17 Days Exclussive Birding Adventure of Kenya Package

Package Overview

Transport in a safari-designed vehicle
International air transportation to and from Nairobi
Expenses of personal nature such as visas, travel/baggage insurance, laundry, beverages, tips etc.
Christmas, New Year and Easter supplements
Drinks
Cultural visits e.g. To Maasai villages
Hotel accommodation in Nairobi before and after the safari

Day wise Itinerary

• Day 1 :

  Evening arrival at Nairobi's Jomo Kenyatta airport and transfer to hotel.
  Dinner and overnight at Fairview hotel.

  • Accommodation Fairview Hotel [ 4 Star ]
• Day 2 : Nairobi-Naivasha

  After breakfast we depart for Naivasha arriving in time for lunch. We will have a stop over at the Limuru ponds (if wet). The pond may elicit Intermediate Egret, Maccoa Duck, White-faced Tree Duck, Fulvous Duck, Black Crake and Whiskered Tern. Afternoon birding in the tall acacia woodland on the beautiful hotel grounds. Expected on the sorroundings include Gabar Goshawk, Diederic and Black Cuckoos, Verreaux’s Eagle-owl, White-fronted Bee-eater, Lesser and Wahlberg's Honeyguide, Black-lored Babbler, Amethyst Sunbird, Grey-headed Bush-shrike, Spectacled Weaver, Pink-backed Pelican, Goliath and Purple Herons, Southern Pochard, African Marsh-harrier, Purple Swamphen, Lesser Moorhen, Three-banded Plover and Lesser Swamp-warbler.

  • Meals & Drinks Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner
• Day 3 : Naivasha-Kinangop

  After breakfast depart Naivasha with picnic lunch for Kinangop plateu area to locate the endangered Sharpe’s Longclaw. Other species found here include Northern Anteater Chat and sometimes Malachite Sunbird and Rofous-napped Lark. Later Proceed up to Aberdare National Park’s Mutombia gate [3400m ASL] for the highland species. The road to the gate will provide us with, Malachite Sunbird, Golden-winged Sunbird, both Eastern and Northern Double-coloured Sunbird, Jackson Francolin, Mountain Buzzard and Aberdare Cisticola.

  • Hotspots Aberdare National Park, Area, Area
  • Meals & Drinks Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner
• Day 4 : Naivasha- Lake Nakuru-Lake Baringo

  Breakfast at 6 am. Depart for Lake Nakuru National Park. Lake Nakuru has been described as the pink lake due to the high population of Lesser Flamingo making the lake appear pink from far. Greater Flamingos, White-winged Black Tern, Hildebrandt’s Francolin, Steppe Eagle, Grey-crowned Crane, Little Rock Thrush, Cliff Chat, Cinnamon-breasted Rock Bunting. Apart from the birds, Zebras, Warthogs, Grant and Thomson’s Gazelles, Buffalos, White Rhino, Rothschild Giraffe are common place. Though rare, Lions and Leopards can be seen on a good day. Lunch should be taken in Lake Nakuru lodge and afterwards more game drive for a better part of the after noon.

  • Hotspots Population, Population
  • Meals & Drinks Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner
• Day 5 : Lake Baringo

  Morning boat ride along the shores for chances to see various herons: Squacco, Green-backed and Purple Heron, Hammerkop, African Jacana as well as Hippos and Crocs. African Fish Eagle feeding will be interesting. Afterwards come back for break fast and later take a shorter walk, birds here will include: Heuglin’s Courser, Slender-tailed Nightjar, Greyish Eagle-owl, White-faced Scops Owl, Verreaux's Eagle-owl, Lichtenstein Sand Grouse, White-bellied Canary, Cliff Chat, Brown-tailed Rock Chat, Somali Golden-breasted Bunting, Emerald-spotted Wood-Dove, Common Kestrel, Giant Eagle-owl, Hemprich’s Hornbill, Jackson’s Hornbill, Little Bee-eater, White-throated Bee-eater, Madagascar Buffalo Weaver, Bristle-crowned Starling, Lanner Falcon, Pigmy Falcon, Gabar Goshawk, Shikra Falcon, Isabeline Wheatear, Pied Wheatear, Dark Chanting Goshhawk, Cardinal, Grey and Nubian Woodpeckers, Red-billed Oxpecker, Red and Yellow Barbet, D’arnauds Barbet, Rofous-crowned and Lilac-breasted Rollers. Later return at the camp for lunch and perhaps plunge into the pool (it is warm here).

  • Meals & Drinks Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner
• Day 6 : Lake Baringo and Kakamega Forest

  Depart for Kakamega Forest after breakfast, birding on the way.

  • Meals & Drinks Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner
• Day 7 : Kakamega Forest

  Birding after breakfast if weather permits. Lunch break at Rondo and afterwards a short rest followed by birding till evening. Equatorial Akalat, African Broadbill, Chubb’s Cisticola, White-headed Saw-wing, Blue headed Bee-eater, Square-tailed Drongo, Common Wattle-eye, Luhder’s Bush-shrike, Bocage’s Bush-shrike, Stuhlman’s Starling and Double-toothed Barbet.

  • Meals & Drinks Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner
• Day 8 : Kakamega-Kisumu

  After breakfast, take the Rondo retreat nature trail. Some of the Species to be located here may include, Ludherers Bush Shrike, White-chinned Prinia, Spotted Flufftail and on a lucky day the Forest Cobra.

  • Meals & Drinks Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner
• Day 9 : Kisumu-Nakuru

  At 8.00 am we will take a 3 hour boat ride from Hippo Point, along the shores looking for a chance to see Papyrus Gonolek, African Skimmer, Caruthers’s Cisticola. In the papyrus area we look for Northern Brown-throated Weaver, Red-chested Sunbird, Black-headed Gonolek, African Palm Swift. Later depart for Nakuru.

  • Hotspots Area, Area
  • Meals & Drinks Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner
• Day 10 : Nakuru-Castle Forest and the foot of Mount Kenya (Embu)

  Depart Nakuru early in the morning. We will have a stop over at Thomson Falls looking for Mountain Oriole, Hunters Cisticola and Slender-billed Starling. Later Depart for Embu arriving at Castle Forest Lodge in the evening.

  • Meals & Drinks Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner
• Day 11 : Castle Forest Lodge

  After break fast we explore the foot of Mount Kenya forest looking for Abbot's Starling, Brown Woodland Warbler, Tulberg's Barbet, Bar-tailed Trogon, White-starred Robin, Ayre's Hawk-Eagle, African Crowned Eagle, Mountain Buzzard, Rufous-breasted Sparrowhawk, Bronze-naped Pigeon, Barred Long-tailed Cuckoo, White-headed Wood-hoopoe, Bar-tailed Trogon, Fine-banded Woodpecker, Mountain Wagtail, Mountain Greenbul, White-tailed Crested Flycatcher, Black-throated Apalis, Black-headed Apalis, African Hill Babbler, Hunter's Cisticola, Purple-throated Cuckoo-shrike, Black-fronted Bush-shrike, Montane Oriole, Kenrick's Starling, Waller's Starling, Olive Sunbird, Brown-capped Weaver, Yellow-bellied Waxbill, Abyssinian Crimsonwing, Thick-billed Seed-eater and Grey-headed Negro-finch.

  • Meals & Drinks Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner
• Day 12 : Castle Lodge - Nairobi and Athi

  Early in the morning drive to Athi River (Nairobi), perhaps try game meat for lunch at carnivore restaurant in Nairobi and continuing on to the Kitengela Resort. After lunch drive down the Mombasa road to the bridge and walk into the scrub bushes looking for Social Weavers, Vultures and Pangani Longclaw.

  • Meals & Drinks Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner
• Day 13 : Kitengela Resort - Tsavo

  Drive to Tsavo East NP check in at Voi Safari Lodge. We will bird around the lodge and the outskirts looking for Golden-breasted Starling, White-headed Mousebird, Scaly Chatterer, Rufous Bush Chat, Spotted Eagle-owl, Klaas's Cuckoo, Pink-breasted Lark, Tiny Cisticola, Long-billed Crombec, Long-tailed Fiscal, Walberg’s Eagle and Fisher’s Starling.

  • Meals & Drinks Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner
• Day 14 : Tsavo

  Full day birding and game viewing at Tsavo National Park.

  • Meals & Drinks Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner
• Day 15 : Tsavo-Watamu

  Depart Tsavo for Watamu passing through Mombasa City and arriving in Watamu in the evening.

  • Meals & Drinks Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner
• Day 16 : Arabuko Sokoke

  Birdwatching in the Arabuko Sokoke Forest looking for Sokoke Scops-owl, Narina Trogon, Amani Sunbird, Sokoke Pipit, Plain-backed Sunbird, Red-tailed Ant Thrush, Yellowbill, Lizard Buzzard, Silvery-cheeked Ground Hornbill. Other interests are the Elephant Shrew (Four-toed and Golden-rumped) and Yellow Baboons. Evening birdwatching Mida creek for Crab Plovers, Mangrove Kingfisher and other waders.

  • Meals & Drinks Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner
• Day 17 : Sabaki Delta, and Mida Creek

  Drive to Malindi to bird around the Sabaki Delta looking for shore birds. Also a chance for Zanzibar Sombre Greenbul and Ethiopian Swallow. Later in the afternoon transfer to Moi airport Mombasa for your outbound flight.

  • Meals & Drinks Breakfast and Lunch

Inclusions

• Hotel
• Sightseeing
• Transport in a safari-designed vehicle
• All park entrance fees
• Full board accommodation whilst on safari
• Services of our professional driver/guide

Exclusions

• Transport in a safari-designed vehicle
• International air transportation to and from Nairobi
• Expenses of personal nature such as visas, travel/baggage insurance, laundry, beverages, tips etc.
• Christmas, New Year and Easter supplements
• Drinks
• Cultural visits e.g. To Maasai villages
• Hotel accommodation in Nairobi before and after the safari

Accommodation

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