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Easter Birding Tour in Kenya
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OTA’s Easter Birding Tour
Travelling to Lakes Magadi and Natron, hiking in
Ngong Hills and visiting the forests around
Nguruman, OTA’s Easter Birding Safari is your
chance to view a myriad of species in different
environments.
Departing Nairobi on April 18 and returning on April
21, other highlights of this tour include discovering
Kenya’s ancient history at Olorgesailie and enjoying a
late night dip in Lake Magadi’s hot springs.
James Kiptoo, birding guide
Lake Magadi is the world’s second largest source of sodium carbonate.
Hiking Ngong Hills
Karen Blixen suggested the name “Ngong” came from the Maasai word for “knuckles” and indeed the row of hills do look like a set of knuckles. The full Maasai name for the hills however was ‘Enkong'u-e-nchorro-emuny', which simply proved too difficult for the explorer Joseph Thomson to pronounce and so he named them “Ngong” for short. The Maasai story of how the hills were formed tells of a giant who was stumbling north from Mt Kilimanjaro, who tripped and as he fell stuck his knuckles in the ground leaving the formation we see today.
A Bird’s-Eye View of Southern Kenya
For more information about this tour visit:
www.overlandtraveladventure.com/
birding-trip
Easter Birding Tour
18-21 April 2014
Book Now:tracey@ota-
responsibletravel.com