This morning we drive north through the lush tea, coffee and pineapple plantation to Mountain Tree Top lodge, situated in the foothills of Mount Kenya, the ancestral home of the Agikuyu. The Kikuyu are the Country’s largest ethnic group. On the way, before getting there, we stop at Makutano Junction and see the Thingera Cultural dancers-Ndia of Kirinyaga. We will be invited to enjoy their traditional cuisine like, Mukimo, muthokoi and fermented porridge and Muratina, their traditional brewed liquor.

We will also make a brief stop at a sacred site-Mukuru wa Nyagathanga, a cultural Heritage site of the Agikuyu-Tuthu shrine under a fig Tree (Mugumo)

Check-in and lunch at Mt. Lodge

Further exploration of this fascinating reserve awaits you. A morning game drive is planned. In the afternoon we visit a Turkana Cultural village and the kindergarten run by the villagers to see the children. The Turkana are another of Kenya’s more colorful (and warlike) people. Originally, from Karamojong district of North-eastern Uganda, the Turkana live in the virtual desert country. The Turkana are probably the last affected by the 20^th century of all Kenya’s people due to isolation. They are primarily cattle herders, though recently have taken to fishing of the waters of Lake Turkana and weather permitting occasionally grow crops. Unlike the other neighboring tribes, they have discontinued the practice of circumcision.

A Samburu/Shaba reserve has the world’s most spectacular and exciting terrain.

Overnight at Sarova Shaba lodge.