2014 KENIA: viaje al lago Turkana
near Airport North, Nairobi Area (Kenya)
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Hotel Meridian Court, Nairobi, Kenia
Hotel Meridian Court, Nairobi, Kenia
NYAHURURU
DAY 2: After breakfast we start the trip to Lake Turkana. Sorting through Rift failure, we will cross the line of Ecuador to get to sleep at NYAHURURU, the highest population in Kenya (2,360 m). Here we will visit the Thompson Falls, a jump of 72 meters that takes the name of the British explorer whose last name also He baptized the zebra "Thompson". Night in hotel.
Laikipia Comfort Hotel - Nyahururu Falls, Kenya
Laikipia Comfort Hotel - Nyahururu Falls, Kenya
Charca de los hipopótamos
Charca de los hipopótamos
Cataratas Thomsom
Cataratas Thomsom
MARALAL
DAY 3: A road in harsh conditions takes us towards the mountainous area of MARALAL, where we started to see tribal people with their clothes and beads traditional Samburus dominate, a tribe related to the Masai and Turkana. The Young people's hairstyles denote their warrior status. Night in bands (see section accommodation).
Yare Camel camp, Maralal, Kenya
Yare Camel camp, Maralal, Kenya
SOUTH HORR
DAY 4: We continue north through a landscape first mountain and some forest. After the Ndoto mountains we are presented with the KORANTE plain, which with the lights of the afternoon gives us a spectacular landscape. The dik diks - the smallest antelopes in the mundo-, impalas and some ostrich follow each other along the way. Night in bands in SOUTH HORR.
Sports View Lodge, South Horr, Kenya
Sports View Lodge, South Horr, Kenya
LOIYANGALANI
DAY 5: Through a hard sand track that may be muddy, we will reach the arid environment of LAKE TURKANA, a sea of jade in northern Kenya. The first cones volcanics announce us a surreal landscape. It is the alkaline and desert lake more of the world, stop of migratory birds and in whose waters they also inhabit large fish like perch, in addition to the crocodiles of the Nile. It is also the home of the tribe Turkana, which gives its name. Night in bands in LOIYANGALANI. DAY 6: Today we enjoy unhurried LAGO TURKANA, its wild nature, its incredible range of colors and also of its inhabitants, tribal people with a reputation for aggressive people who have had to develop their instinct of survival to the maximum in a hard zone. Their cultures are among the purest and most isolated on Earth. We will visit the tribe of the emolos and we will approach by boat to their sacred island. Night in bands in LOIYANGALANI
Malabo Lodge, LOIYANGALANI, Kenya
Malabo Lodge, LOIYANGALANI, Kenya
Aldea rendille
Aldea rendille
Aldea turkana
Aldea turkana
Aldea Emolo
Aldea Emolo
North Horr
North Horr
KALACHA
DAY 7: We leave Lake Turkana behind and along a stony track we will arrive at the first sands of NORTH HORR, a remarkable settlement of the Gabbra tribe in the middle of the nothing. It is the anteroom of the CHALBI DESERT. Located right where there was a salty lake that dried up, this desert is a succession of sand and mud in a landscape of Extreme dryness, very difficult to cross. Here gabbras nomads collect the salt that They will sell later in Marsabit. In the afternoon we will arrive at the wooded oasis of KALACHA, which Gabbra language means "place of open space". Night in bands.
Takuma Smart Resort, Kalacha, Kenya
Takuma Smart Resort, Kalacha, Kenya
MARSABIT
DAY 8: After visiting the Ethiopian paintings of the church of Kalacha, we will skirt the desert from the Chalbi through a stony track that leads to the KAISUT DESERT. Ancient volcanic boilers dot the landscape of orange sand, solitary acacias and rock wash. An unexpected transition from arid and barren land to another green and fertile one announces us MARSABIT, a multi-ethnic town located in a wooded area and crossroads with Ethiopia. Night in basic hotel.
Catholic church guest house, MARSABIT, Kenia
Catholic church guest house, MARSABIT, Kenia
RESERVA SAMBURU
DAY 9: Journey of route that will take us to the SAMBURU COUNTRY, where the succession of landscapes, shepherds, herds and animals will animate the morning. We will enter the RESERVE SAMBURU, habitat of the Big African Five: lion, leopard, elephant, rhinoceros and buffalo. Animal life gathers around the waters of the Ewaso Nyiro River, which beautifies even more the natural landscape of the reserve. This day we will make a game drive to the late with our truck. Night in bands. DAY 10: After breakfast we will do another morning game drive in search of wildlife savage of SAMBURU, which also includes zebras, giraffes, hyenas, licaons, different antelope species and a varied representation of birds. In the afternoon we can approaching a samburu village to soak up the customs and way of life of these nomadic shepherds. Night in bands.
Aldea Samburu, Kenia
Aldea Samburu, Kenia
Cruce del ecuador en Nanyuki
Cruce del ecuador en Nanyuki
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