Kogelo, where US President-Elect Barack Obama’s father was born, was just an ordinary sleepy village in Western Kenya. The tiny village off a dusty road from the main Kisumu-Siaya road was unknown to many Kenyans leave alone the outside world. Kogelo’s status changed overnight after Obama made history by becoming the first African-American to win the US presidency and his late father’s village has since then been basking in the international glory.

Obama has only made three visits to the village in his lifetime to trace his roots. But none of the visits propelled Kogelo to the international map as his win did. This is a special safari for adventurous travellers who want to discover Obama’s Kenyan roots as well as enjoy Africa's greatest wild animals - lion, leopard, elephant, buffalo and rhino.

PRESIDENTIAL HERITAGE SAFARI  - 12 DAYS TOUR

Day: 1. Nairobi/ The Ark
Depart Nairobi in the morning and drive through central Kenya to Aberdare Country Club, arriving in time for lunch. Afternoon transfer to The Ark for overnight floodlit game viewing. Dinner and overnight at the tree hotel.

Day: 2. Sweet waters
Depart the Ark after breakfast for Sweetwaters Game Reserve arriving in time for lunch. Afternoon game drive., Sweetwater's Tented Camp lies in the heart of privately owned Sweetwater's Game Reserve, in the Mount Kenya National Park, enjoying magnificent views across the game studded plains to the snow capped peaks of Mount Kenya, you can have Wildlife Game Drives Safari Walking Culture Honeymoon Photography Birding Luxury Tented Camp Cuisine Day Tour Swimming Pool Horse Riding. Accommodation is provided in luxuriously appointed tents, with en suite facilities and private veranda. Each tent overlooks the waterhole. Within the quaint original farmhouse is the dining room, bar and reception area. Dinner and overnight at Sweetwaters

Day: 3. Sweetwaters
Spend a full day at this private sanctuary. Other than game drives, other optional activities include nature walks, horse riding, camel riding and night game drives.

Dinner and overnight at the Sweetwaters

Day: 4. Lake Nakuru.
Leave sweewaters after Breakfast and proceed to Lake Nakuru still exploring the dramatic Rift valley. Arrive in time for lunch and afternoon game drive.

Dinner and overnight at Lake Nakuru Lodge.

Day: 5. Maasai Mara.
Breakfast and depart crossing the Loita Plains and viewing sceneries enroute, See red clad spear wielding Masai warriors tending their multi-colored herds among the presence of wild game Arrive Mara for Lunch. Afternoon game drive inside the Park which is the Kenya's best and most scenic. Dinner and overnight at Mara Sopa Lodge

Day: 6. Maasai Mara.
After breakfast, leave with picnic lunches for a Full day game viewing inside the Park. Optional visit to the Maasai villages for an insight to their culture. Dinner and overnight: Mara Sopa Lodge.

Day: 7. Maasai Mara.
Full day in Mara to savour the beauty of the park in your morning and afternoon game drives. Search for wild game that you might have missed in your previous game drives.

Dinner and Overnight: Mara Sopa Lodge/Keekerok Lodge.

Day: 8. Maasai Mara - Kisumu
After breakfast, leave with picnic lunches for a full day game viewing inside the Park. Optional visit to the Maasai villages for an insight to their culture.

Dinner and Overnight stay at Kiboko Bay Tented lodge or at Sunset hotel in Kisumu.

Day: 9. Kisumu - Ndere Island National Park
After breakfast trek to the lake shore or the yacht club, then take a boat to Ndere Island National park. According to Luo legendary story Ndere (meeting place) is where Mikaye the mother of the Luo rested after along journey down the Nile to the Lake Victoria before reaching her home Kit - Mikaye. The day is spent in search of the lake's largest crocodiles, Hippos, monitor lizards, birds, water antelopes etc. Enjoy fishing and taste your catch for dinner. Lunch on the lake in the boat. Dinner and Overnight stay at Sunset hotel in Kisumu.

Day: 10. Kisumu -Kogelo Village
After breakfast, drive to Kogelo, a village in Siaya District, Nyang’oma Kogelo is the ancestral home of Barack Obama Snr the father to U.S.A PRESIDENT BARACK OBAMA.

The village has a primary school and a high school named after (Senator Obama Secondary School) There is also a health centre. The village is linked by road to Kisumu town. It is a typical Kenyan rural village with most residents living modestly by small-scale farming. Explore the village and later on  visit Ndano falls near Yala township, a small town  in Siaya District. Return to Kisumu late in the evening. Dinner and overnight stay at Sunset Hotel.

Day: 11. Kisumu - Nairobi
In the morning after breakfast explore the Lake shore and then transfer back to Nairobi by flight or by road.  Dinner at Carnivore Restaurant.  Overnight: Jacaranda Hotel

Day :12. Departure

After breakfast, depending on your flight schedule, you will be transferred to airport for your outbound flight.

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