{"id":5596,"date":"2018-05-21T06:16:06","date_gmt":"2018-05-21T06:16:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/vimatsafaris.com\/?page_id=5596"},"modified":"2018-05-21T06:16:06","modified_gmt":"2018-05-21T06:16:06","slug":"12-days-kenyan-birding-game-safari","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/vimatsafaris.com\/12-days-kenyan-birding-game-safari\/","title":{"rendered":"12 Days Kenyan Birding &#038; Game Safari"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Day 1-Nairobi\/Samburu<\/strong><br \/>\nYou travel to Kenya\u2019s northern frontier to the wild and rugged Samburu National Reserve, especially famous for the cats. Dinner and overnight at<strong>Samburu Sopa Lodge.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Day 2 -Samburu<\/strong><br \/>\nYou spend the day exploring the park with over 365 species of birds and over 50 species of wild animals identified. Meals and overnight at the <strong>lodge<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Day 3 -Samburu\/Lake Baringo<\/strong><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-211\" src=\"http:\/\/foothillwildexpeditions.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/Lake-Baringo.jpg\" alt=\"Lake-Baringo\" width=\"775\" height=\"370\" \/><br \/>\nYou head for Lake Baringo, a fresh water lake and with its picturesque islands and encircling mountains, a spectacular sight. Overnight at <strong>Soi Safari Lodge.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Day 4 -Lake Baringo<\/strong><br \/>\nYou spend the day at the birders&#8217; paradise, known for breeding more Goliath herons than anywhere else in East Africa. Bird walks and boat rides are the most popular activities around Lake Baringo. Meals and overnight at the <strong>lodge.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Day 5 -Lake Baringo\/Kakamega<\/strong><br \/>\nProceed to Kakamega forest, where you spend an afternoon exploring the forest on foot with a local naturalist as a guide.\u00a0 Dinner and overnight at <strong>Rondo Retreat Center.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Day 6 -Kakamega Forest Reserve<\/strong><br \/>\nYou explore Kakamega forest, the remains of once natural rain forest extended from Guinea \u2013 Congo Area across Africa.\u00a0 Several species of primates and over 300 species of birds are found here.\u00a0 All meals and overnight the <strong>lodge.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Day 7 -Kakamega\/Masai Mara<\/strong><br \/>\nYou head to the Masai Mara. Dinner and overnight at <strong>Mara Leisure Lodge.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Day 8 &amp; 9 -Masai Mara<\/strong><br \/>\nFull days spent exploring the park in search of the Big 5 among other game. The reserve abounds with birdlife since dose to about 452 species have been recorded. Meals and overnight at the <strong>lodge.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Day 10 -Masai Mara\/Naivasha<\/strong><br \/>\nYou depart for Naivasha at leisure to arrive in time for lunch. Afternoon spent at leisure enjoying the lodge facilities. Dinner and overnight at <strong>Lake Naivasha Sopa Resort.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Day 11 &#8211;<\/strong><strong>Naivasha<\/strong><br \/>\nYou spend the days exploring the lake region with optional activities such as a boat ride at the lake to view the Hippos and the birds\/ visit to Hell\u2019s Gate National Park, smallest National Park in Kenya\/visit to crater lake\/visit to Crescent Island among others. Meals and overnight at the <strong>lodge.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Day 12 <\/strong><strong>Naivasha\/Nairobi<\/strong><br \/>\nDepart for Nairobi at leisure; drop off at<strong>your hotel<\/strong>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Day 1-Nairobi\/Samburu You travel to Kenya\u2019s northern frontier to the wild and rugged Samburu National Reserve, especially famous for the cats. Dinner and overnight atSamburu Sopa Lodge. Day 2 -Samburu <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/vimatsafaris.com\/12-days-kenyan-birding-game-safari\/\">Continue Reading &rarr;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/vimatsafaris.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/5596"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/vimatsafaris.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/vimatsafaris.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vimatsafaris.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vimatsafaris.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5596"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/vimatsafaris.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/5596\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5597,"href":"https:\/\/vimatsafaris.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/5596\/revisions\/5597"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/vimatsafaris.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5596"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}