About Aberdare Range
The main ecosystems within the mountain range are rainforest giving way to dense bamboo forests and then moorland. The steep western edges of the hillside are sparsely inhabited by wildlife compared to the forested gentle slopes to the east, which are home to a wide variety of wildlife. There are multitudes of elephant, buffalo, giant forest hog as well as the endangered black rhino. A variety of cats including leopards and the rare African golden cat. Other threatened species including the Jackson mongoose, the black and white colobus monkey and Sykes’ monkey are plentiful, as are waterbuck, reedbuck, duikers, serval cats and bushbuck. The Aberdares contain a rich diversity of vegetation. There are 778 vegetation and plant species, subspecies and varieties found in the Aberdare National Park, due to the park’s altitude and rainfall. Hardwood trees include camphor, cedar, podo and hagenia. Much of the range has been protected within the Aberdare National Park since its creation in 1950. The range attracts large numbers of hikers and climbers operating out of the main centers of Naivasha and Gilgil. The lower slopes are farmed, higher areas are known for their wildlife. The Rhino Charge is an annual event run by conservationists in Kenya to pay for fencing of the Aberdare National Park as a means of protecting East Africa’s largest indigenous forest from destruction.
About Lake Baringo
The lake has several small islands, the largest being Ol Kokwe Island. Ol Kokwe, an extinct volcanic centre related to Korosi volcano north of the lake, has several hot springs and fumaroles, some of which have precipitated sulfur deposits. A group of hot springs discharge along the shoreline at Soro near the northeastern corner of the island. Several important archaeological and palaeontological sites, some of which have yielded fossil hominoids and hominins, are present in the Miocene to Pleistocene sedimentary sequences of the Tugen Hills.
About Maasai Mara
Maasai Mara, also known as Masai Mara, and locally simply as The Mara, is a large game reserve in Narok County, Kenya, contiguous with the Serengeti National Park in Tanzania. It is named in honor of the Maasai people (the ancestral inhabitants of the area) and their description of the area when looked at from afar: “Mara” means “spotted” in the local Maasai language of Maa, due to the many trees which dot the landscape. It is world-renowned for its exceptional populations of lions, leopards, cheetahs and elephant, and the annual migration of wildebeest, zebra, Thomson’s gazelle and other antelope, to and from the Serengeti every year known as the Great Migration. The Greater Mara Ecosystem encompasses areas known as the Maasai Mara National Reserve, the Mara Triangle, and several Maasai Conservancies, including: Koiyaki, Lemek, Ol Chorro Oirowua, Olkinyei, Siana, Maji Moto, Naikara, Ol Derkesi, Kerinkani, Oloirien, and Kimintet.
Trip Description
Aberdare-Bogoria-Baringo-Nakuru-Mara
Day-01
leave Nairobi at 730 am for Aberdare national park, through natural forests, bamboo bushes to moorland and arrive at Aberdare fishing lodge/camp lunch time, after lunch a short walk around the lodge, dinner and overnight at the same lodge.Elephants, buffaloes, waterbucks, antelopes, and many others.
Day-02
Full day around karuru falls and elephant caves falls with picnic lunch, dinner and overnight at the same lodge.
Day-03
Full day around chania falls and Gura falls with picnic lunch, dinner and overnight at the lodge
Day-04
Leave Aberdare national park for Lake Baringo via Thompson falls the Great Rift Valley view points, lunch enroute. Boatride to island view of crocodiles and hippos.dinner and overnight at baringo lodge/camp.
Day-05
Day trip to Lake Bogoria hot spring, Flamingoes, ostrich, great kudu, with a picnic lunch, then back to baringo camp/lodge for dinner and overnight.
Day-06
early morning nature walk/ bird watching expedition followed by breakfast before proceed to Lake Nakuru national park for afternoon game drive searching for various animals and bird species.
Day-07
Leave Nakuru for Maasai Mara game reserve arrive Mara tented camp lunch time, after lunch game drive inside Mara reserve searching for big five. Dinner and overnight at the same camp.
Day-08
Full day at the National reserve with picnic lunch then visit to the Mara River where you have a chance to see hippos and the crocodiles etc.
Day-10
after breakfast morning nature walk with Maasai guide for about 4hrs, lunch after noon game drive, dinner and overnight at the same camp.
