9 Days Kenya Cultural Tourism Safari

9 Days Kenya Cultural Tourism Safari offers you an opportunity to come face to face with the vast cultures and ethnic groups in Kenya. 9 Days Kenya Cultural Tourism Safari gives rich cultural heritage and diversity that can only be experienced through visiting the people in their homesteads and hence coming into reality with their traditions and beliefs. Kenya boasts of 42 ethnic groups starting from Coast to Lake Victoria. A mixture of people and colorful tradition is guaranteed to thrill you.

9 Days Kenya Cultural Tourism Safari offers you an opportunity to come face to face with the vast cultures and ethnic groups in Kenya. 9 Days Kenya Cultural Tourism Safari gives rich cultural heritage and diversity that can only be experienced through visiting the people in their homesteads and hence coming into reality with their traditions and beliefs. Kenya boasts of 42 ethnic groups starting from Coast to Lake Victoria. A mixture of people and colorful tradition is guaranteed to thrill you.

Itinerary

Day 1: Arrive in Nairobi

Stop At: Nairobi, Nairobi
Transfer from Nairobi Jomo Kenyatta International Airport to the Nairobi Meridian hotel for overnight. Meal Plan Bed and Breakfast
Duration: 2 hours

Meals included:
• Breakfast
Accommodation included: Meridian hotel for overnight. Meal Plan Bed and Breakfast

Day 2: Nairobi – Kericho

Stop At: Kericho Tea Plantations, Kericho 20200 Kenya
Depart Nairobi early in the morning for a 9 days luo cultural safari through Great Rift Valley with a stopover at the view point to have a glance at Mt Longonot and the breathe taking escarpment to reach Kericho tea hotel arriving in time for lunch. After lunch, you will be escorted to the Tea Plantations of Kericho.

Kericho is a Tea country which has put Kenya to be the world third largest Tea producer after India and Sri Lanka. There are beautiful rolling hills carpeted in neat, bright green tea bushes as far as you can see. Dinner and overnight at the hotel

Duration: 5 hours

Meals included:
• Breakfast
• Lunch
• Dinner
Accommodation included: Dinner and overnight at the Kericho Tea hotel

Day 3: Kericho – Kisumu – Kit Mikayi

Stop At: Kisumu, Kisumu, Nyanza Province
After breakfast, depart from Kericho via Kisumu city to reach Kenya’s most dramatic archaeological sites, a vast granite rock tower called Kit Mikayi. The legendary story behind Kit Mikayi means the first wife in Luo Tribe.
The site since time immemorial has been a worship place and is usually being used by the Legion Maria sect and you can see the remains of lit up candles in several colors inside the cave. Return to Kisumu for dinner and overnight stay.

Duration: 4 hours

Meals included:
• Breakfast
• Lunch
• Dinner
Accommodation included: Return to Kisumu hotel for dinner and overnight stay.

Day 4: Kisumu – Kendu Bay Simbi

Stop At: Kendu Bay, Kendu Bay, Nyanza Province
After breakfast, leave the campsite and drive to Simbi Nyaima Lake. Legend has it that there once existed a community on the site. The village, however, disappeared in a violent storm when residents refused to shelter and feed an old woman who sought refuge there, creating a large depression that formed Lake Simbi Nyaima.
Mythical as it is, geologists say it is a crater lake formed about six centuries ago as a result of earthquakes accompanied by volcanic eruptions. Lake Simbi Nyaima is a seasonal home of migrating flamingos. Simbi Nyaima in the local Luo language means he village that sank. It is actually a crater lake in which the community attaches great importance because of the legendary story surrounding it.
Visit and listen to the heart rending story of the woman who visited this village looking for shelter and food. We will be entertained by the local luo traditional dancers for two days. Dinner and overnight in Homa bay tourist lodge Meal plan Breakfast, lunch and Dinner

Duration: 4 hours

Meals included:
• Breakfast
• Lunch
• Dinner
Accommodation included: Homa bay tourist lodge Meal plan Breakfast, lunch and Dinner

Day 5: Homa Bay

Stop At: Homa Bay, Homa Bay, Nyanza Province
It’s a day with the local Traditional dancers. We will be entertained by the local luo traditional dancers. Dinner and overnight at Cold spring Hotel meal plan Breakfast, lunch and Dinner
Duration: 4 hours

Meals included:
• Breakfast
• Lunch
• Dinner
Accommodation included: Dinner and overnight at Cold spring Hotel meal plan Breakfast, lunch and Dinner

Day 6: Homa Bay – Thim Lich Ohinga

Stop At: Thimlich Ohinga Historic Site, 485G+H33, Ouma’s, Kenya
After breakfast, drive to Thim Lich Ohinga arriving in time for lunch. Its time to know the truth about this great park with the help of a local tour guide. Dinner and overnight in Migori town.
Duration: 4 hours

Meals included:
• Breakfast
• Lunch
• Dinner
Accommodation included: Dinner and overnight in Migori town

Day 7: Thim Lich Ohinga – Maasai Mara

Stop At: Maasai Mara National Reserve, Maasai Mara National Reserve, Rift Valley Province
After breakfast drive to Kilgoris passing through Maize and Sugar plantation, amazing at the beautiful landscape of Nandi and Kipsigis tribes to enter the famous Maasai Mara in time for lunch. Dinner and overnight Mara Seasons Hotel.
Duration: 5 hours

Meals included:
• Breakfast
• Lunch
• Dinner
Accommodation included: Dinner and overnight Mara Seasons Hotel.

Day 8: Masai Mara National Park

Stop At: Maasai Mara National Reserve, Maasai Mara National Reserve, Rift Valley Province
Masai Mara is Kenya’s finest wildlife reserve. Elephant and buffalo abound in the riverine forests, while out on the grasslands Impala and Thompson’s gazelle can be seen together with their attendant predators including lion, cheetah, hyena and jackal.
The Mara is the northern extension of the Serengeti ecosystem and plays host to the vast herds of wildebeest and zebra during the months of July to October. In addition, lesser known species such as topi, hartebeest, waterbuck eland and many small mammals create a kaleidoscopic picture.
Between game drives, visit to the Masai “Manyatta” (village) to learn their culture. The Masai are a fiercely proud tribe who maintain their nomadic way of life. Overnight at Mara Seasons lodge meal plan Lunch, Dinner and Breakfast.

Duration: 6 hours

Meals included:
• Breakfast
• Lunch
• Dinner
Accommodation included: Overnight at Mara Seasons lodge meal plan Lunch, Dinner and Breakfast.

Day 9: Maasai Mara – Nairobi

Stop At: Nairobi, Nairobi
After breakfast, we spend the last morning in the bush admiring unspoilt Africa, preparing to return to Nairobi. A mid-afternoon arrival in Nairobi, day room at the Sarova Panafric Hotel for relaxing, then we fly home later that night. meal plan Breakfast.
Duration: 5 hours

Meals included:
• Breakfast
• Lunch
Accommodation included: No accommodation unless requested