8 DAYS BIRDING IN KENYA


Day 1: arrival in Nairobi
Our cycads safari guide will meet and greet you on your arrival at the Nairobi international airport. Depending on the time of arrival you will either be transferred to your hotel or will have a short city tour. Dinner and overnight in a Nairobi hotel.


Day 2: to lake Nakuru national park
Have a hearty breakfast after which you will be transferred through the Great Rift Valley to Lake Nakuru national park. Check into the lake Nakuru lodge. Have lunch at the lodge and enjoy magnificent views of the alkaline lake Nakuru with over 400 varieties of birds to spot.
Nakuru is most famous for its concentrations of both Greater and Lesser Flamingo who feed upon the blue green algae with which the lake abounds. Depending upon the concentration of the algae, there may be up to 2 million flamingos in the area, turning the entire lakeshore a dusky pink.  In the European winter the park becomes an important feeding ground for migrant waders such as the little stints, Curlew sandpipers, Marsh sandpipers and Greenshanks.
 Large numbers of Pelicans can also be seen on the southern and eastern shores. Verreaux’s Eagles can be seen around the updrafts on the western escarpment and other commonly spotted birds of prey include long crested eagles, Augur buzzards, Harrier eagles, Fish eagles, Gabar goshawks and Harrier hawks. The woodlands also harbor many more species including the African hoopoes, Grey-headed kingfishers and Red-Chested cuckoos.
Dinner and overnight at the lake Nakuru lodge.


Day 3: Lake Nakuru national park
Pre-breakfast bird watching followed by midmorning breakfast. Spend the entire day birding in the park with the help of your guide. Other species easily spotted are Hamerkops, Ducks, Geese, Falcons, Rollers, Shrikes, Sunbirds, Weavers and Starlings.
Chances are high that you will view some game within the lake area is hippo, leopard and of course the diverse bird life. Both black and white rhino are now resident in the sanctuary and Rothschild giraffe, buffalo, impala, eland, warthog, Mountain Reedbuck. You should be able to spot 150 species of birds and if you are lucky even 200 species.
Lunch, dinner and overnight at the lake Nakuru lodge.

Day 4: to Kakamega forest reserve
Have breakfast then head for Kakamega through the Mau escarpment to the plains of western Kenya.  Explore the Kakamega Forest Reserve, the last remnant of tropical rain forest in Kenya. Since it’s the only forest of its’ kind in the country, there are many bird species, which may be found here, and nowhere else in the country. Look out for species like the Grey parrot, Great blue Turaco, Ross’s Turaco, red-Chested owlet, African broadbill and wattle-bill. Dinner and over night at the Rondo retreat.
Day 5: forest walk in Kakamega
After breakfast, embark on a birding forest walk in Kakamega forest to explore the habitat of bird species like the Blue shouldered robin chat, Green pigeon, scarce swift, bearded woodpecker, Green sunbird and Nariner’s Trogon, giant plantain eater and the small dusty tit. Look out for birds of prey like the Banded snake eagle and the crowned eagle. Hornbills will include the Black and white casqued hornbill and the crowned hornbill. Look out for the Paradise flycatcher, Emerald cuckoo, Lemon dove and Yellow white-eye. Over 400 of Kenya’s 1000 butterfly species may be found here. Several animals, such as the bush-tailed porcupine, giant water shrew and hammer-headed fruit bat, are found nowhere else in the country. Colobus and blue monkeys cavort in the trees and shy duikers peer out from the occasional bush. All meals and overnight at Rondo retreat.
Day 6: to lake Baringo
After breakfast leave the forests of Kakamega drive back through the Rift Valley, this time to the fresh water of Lake Baringo. Check into the Lake Baringo Club, which specializes in bird watching. The colony of Goliath herons attracts many ornithologists, but this is just one of the over 400 species to be found in the area. Have another spree of bird watching looking out for the huge colonies of Weavers in the acacia trees like the buffalo weavers and white-headed weavers. Tawny eagles, Martial eagles, Wahlberg eagles and others nest in the treetops and feed off the small mammals, dry country game and birds such as the abundant Guinea fowl and Francolins that come to the lake to drink. Dinner and overnight at Lake Baringo club.
Day 7: boat ride on Lake Baringo
After breakfast, have another birding walk. In the afternoon, after lunch have a boat ride on lake Baringo where you may spot Blacksmith plovers nest on sand bars and huge flocks of Sand grouse come to bathe and quench their thirst. Queleas, hornbills, Secretary birds and Black crested snake eagles are also resident in this area. Black headed herons, purple herons, Yellow-billed storks, Sacred ibis, Red-billed duck, Cape teal and other water birds are all found in abundance and there are always new species being recorded. All meals and overnight at the lake Baringo club.
 
Day 8: departure
Pre-birding walk followed by midmorning breakfast. Leave for Nairobi and connect to the airport to catch your home flight.

 

 

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