The Masai Mara - the world’s well-known game reserve is just 260 kilometres away from Kisumu. You can take pleasure in the splendour and beauty of the Masai Mara if you have at least 2 nights to spare from your busy schedule. You then either return to Kisumu or drop off at Nairobi if your safari is the last item on your Kenya check out, and you mean to fly out from Nairobi. From Kisumu and the areas around, like Rongo and Migori, you can also visit the rift valley and delight in the terrific landscape, wildlife and the culture. About 4 hours of driving gets you to Lake Baringo. This is a 130 square kilometre fresh water lake that lies in the semi-desert Baringo district.
You can take pleasure in a boat journey throughout this lake and get the chance to see excellent wildlife, including crocodiles and hippos. Fishing is likewise possible on Lake Baringo. There is likewise a snake park in Baringo from where you can have a closer of the reptiles. Farther down, you can visit Lake Bogoria, situated in the Ngendlela escarpment and marvel at the warm water springs. You can boil maize or eggs in these springs. There are lots of birdlife and wildlife including the greater Kudu. Another interesting site accessible from Kisumu and the surrounding areas is Lake Nakuru National park. Only 200kms from Kisumu, it is the home of countless pink flamingos, the fish-eating pelicans as well as over 450 types of birds.
It is also an excellent location for game watching of the black rhino, the lion, the waterbuck, buffalo and antelopes. It is among the best locations to see the leopard along with the threatened Rothschild Giraffe. Going to the Serengeti National park in Tanzania is likewise an alternative for visitors of Kisumu. A 1-hour drive to the border post of Sirare followed by another 2 hours drive to Musoma town and taking a trip to Serengeti national park makes your trip fulfilled. Serengeti is Tanzania's oldest and most popular park. It is a UNESCO World Heritage Site and is well known for the annual migration when 6 million hooves - not just wildebeest however likewise zebra and gazelle - march as one looking for fresh grazing. When the migration is not occurring, the Serengeti uses scintillating video game viewing with great herds of buffalo, smaller groups of elephants and giraffe, and thousands of eland, topi, kongoni, impala and gazelle.