Kenya Birding Safari:
14 Nights/15 Days Nairobi, Thika, Mt. Kenya, Lake Baringo,
Kakamega forest, Lake Victoria, Lake Nakuru, Lake Naivasha,
Masai Mara.
Day 01: Arrival Nairobi
On arrival at the Jomo Kenyatta Airport, you will be met by
our representative and later transferred to Nairobi Safari
Club Hotel where you will relax on your suite. Nairobi
Safari Club formerly a private club for members only is the
ideal place to be. Afternoon guided visit to National Museum
Bird Gallery, Followed by a short bird walk at Nairobi
National Museum Botanic Garden. Here you will expect to see
species like the Variable Sunbird, Bronze Sunbird and the
Collard Sunbird, African Goshawk, Palm swift Baglafetch
Weaver, among others. Lunch, Dinner and Overnight at Nairobi
Safari Club Hotel or similar one. (BLD)
Day 02: Nairobi - Thika
Today leave in the morning and head Northward towards Thika,
Blue Post Inn - unique with its twin waterfalls Chania and
Thika Falls provide rewarding bird watching time for
birders'. Here you will have an opportunity to encounter
with a few coastal species that penetrate into main land
following the River Tana. You could be lucky and see the
Trumpeter Hornbill, Brown Hooded Kingfisher, Zanzibar Sombre
Green-bull and African Golden Weaver. Great egret, Ayres
Hawk Eagle, Green sand piper, African green pigeon, Eastern
bronze napped pigeon, Purple Crested Turaco, Green headed
sunbird and Black cuckoo shrike before our lunch time at
Blue Post Inn Hotel.
Later in the afternoon leave Thika and climb high until the
slopes of Mt Kenya, Naro Moru where mountain forest gives
way to valley grassland. Unique birds to this area include,
Eastern double collared sunbird, Alpine swift, Black Chested
snake eagle, Narina Trogon, Scaly throated honey guide,
Mountain Wagtail, White headed wood hoopoe, African Black
Duck, Grey Cuckoo shrike and Yellow-bellied waxbill. Dinner
and overnight stay will be at Naro Moru River Lodge (BLD).
Day 03: Mt. Kenya
You will spend the whole day birding at this Mountain Lodge
with Montane forest. Rare species likely to be seen include;
Green Ibis, Lesser Spotted Eagle, Harrier Hawk, Rufous
Sparrow hawk, Ayre's Hawk Eagle. Black stork, Red Fronted
Parrots, Green Ibis Common snipe, Mountain Buzzard, Bronze
napped pigeon Mountain white-eye, Abbots Starling, Sharpe's
Starling, Mountain Oriole and Thick-billed seedeater. Dinner
and Overnight stay will be at Serena Mountain Lodge (BLD).
Day 04: Mt. Kenya - Lake Baringo/ Lake Bogoria
Leave in the morning and head for Lake Baringo with a stop
at the Nyahururu Waterfalls, there are possibilities of
sighting Chestnut-Winged Starlings, Slender billed starling,
Rock Martin, Grey cuckoo shrike around the waterfalls.
Proceed on by road into the Great Rift Valley and onto Lake
Bogoria National Park. The Reserve's herd of the rare
Greater Kudu makes it unique and other game to view. The
south shore of Lake Bogoria has acacia-ficus woodland and to
the north is a papyrus swamp. Birds unique to this area
include, Congregatory of Lesser and Greater flamingo, Steppe
eagle, Curlew Sand piper, Black necked grebe and Black
headed Plover. Dinner and Overnight will be at Lake Baringo
Country Club (BLD).
Day 05: Lake Baringo
Full day at Baringo, well known by many avid Ornithologists
as Mecca for Birds, with 500 species of birds having been
recorded. Explore this area with field birding around Lake
Baringo, its environs, the Cliffs and the bushes. There are
possibilities to see rare species like, Cape Eagle Owl,
White-faced Scops Owl, Jackson's Hornbill, Hemprich's
Hornbill, Brown-Tailed Rock Chat, Northern Red Bishop,
Northern Masked Weaver and White Billed Buffalo Weaver,
Olivaceous Warbler, Northern brownbul, Jackson's golden
backed weaver, Little weaver, Brown Tailed Rock Chat,
Goliath heron, Northern Shoveller, Verreauxs eagle owl,
Bristle crowned starling, Senegal Thicknee, Pygmy falcon,
Blue cheeked bee-eater. Dinner and Overnight will be at Lake
Baringo Country Club (BLD).
Day 06: Lake Baringo - Kakamega forest
Today you will leave for Lake Baringo and head to an
isolated remnant of the equatorial rain forest that once
spread over Africa from west to east. It contains an
excellent representation of bird, animal, and plant species
including an array of primates. Kakamega forest's avifauna
is rich and unusual in its composition. Two globally
threatened species reside here, Chapins Flycatcher and
Turners Eremomela. The avifauna is unique not only
nationally but also continentally; the forest holds large
populations of Black and white colobus and Red tailed
monkeys among others. Dinner and Overnight stay at Rondo
Retreat Center (BLD).
Day 07: Kakamega forest
Full day bird walk at the eastern most extension of the
great tropical rain forest stretching from West Africa. This
forest is renowned for its uniqueness and richness in bird
life and species like, Turners Eremomela, Black billed
Turaco, Great blue Turaco, Cameroon Sombre Green bull,
Little grey Green bull, Yellow Bellied Wattle eye,
Purple-throated cuckoo, Hairy Breasted Barbet, Grey breasted
Illadopsis, African Grey Parrot, Square tailed drongo and
Chapins Flycatcher. Lunch, Dinner and Overnight stay will be
at Rondo Retreat Center (BLD).
Day 08: Kakamega forest - Lake Victoria
You will leave this morning after our breakfast and head
southwards to the shore's Lake Victoria, our bird walk will
be focusing on the Dunga beach Swamp this site is home to
one of the most reliable sites in Kenya for the scarce and
threatened papyrus yellow warbler. Papyrus Gonolek, Swamp
fly catcher, Marsh Tachgra, Jacksons golden backed weaver,
Red Chested sunbird, Sedge warbler, Carruthers's Cisticola,
Southern red bishop, Northern brown throated weaver, Greater
swamp warbler. Lunch, Dinner and Overnight tonight will be
Imperial hotel (BLD).
Day 09: Lake Victoria - Lake Nakuru
You will leave this morning and drive to Lake Nakuru
National Park colored with a shimmering flamingo pink from
thousands of the beautiful birds lining its shores. Nakuru
National Park is a shallow and strongly alkaline lake, with
surrounding acacia woodland & grassland. Firstly gazetted as
a bird sanctuary is, known for its bird life for the
thousands of Lesser and Greater flamingos make this lake
their home, among hundreds of other Species unique to this
area which include, White winged Black Tern, Hilderbrants
Francolin, African fish eagle, Steppe eagle, Grey crested
Helmet Shrike, Red-capped lark, Spotted Crake. Wildlife is
also in abundance here. Lake Nakuru National Park has been
made into one of Kenya's rhino sanctuary. Lunch, dinner and
overnight stay tonight will be at Sarova Lion Hill Lodge (BLD).
Day 10: Lake Nakuru - Lake Naivasha
Depart for Lake Naivasha morning bird walk or boat ride
(Optional), the only fresh water rift valley lake in Kenya.
It's unique in that its' freshness is maintained by a
combination of underground out flow and sedimentation of
salts. The lake supports a diverse water-bird community,
with more than 80 species recorded regularly. It is a
significant site for Red knobbed coots, African spoonbill,
African jacana and little grebes depending on water levels.
All meals will be served at Lake Naivasha Country Club (BLD)
or similar.
Day 11: Lake Naivasha
Full day at the lake Naivasha Region with bird walks around
the Club grounds and a visit to the Elsa Mere field study
center. Notable birds unique to this area include Gadwall,
Spotted Red Shank, Black Tailed Godwit, and Great white
egret, Black Headed Gull, Purple Swamp Hen and Mottled
swift. Dinner and Overnight stay will be at Lake Naivasha
Country Club or similar.
Day 12: Lake Naivasha - Masai Mara
Drive across acres of wheat and barley to Masai Mara. The
Masai Mara Game Reserve is regarded as the most magnificent
natural theatre in the world. Set in the heart of Africa's
Great Plains, the Masai Mara boasts 1,672 square kilometers
of unspoiled wilderness. It is home to the highest
concentration of animals and birds anywhere on the
continent. Dinner and Overnight stay will be at Sarova Mara
Camp or similar.
Day 13 & 14: Masai Mara
Two full days in the Masai, the extensive grasslands are a
strong hold to the threatened, migratory Corncrake and the
near threatened Jackson's widowbird. The bush and woodlands
around the reserve also hold some unique bird species, more
than 450 bird species have been recorded in the Mara,
including 12 species of cisticola and birds of prey. Large
numbers of palaerctic migrants winter in the area including
Caspian plovers and white storks. Other local and unusual
birds in the Mara include Rock Cisticola, Rufous Bellied
Heron, Denham's Bustard, Black Coucal, Red Tailed chat, Pale
Wren Warbler, Tabora Cisticola, Yellow Bellied Hyliota,
Green-capped Eremomela and Magpie Shrike. All meals, dinner
and Overnight stay will be at Sarova Mara Camp.
Day 15: Masai Mara - Nairobi - Fly
After breakfast, we drive back to Nairobi arriving in time
for lunch at Toona Tree Restaurant where you can enjoy some
good Italian food, Check-in to day room at Nairobi hotel.
Farewell dinner Later early in the evening, will be hosted
by our company at the world famous Carnivore Restaurant
considered "Africa's greatest eating experience" (if you
love barbecue it doesn't get better than this), and home to
the "Simba Saloon" one of the cities most popular night
clubs. Thereafter you will be transferred to the airport in
time for your International departure flight.
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