru has become synonymous with vast flocks of brightly colored flamingos with thousands and sometimes millions of the iconic birds calling the lake’s shores home. Lake Nakuru is often combined with visits to its neighboring lakes, Lake Bogoria and Lake Baringo. Lake Bogoria With its hot springs, spouting geysers, and sweeping views, Lake Bogoria is a picturesque spa destination perfect for a break from the dusty Kenyan roads. If you’re looking for serenity and world class spa facilities, Lake Bogoria is a great option. In recent years, it has also become a popular new home for flamingos. Dinner and overnight in Lake Nakuru Guest House or Lodge

Lake Bogoria is a saline water shallow located at the northern region of the Kenyan Rift, 25 km south of Lake Baringo. The reserve, managed by Baringo/Koibatek County, comprises the lake and adjacent lands, with 107 km². In the Colony days the lake was known by the name of its discoverer, the Kampala bishop James Hannington, who in 1885 was the first European to see this place while he was heading for his diocese following Thomson's route. This would be the glory day for the priest, but also his last journey, since upon reaching Lake Victoria he was murdered by order of the cruel king of Buganda, Mwanga II.  Lake Bogoria makes it one of the most spectacular sights in the whole Kenya. J.W. Gregory, the English geologist who travelled the region in 1892, blessed the site as "the most beautiful view in Africa". He wasn't off track. The lake displays a superb scenery of bluish hills populated with dry bush, grasslands and riverine forests, framing the calm water shallow pinned with flamingoes. Beyond the eastern shore, the soil rises abruptly to 600 m in the Laikipia Escarpment. At the opposite edge, the earth forms strangely colored swampy crusts, which break up in deep gaps spitting stinky sulphur waters and steam jets. The close-up geysers, the pink brushstrokes of the flamingoes on the lake, and farther away the dramatic backdrop of the Laikipia Escarpment, everything in Bogoria conveys an unrivalled scenery.

Lake Baringo is one of the water bodies that line up on the floor of the Great Rift Valley, the Earth's scar that crosses the East of Africa north to south. After the huge Turkana, Baringo is the second northernmost and largest in Kenya, with 130 km². Baringo and Naivasha stand up as the only freshwater shallows in the Kenyan Rift. The large fresh water body is a shelter for more than 400 bird species that give the area its main attractive. The lake is -or used to be- a quiet and solitary oasis embedded in the abrupt and arid land that foresees the northern deserts. Until the end of the 19th century, Baringo and Bogoria were only visited by caravans of slaves; the remains of Fort Baringo, dating back to those years, are still visible. The lake was first described by Scottish explorer Joseph Thomson in 1883. Nine years later, in 1892, the English geologist J.W. Gregory explained the formation of the Rift Valley from his observations at Baringo. n addition to bird watching walks and boat trips under the guidance of a professional ornithologist, the lake offers a range of activities which include fishing, water sports (ski, wind-surfing), camel rides, day trips to the nearby Lake Bogoria National Reserve and visits to a Njemps village, where you can get a sip of the local handcrafts and dances. Activities are mainly run by the lake's two lodges, Lake Baringo Club and Island Camp. Local fishermen also offer boat trips, during which they throw fresh fish as a bait for the fish eagles.

After the breakfast check out the camp and head to Masai Mara, you will have your lunch in Narok on this this. Then proceed to the city center the departure point as you meet other Travelers who you will be joining for the 5 days safari if its a Kenya Joining Safari, drive down the escarpment via the floor of the Great Rift Valley, the first stop will be at Great Rift valley view point, at this point we normally takes like 30min, you will learn how the Rift Valley was formed as well as you will have an opportunity to visit the Rest Rooms/ Wash Rooms, there after leave and for the next like 3 hours drive to Narok Town, at this point you will have your lunch in Transit Hotel or Similar, After lunch proceed and in the next 2 hours or so you will be in Masai Mara, on arrival check in the Camp, later proceed for the game drive which will take you until 1830hrs, return to the Camp for dinner and overnight

The whole day explore the parks amazingly high concentration of game. This game reserve is Kenya's finest wildlife sanctuary. Including migrants, well over 450 species of animals have been recorded here. Mara plains are filled with migrating wildebeest and zebra, there is also resident wildlife year round. The Mara's gentle fertile climate bounded by The Rift, offers perhaps the richest stocked reserve set within some 1672 sq kms - an unlimited spectacle of wildlife. Located 268 kms west of Nairobi, the emphasis here is on game. Herds of immense Elephants, browse among Lion, Buffalo, Thompson's Gazelle, Zebra and Topi. You may occasionally sight a Rhino or Leopard. In the Mara River Hippos play and Cross bask on the banks. The annual migration of a  million Wildebeest follows the rains north. After exploring the park return to the camp for dinner and overnight.

After the breakfast proceed for another full day game drive, this will be combined by walking safari with morans, explore the park to sand river where the migration takes place. Afternoon will be spent in cultural tour where you will learn more about the Masai people. In the late afternoon proceed for another game drive which will take you until 1830hrs. Dinner and overnight in the Camp

Wake up call at 0600am, have a cup of hot coffee or African tea, proceed for early morning game drive, the early morning Game safari offers you golden opportunity for early morning big 5 kills, African Jungle Male Lions are spotted along the trails as well as other Kenya big 5 including the documented the Big Cat Documentary, Lion, Leopard & Black Rhinos if lucky. The Kenya Trails Game viewing takes about 2-3 hours then return to the Lodge or the Camp for full breakfast. After the breakfast check out the camp and for those who might be willing to visit the famous Masai Village our driver will organize for you but with an extra coast of Ksh 1000/- You will be entertained with Masai Moran dance as well as the visit of the Manyatta. Inside the Manyatta take as many photos as you can as a memory of Africa Cultural visit. There after proceed back to Nairobi with a stop over in Narok Town for Hot Lunch as you leave for Nairobi arriving early afternoon where you will be dropped either back to your hotel or guest house