Challenge:

Adventure

Destination:

*Kenya, Tanzania

Departure Dates From:

24/05/2008

Duration:

2 weeks

Kitty:

£ 0

Kenya/Tanzania - Mountain Gorillas to the Mara, 18 days start and finish Nairobi

From dense mountain jungles to wide savannah plains, from a thrilling trek to see endangered mountain gorillas to prolific game and birdlife that fill the Mara and the lakes of the Great Rift Valley; this tour reveals the diversity of Eastern Africa and offers exciting wildlife and cultural encounters to complete your African adventure!

These trips depart twice per month. The trip costs £625, with a mandatory local payment of $660usd with optional extras this can rise to $690usd (ask for details), this should be paid on the first day of your trip locally. Gorilla trekking permits are required, at time of print the permits costs $510, this will need to be paid in advance of travel.

DAYS 1 - 2, Great Rift Valley, Lake Nakuru
From Nairobi we cross the Great Rift Valley, an enormous cleft in the Earth’s surface stretching north to the Red Sea and south to Mozambique. After stopping to admire the spectacular views over the Valley we continue to Lake Nakuru National Park, our fi rst night’s camp. Rhino, leopard, warthog, baboon and numerous lesser animals inhabit the park, but Nakuru is best known for its wealth of birdlife, especially fl amingos which feed in such numbers in the shallows that they form a pink ‘fringe’ around the lake shore. Leaving Nakuru we travel north through the highlands of Eldoret to the lush landscape of Uganda.