Kenya Safaris - Top Travel Tips

From Kisumu and the areas around, like Rongo and Migori, you can also visit the rift valley and enjoy the great landscape, wildlife and the culture. About 4 hours of driving gets you to Lake Baringo. This is a 130 square kilometer fresh water lake that is located in the semi-desert Baringo district. You can enjoy a boat trip across this lake and get the opportunity to see great wildlife, including crocodiles and hippos. Fishing is also possible on Lake Baringo. There is also a snake park in Baringo from where you can have a closer of the reptiles.

Farther down, you can visit Lake Bogoria, located in the Ngendelel escarpment and marvel at the hot water springs. You can boil maize or eggs in these springs. There is plenty of bird-life and wildlife including the greater Kudu.

Safaris to Lake Lake Nakuru

Another interesting site accessible from Kisumu and the surrounding areas is Lake Nakuru National park. Only 200kms from Kisumu, it is home to millions of pink flamingos, the fish-eating pelicans as well as over 450 species of birds. It is also a good location for game viewing of the black rhino, the lion, the waterbuck, buffalo and antelopes. It is one of the best places to see the leopard as well as the endangered Rothschild Giraffe.

Safaris to Serengeti, Tanzania

Visiting the Serengeti National park in Tanzania is also an option for visitors of Kisumu. A 1-hour drive to the border post of Sirare followed by another 2 hours drive to Musoma town and onward travel to Serengeti national park. Serengeti is Tanzania's oldest and most popular park. It is a UNEESCO World Heritage Site and is famed for the annual migration when 6 million hooves - not only wildebeest but also zebra and gazelle - march as one in search of fresh grazing. And when the migration is not taking place, the Serengeti offers scintillating game viewing: great herds of buffalo, smaller groups of elephants and giraffe, and thousands of eland, topi, kongoni, impla and gazelle.

Visit To Barrack Obama's Roots

Barrack Obama is the president of the USA. Can one say any more? Anyway, it was said that Barrack Obama's presidency would bring many tourists from the US, and possibly other countries to visit Kogelo. Kogelo is THE village from which Barrack Obama's father, Barrack Obama Sr, came from. Barrack's father is buried in the village and some of their family members, including the president's paternal step-grandmother Sarah Onyango Obama still live in the village. You might want to visit Kogelo village.

It is a rural village where most of the residents still live in a modest way through small-scale farming. The village has a primary school - Senator Obama Primary School and a high school - Senator Obama secondary school. Barrack Obama Snr donated the Land for both schools.

When you think about a self drive Kenya safari, you should know that they are great option because they tend to offer you a lot more freedom then a traditional safari. For instance, you get to decide when you start and stop your safari as well as how long you go out on your own safari tour.

When going to Kenya the self drive safari is an exciting option for many reasons just as long as you have the essential camping equipment and as long as you can get a good group together.