WTTEC 302 - Farmers’ Special Safari

DAY 01
Breakfast at your hotel then depart for Kiambu town where you will be able to visit some of the coffee farms in the area. From Kiambu proceed on to Tigoni, an area rich in tea. Lunch will be at the Kentmere Club, paid direct by clients before starting the journey back to Nairobi for dinner and overnight.

DAY 02
After breakfast at the hotel you check out and depart Nairobi for Murang'a via Del Monte farm, which grows pineapple fruits. Arrive in Murang'a and visit some of the farms and get to know how people in this area grow their crops and the main crop that grows in this area. Have a picnic lunch before departing for Nyeri which is further north visiting a few more farms en route. Upon arrival, check in at your hotel with time at leisure as you wait for dinner.

DAY 03
Breakfast is served at the hotel then you depart for Sweetwaters Game Sanctuary. Arrive at Sweetwaters Private Wildlife Sanctuary and do a game drive. Sweetwaters is home to chimpanzees imported from Rwanda where they were being mistreated. It is also home to Morani, a tame rhino. Lunch at a Nanyuki hotel then go back to Nyeri for dinner and overnight.

DAY 04
Breakfast then check out from the hotel. Depart Nyeri for Embu. Upon arrival check in at your hotel followed by lunch. Visit the villages in Embu to be able to interact with the local communities learning about their way of life. Dinner and overnight at the hotel.

DAY 05
After being served with breakfast at the hotel and you check out and depart Embu town and drive to Meru via Nanyuki to arrive at Meru National Park and do a game drive. Have lunch at Leopard Rock Lodge then leave the park for Meru town where you check in at a hotel for your dinner and overnight. Meru is most famous for miraa (Cartha edulis) growing but has a few coffee plantations still remaining.

DAY 06
After breakfast at the hotel leave for Nakuru via Nanyuki and Nyahururu. Arrive at Nakuru in time for lunch and check in at your hotel. Around 1530 depart the town for Lake Nakuru National Park and do some game drives. After the game drives, go back to the hotel for dinner and overnight.

DAY 07
Depart for Eldoret after breakfast at your hotel. Arrive at Eldoret and check in at a hotel in this fast growing town. After checking in, take a tour of the nearby wheat farms. Wheat is the main crop that is grown here. You will also have a talk with the wheat farmers before going back to the hotel for lunch. After lunch take another tour to Iten to enjoy the beautiful sceneries. Return to the hotel for dinner and overnight.

DAY 08
Breakfast is served in the hotel then check out. Depart for Kitale to arrive at mid-day. Check in at Kitale Club followed by lunch. Main crop grown in Kitale is maize, which is distributed to most parts of the country. After a few brief stops visit Kitale museum then get back to the hotel for dinner and overnight.

DAY 09
After breakfast check out and drive through Webuye Town home to the Pan Paper industry to arrive in Kakamega and check in at the hotel followed by lunch. Visit Kakamega Forest in the afternoon, which is best explored on foot. Trek through the forest, which is home to over 350 bird species, some of which are endemic to the reserve, among other reptiles, monkeys and trees some of which are also endemic to the forest. After the walk, go back to the hotel for dinner and overnight.

DAY 10
Breakfast at the hotel and check out then depart for Kisumu via the Weeping Stone along the Kisumu-Kakamega road and hear fork lore about the huge bolder and why it weeps. Arrive in Kisumu and check in at your hotel. After checking in, drive to the Impala Sanctuary, home to a few caged animals such as the leopard, hyena, baboons among others. From the sanctuary, go to Dunga, a fishing point and fish market at the lakeside.
Return to your hotel for lunch, then depart again to Ahero for a visit to the rice farms and also get to meet the rice farmers. Go back to your hotel for dinner and overnight.

DAY 11
Breakfast at the hotel then depart to Kericho Town. Upon arrival check in at the hotel. After checking in you proceed to drive around Kericho tea farms and factory. Kericho is the highest tea-producing zone in East Africa. Lunch at your hotel then continue with the tour of Kericho to learn about tea production and the people of this region. Return to the lodge for dinner and overnight.

DAY 12
Breakfast at the hotel then depart Kericho for Kisii. En route, you will be able to experience a very friendly climate since these are high altitude areas. Kisii is most famous for bananas. Take a tour around the town and its environs to interact with the Kisii people. Lunch will be at a town hotel then start your journey to Narok. Arrive at Narok and check in at your hotel for dinner and overnight.

DAY 13
After an early breakfast in your hotel you leave to visit the Maasai Manyattas (homesteads). At the Manyattas you meet the local communities who are mainly the Maasai people, then go back to your hotel for lunch. Later visit the wheat farms in the area then go back to the hotel for dinner and overnight.

DAY 14
Breakfast in Narok then depart for Nairobi. Lunch at a city hotel then prepare for dinner at the Carnivore before departure to the airport for your flight back home.