The Aberdare National Park covers the higher areas of the Aberdare Range of central Kenya, and the Aberdare Salient to their east.
This park is located 180 km from Nairobi and stretches over a wide variety of terrains because it covers altitudes from about 7,000 feet to 14,000 feet above sea level. Established in May 1950, the Aberdare National Park covers an area of 767 square kilometers and forms part of the Aberdare Mountain Range. The park contains a wide range of landscapes – from the mountain peaks that rise to 14,000 feet above sea level, to their deep, v-shaped valleys intersected by streams, rivers, and waterfalls. Moorland, bamboo forests and rainforests are found at lower altitudes.
Animals easily observed include the lion, leopard, baboon, black and white Colobus monkey, and sykes monkey. Rarer sightings include those of the golden cat and the bongo – an elusive forest antelope that lives in the bamboo forest. Animals like the eland and spotted and melanistic serval cats can be found higher up in the moorlands. The Aberdare National Park also contains a large population of the black rhino.
Visitors can also indulge in walking, picnics, trout fishing in the rivers and camping in the moorlands. Even the bird viewing is rewarding, with over 250 species of birds in the park, including the Jackson’s Francolin, sparry hawk, goshawks, eagles, sunbirds and plovers. It is a traditional belief of the Kikuyu that the Aberdare Mountain Range, where this park is located, is one of the homes of Ngai, or God.
Facilities
Visitors to the park can find different types of accommodation according to their taste, ranging from the Treetops tree-house lodge, to the Ark – built in the shape of Noah’s Ark – and three self-help banda sites, eight special campsites and a public campsite in the moorland. There are also five picnic sites. Both Treetops and Ark provide excellent nighttime wildlife viewing. From here, visitors can observe various animals, such as elephant, buffalo, lion and rhino, which get attracted to the waterholes. The park also includes two airstrips – at Mweiga & Nyeri.
IUCN Category II (National Park)
Location Kenya
Area 420 km²
Established 1943
Governing body Kenya Wildlife Service
The Arabuko Sokoke National Park protects the Arabuko Sokoke Forest on the coast of Kenya, 110 km north of Mombassa. This national park protects the largest fragment of coastal forest (420 square km) left in East Africa, and is an area of high endemism, containing endemic mammals, birds and plants. The park was first protected as a Crown Forest in 1943, and was gazetted in the 1960s. The park is threatened by the desire for land by local people. Several international conservation organisations are working with the Kenya Wildlife Service to protect the park.
The forest contains three forest types, mixed forest, Brachystegia and Cynometra, each of which protects different communities of plants and animals.
Wildlife of Arabuko Sokoke
The Arabuko Sokoke Forest protects many endemic and near endemic species. The Clarke’s Weaver is completely endemic to the forest, while the emonymous Sokoke Scops Owl, Sokoke Pipit, and the Amani Sunbird and Spotted Ground Thrush are found only here and in a forest fragment in Tanzania.
The park adjoins Mida Creek, a mangrove forest that is an important shorebird wintering ground, protecting species such as the Terek Sandpiper and the Crab Plover.
The endearing Golden-rumped Elephant Shrew, an endemic elephant shrew the size of a rabbit, is the most noticeable of the park’s endemic mammals; the Sokoke Bushy-tailed Mongoose and Ader’s Duiker (found only here and in Zanzibar) are more elusive. The forest also has Forest Elephants, African Civets, as well as baboons and Vervet Monkeys. The park is also recognised as an outstanding centre of amphibian diversity.
Kakamega Forest is situated in Western Province Kenya, north-west of the capital Nairobi, and near to the border with Uganda. It is said to be Kenya’s last remnant of the ancient Guineo-Congolian rainforest that once spanned the continent.
Including reserves, the forest encloses about 230 square kilometres, a little less than half of which currently remains as indigenous forest. There are numerous grassy clearings and glades. The Forest’s huge variety of birds, reptiles and insects make it a specialist eco-tourism attraction for bird-watchers and wildlife photographers. There is no major tourism, and the Kakamega Forest is not a safari destination.
Large mammals are rare. Part of the forest also contain unique and rich highland ecosystems, but generally the fauna and flora of the Forest have not been comprehensively studied by science. The climate is very wet with over two metres of rain annually. The rainy seasons are April-to-May and August-to-September.
In the north of the Forest is the 36km-square Kakamega National Reserve, given national forest reserve status in 1987. Just to the north is the Kisere Forest Reserve. Despite having protected status the Forest has continued to be damaged and degraded. The Forest Department and the Kenya Wildlife Service work to protect the forest.
The local inhabitants are the Luhya people, who rely on the forest to supply most of their needs. The region is said to be one of the most densely-populated rural areas in the world, and pressure on the Forest resources is considerable. The german funded project BIOTA East is working in the forest since 2001, whereby firstly forest inventories for all sorts of life forms were performed and the aim is to find strategies for a sustainable use of the forest until 2010.
The major A1 road runs down the western edge of the area.
This Itinearary is typically targetting Kenya`s Big Game sites with high chances of Photography and Video shooting.
DAY 1 TSAVO WEST
Depart from Nairobi in the morning for the drive south-east to Tsavo West National Park, arriving at KILAGUNI LODGE in time for a late lunch. Kilaguni is an attractive and comfortable lodge, set next to a water hole that attracts a wide variety of animals. Enjoy an afternoon game drive before dinner and overnight at the lodge.
DAY 2 TSAVO WEST
An early morning game drive will give you the opportunity to explore one of Kenya’s largest National Parks, where magnificent scenery and an abundance of wildlife combine to provide a spectacular safari setting. Return to the lodge for breakfast and enjoy free time to relax before lunch and an afternoon game drive, visiting Mzima Springs where a viewing chamber provides amazing views of the underwater habitat of the resident hippos. Dinner and overnight at KILAGUNI LODGE.
DAY 3 AMBOSELI
After an early breakfast, head west to Amboseli driving close to Africa’s highest peak, Mt. Kilimanjaro, and arriving at AMBOSELI SERENA LODGE in time for lunch. The lodge is set amidst acacia trees and gently flowing natural springs and overlooks a waterhole where animals gather to drink. Guests are invited to participate in the lodge’s reforestation programme by planting a tree during their stay. Enjoy an afternoon game drive before dinner and overnight at the lodge.
DAY 4 MT. KENYA
After breakfast, return to Nairobi for lunch at the Carnivore Restaurant before continuing north to the slopes of Mt. Kenya. Dinner and overnight at NAROMORU RIVER LODGE.
DAY 5 SAMBURU
After breakfast, drive north, crossing the equator, to Samburu National Reserve, arriving at SAMBURU BLOCK LODGE in time for lunch. This rustic lodge is built from locally available materials in order to blend into the surrounding environment and every room has a private veranda overlooking the Ewaso Nyiro River. Enjoy an afternoon game drive before returning to the lodge for dinner and overnight.
DAY 6 SAMBURU
Early morning game drive in the reserve, which is an area of wild beauty consisting of scrub desert, open savannah and small rugged hills. The reserve is renowned for rare animal species such as the reticulated giraffe, the Grevy’s zebra, the long-necked gerenuk antelope, the Somali ostrich and the Beisa oryx, thought to be the animal behind the legend of the unicorn. Take advantage of some free time to relax at the lodge before lunch and an afternoon game drive. Dinner and overnight at SAMBURU BLOCK LODGE.
DAY 7 ABERDARES
After an early breakfast, head back across the equator to the central highlands in time for lunch at the Outspan Hotel. Then transfer to TREETOPS LODGE in the Aberdare National Park. Treetops is one of the most famous game viewing lodges in the world, since it was here in February 1952 that Princess Elizabeth became Queen on learning of the death of her father, King George VI. The lodge, rising out of the ground on stilts, has four decks and a rooftop viewing platform overlooking a water hole and salt lick where animals come to feed. You may be lucky enough to spot one of the rare species that inhabit the Park, for example a black rhino, a bongo, a giant forest hog or even a black leopard.
DAY 8 NAKURU
After breakfast, drive west to Lake Nakuru, arriving at the SAROVA LION HILL LODGE in time for lunch. Lake Nakuru is an ornithologists’ paradise, being home to over 400 species of bird. The park, covering 180 square kilometres, also comprises grassland, forest and rocky cliffs supporting a variety of wildlife, including warthogs, waterbucks, buffaloes, gazelles, hippos and even the occasional leopard. Enjoy an afternoon game drive before dinner and overnight at the lodge, where facilities include a swimming pool and an open air bar and restaurant.
DAY 9 MASAI MARA
After an early breakfast, drive south west to the Masai Mara National Reserve, arriving at the Mara Simba Lodge in time for lunch. The Lodge is strategically nesting at the edne of Talek River where a number of Big game assemble for water during the dry season.
You will have an option for the afternoon Game drive or just relax and chill out at your Lodge Balcony.
Day 10 MASAI MARA
Early morning game drive in the most popular national reserve in Kenya. The Masai Mara is the Kenyan section of the Serengeti Plains and the traditional land of the Maasai tribe. Wildlife is abundant and you have a good chance of seeing the ‘Big Five’: lion, leopard, elephant, buffalo and rhino. During the months of July and August, the annual wildebeest migration takes place. Witnessing millions of these animals crossing the Mara River from Tanzania in search of pasture is truly a staggering experience. Return to the camp for lunch before a second game drive in the afternoon. Dinner and overnight at Keekorock Lodge.
DAY 11 MASAI MARA
A further day shall be spent on the Mara Plains.Over night Keekorock Lodge.
DAY 12 NAIROBI
After breakfast, return to Nairobi by road. On arrival, connect with your international flight.
Welcome to our Kenya Keen Birders Tour. This Tour is specially designed for the Keen birders, the Tour can be re-designed to include destinations primarily omitted, such as the Arabuko Sokoke Forest on the Coast as well as Coastal National Parks such as the Tsavo and other birding sites such as the Taita hills… for those who will have more time than the time scheduled on this Original Itinerary.
Welcome! Karibu!
Day 1: Arrival and Transfer to Nairobi .over night at the Boulevard Hotel.Depending on the time of arrival,we may have chance for an excursion into Nairobi National Park,returning tou Hotel for Dinner and Overnight.
Day 2: We begin our Safari from Nairobi into the Rift Valley Lakes of Naivasha,there are several bird species around Lake Naivasha. These include; White Pelican, Long-tailed and Great Cormorants, Black Crake, African Jacana, several duck species, Long-toed Lapwing, Malachite Kingfisher, Green Woodhoopoe, White-headed Barbet, Bearded and Cardinal Woodpeckers, Grey-capped and Lesser Swamp Warblers, White-fronted Bee-eater, Winding and Rattling Cisticolas, Grey-headed Bush-shrike and many more. Hirundines can be plentiful, and over half of the species in Kenya can be seen. In the evening, Verreaux’s Eagle Owl hunts along the lakeshore acacias.Over night at Elsamere Centre.
Day 3: In addition to exploring the surroundings of your cottage, there is also the possibility of visiting Hell’s Gate NP . This is one of the few parks where it is possible to walk, and the cliffs have breeding Nyanza and Mottled Swifts, and a colony of Rueppell’s Vultures. Lammergeier have been recently reintroduced, and other species which are regular include Schalow’s Wheatear and Pectoral-patch Cisticolas may be sited.Over night and Meals at Elsamere Centre.
Day 4: Today, you will head for Lake Victoria. On the way, you may wish an option to spend three or four hours passing through Lake Nakuru NP , which is again excellent for waterbirds and acacia species, and has additional specialities including Hildebrandt’s Francolin, Arrow-marked Babbler, Wailing Cisticola, and is one of the best places for Lappet-faced Vulture. It also has both White and Black Rhino, protected here from poachers, and sometimes both Lion and Leopard may be seen. On the way to Kisumu, you may wish to visit some diminishing grasslands above Molo, where Sharpe’s Longclaw is regular, along with Wing-snapping Cisticola. When you reach Kisumu, if time permits, you will be able to visit Hippo Point, where the papyrus beds have specialities such as Black-headed and Papyrus Gonoleks, Carruther’s Cisticola, Swamp Flycatcher, Papyrus and Yellow-fronted Canaries, Black-billed Barbet, White-browed and Blue-headed Coucal, Greater Swamp Warbler an! d others. Over night at Imperial Hotel Kisumu.
Day 5: There are two possibilities on this day. The journey to Kakamega is quite short, but can be extended along the coast of the lake, where the area around Sioport has further papyrus specialities, as well as western species such as Copper Sunbird, Black and Black-winged Bishops, Woodland Kingfisher, Bar-breasted and Black-bellied Firefinches and Grey Kestrel. Also, there are two river crossings where Rock Pratincole is regular. Some grassland in the west is also productive for species such as Uganda Spotted Woodpecker, Red-headed Lovebird, Yellow-fronted Tinkerbird and Blue Swallow. These sites could also be visited in a long morning from Kakamega town, so are possible on a different day. Overnight Golf Hotel Kakamega.
Day 6: Today, it will be possible to spend all day exploring Kakamega Forest. There are two excellent areas, around Isecheno in the south and Kakamega in the north. Visiting both parts provides the best opportunities, and local guides will help tremendously. In the northern part, Solomon is recommended, and in the south Wilberforce. The number of birds is incredible, and include Great Blue and Black-billed Turacos, Grey Parrot, Yellow-billed, Grey-throated, Yellow-spotted and Hairy-breasted Barbets, several Woodpeckers, Scaly-throated and Thick-billed Honeyguides, Turner’s Eremomela, Banded and White-chinned Prinias, Blue and Dusky Crested Flycatchers, Chapin’s Flycatcher, several Greenbuls and Illadopsises, Yellowbill, Bar-tailed Trogon, Equatorial Akalat, Black-and-White Casqued Hornbill, Snowy-headed and Blue-shouldered Robin-chats and many more. Over night Golf Hotel Kakamega
Day 7: It is recommended to spend one day in the northern Part of the Forest and the in the southern Part of the Forest. . Both are fairly Spartan. Accommodations will depend on the requested arrangements which may include Udos Bandas or Isecheno Rest house for the budget Groups or Golf Hotel and Rondo retreat for these requiring a little luxury.
Day 8: After some final forest birding, we will head north to the market town of Kitale. Nearby are two excellent birding localities, Kongolei and Saiwa Swamp. At Kongolei, there are several dry country birds scarce elsewhere, including Chestnut-crowned Sparrow-weaver, Lesser Blue-eared Starling, White-crested Turaco and Brown-rumped Bunting. Saiwa is home to the Sitatunga antelope, as well as De Brazza Monkey, and is a good site for Blue-headed Coucal, Double-toothed Barbet, Hartlaub’s Marsh Widowbird, Black-throated Wattle-eye and Splendid and Purple Glossy Starlings. Overnight Alakara Hotel.
Day 9: Today, we skirt the Cherangani Mountains, and head through the spectacular Kerio Valley and Tugen Hills. On the way, we can stop to seek out similar birds to Kongolei, and in
the valley, species such as Little Weaver and D’Arnaud’s Barbet. When we arrive at Lake Baringo, and we should see our first special birds of the area. During the few days, we should encounter Slender-tailed Nightjar, Heuglin’s Courser, Spotted Thick-knee, Northern Masked, Little, Jackson’s and Vitelline Masked Weavers, Bristle-crowned Starling, Hemprich’s and Jackson’s Hornbills, Mouse-coloured Penduline Tit, Brown-tailed Rock Chat, Verreaux’s Eagle Owl, White-faced Scops Owl, Beautiful Sunbird and much more.Over night Lake Baringo Country Club.
Day 10: All day will be spent around Lake Baringo. You may wish to use a local guide, who will help find the difficult species. Over night at Lake Baringo Country Club.
Day 11: We head south from Baringo, and skirt the Aberdares, stopping at Thompson’s Falls where we can seek out Slender-billed Starling, African Snipe and Tinkling Cisticola. We then pass across Solio Plains, sometimes good for Bustards, which can include the scarce Denham’s, as well as Capped Wheatear, Long-tailed Widowbird and wintering Lesser Kestrels and Montagues and Pallid Harriers. Finally, we arrive at Naro Moru River Lodge, where a self-catering two-bedroomed cottage is recommended. Food can be bought en-route at Nyahururu, or meals can be obtained at the lodge. Overnight Naro Moru River Lodge.
Day 12: The lodge grounds are excellent for birding, and can have such species as Giant Kingfisher, Black Duck, Hartlaub’s Turaco, Red-fronted Parrot, Narina Trogon, Grey Apalis, Rufous Chatterer, Yellow-bellied Waxbill, Crowned Hornbill and up to nine sunbird species. It is also a base for Mt Kenya, and there are options to explore on a day trip the lower slopes, where some mountain specialities such as Mountain Greenbul, Grey Cuckoo-shrike, Brown-chested Alethe, Brown Woodland Warbler, Abyssinian Crimsonwing, Hunter’s Cisticola and White-tailed Crested Flycatcher can be seen. An option is to take a 4WD up to the Meteorological Station, where one night can be spent, and species such as Scarlet-tufted Malachite Sunbird, Alpine Chat, Jackson’s Francolin, Abyssinian Ground Thrush and rarely, Olive Ibis can be seen. Overnight Naromoru River Lodge.
Day 13: After final birding around Naro Moru, we head north, stopping to look for Dusky Turtle Dove and the near-endemic Boran Cisticola. Once in Samburu , birds are profuse, and include Somali and White-throated Bee-eaters, Golden Pipit, Vulturine Guineafowl, Somali Ostrich, White-headed Mousebird, Kori and Buff-crested Bustards, Pale Chanting Goshawk, Violet Woodhoopoe, Donaldson-Smith’s Sparrow-weaver, Black-capped Social Weaver, Shining and Black-bellied Sunbirds, Bare-eyed Thrush and Palm-nut Vulture. In addition, dry-country mammals are present, including Gerenuk, Grevy’s Zebra, Beisa Oryx and Reticulated Giraffe, and Elephant, Lion, Cheetah and Leopard are all possible. Over night Samburu Block lodge.
Day 14: A further day will be spent in Samburu . Samburu Block Hotels.
Day 15: Heading back slowly into the highlands, we will stop at Wajee Camp, where the endemic Hinde’s Babbler lives in the grounds. In addition, African Wood Owl roosts, and there is a selection of other highland birds around. Overnight Wajee Bungalows.
Day 16: After leaving Wajee, we will visit some rice-paddies, where waterbirds are profuse, and often include Yellow-crowned Bishop and White-winged Widowbird. We will stop at Thika Blue Posts, and have the option of an afternoon at Kieni Forest. This remnant patch seems very quiet at first, but is home to many scarce highland birds, including Chestnut-throated and Black-throated Apalises, Black-fronted Bush-shrike, Bar-tailed Trogon, Ayre’s Hawk-eagle, Olive and Bronze-naped Pigeons, White-headed Woodhoopoe and Tullberg’s Woodpecker. The grounds of the New Blue Posts are also good for birding, and have scarcities which can include African Penduline Tit, Black Duck, Grey-olive Greenbul, Giant Kingfisher, Trumpeter Hornbill, Black-collared Apalis and Purple-crested Turaco. Overnight New Blue Posts Thika.
Day 17: The final day will still be bird-filled. After breakfast, we will have an Option to head for Nairobi NP or straight to the Airport or spend more time reluxing at the Lodge grounds. The park is excellent for many grassland species, including up to 9 species of Cisticola! Hartlaub’s Bustard is regular, and other birds can include Northern Pied Babbler, African Darter, Red-throated Tit, Shelley’s Francolin, Jackson’s Widowbird, and African Finfoot at the Hippo Pools. And Transfer to airport for Flight Home.
DAY 1 AMBOSELI
Depart Nairobi in the morning for the drive south to Amboseli National Park, driving close to Africa’s highest peak, Mt. Kilimanjaro, and arriving at Oltukai Lodge in time for lunch. Enjoy an afternoon game drive before dinner and overnight at the lodge.
Day 2 AMBOSELI
Before breakfast, depart for an early morning game drive in the National Park. Amboseli (which means ‘place of water’ in Maasai) covers 392 square kilometres and wildlife is easy to spot on the plains. The park is particularly noted for its elephant population and large herds can be seen grazing in the two permanent swamps, fed by water filtered through the volcanic rock of Mt. Kilimanjaro. During the dry season mirages, interspersed with herds of zebra and wildebeest, hover in front of visitors on the simmering dry lakebed. Return to the lodge/camp for lunch before a second game drive in the afternoon. Dinner and overnight at the lodge.
DAY 3 LAKE NAKURU
After breakfast, drive north through the great Rift Valley to Lake Nakuru National Park, arriving at Lake Elementaita lodge in time for lunch. Lake Nakuru is an ornithologists’ paradise, being home to over 400 species of bird. The park, covering 180 square kilometres, also comprises grassland, forest and rocky cliffs supporting a variety of wildlife, including warthogs, waterbucks, buffaloes, gazelles, hippos and even the occasional leopard. Enjoy an afternoon game drive before dinner and overnight at the lodge.
Day 4 MASAI MARA
After breakfast, drive to the Masai Mara National Reserve, arriving at the Keekorock lodge in time for lunch. After unpacking and relaxing for a while, enjoy an afternoon game drive before returning to the lodge for dinner and overnight.
Day 5 MASAI MARA
After an early breakfast, enjoy your first game drive in the most popular national reserve in Kenya. You will drive to the Mara River to witness the wildebeest migration, where millions of animals cross from Tanzania in search of pasture – truly a staggering experience. Return to the camp for lunch and optional visit to a Maasai village before a second game drive in the afternoon. Dinner and overnight at your lodge.
DAY 6 MASAI MARA
After breakfast, leave the lodge/camp for a full day game drive to the Mara River to see the wildebeest and taking a picnic lunch in the bush. Return to the lodge/camp in time for a drink before dinner and overnight.
Day 7 NAIROBI
After breakfast, game drive to the gate and then return to Nairobi by road, stopping en route at the Rift Valley Viewpoint to buy souvenirs. On arrival, connect with your international flight or continue with your chosen beach
Holiday in Mombasa as an optional extention of the trip.
Aberdare National Park
Bird viewing is rewarding, with over 250 species of birds in the park, including the Jackson’s Francolin, sparry hawk, goshawks, eagles, sunbirds and plovers.
Animals easily observed include lion, leopard, baboon, black and white Colobus monkey, and sykes monkey.
Lake Nakuru National Park
The lake is world famous as the location of the greatest bird spectacle on Earth – myriads of fuchsia pink flamingos whose numbers are legion, often more than a million – or even two million. They feed on the abundant algae, which thrives in the warm waters.
Amboseli National Park
The park is famous for being the best place in Africa to get close to free-ranging elephants. Other attractions of the park include opportunities to meet Maasai and spectacular views of Kilimanjaro, the highest free-standing mountain in the world as well as various birding species.
Arabuko Sokoke NP
The Arabuko Sokoke Forest protects many endemic and near endemic species. The Clarke’s Weaver is completely endemic to the forest, while the enormous Sokoke Scops Owl, Sokoke Pipit, and the Amani Sunbird and Spotted Ground Thrush are found only here and in a forest fragment in Tanzania.
Kakamega Forest
The Forest’s huge variety of birds, reptiles and insects make it a specialist eco-tourism attraction for bird-watchers and wildlife photographers.
Kora National Park
There is a wide variety of animal species in the park, including the caracal, cheetah, elephant, genet, hippopotamus, spotted and striped hyenas, leopard, lion, serval, wildcat and several types of antelope. The vegetation in the park is mostly comprised of acacia bushland. There are also riverine forests of doum palm and Tana River popular.
Masai Mara N.P
Famous for the wildebeest migration and other wildlife attractions such as lion. Additionally, over 450 species of birdlife have been identified in the park, including vulture, marabou, secretary bird, hornbill, crowned crane, ostrich, long-crested eagle, and pygmy falcon.
Mount Kenya N.P
The Government of Kenya had four reasons for creating a national park on and around Mount Kenya. These were the importance of tourism for the local and national economies, to preserve an area of great scenic beauty, to conserve the biodiversity within the park, and to preserve the water catchment for the surrounding area.
Nairobi N.P
The park has a rich/diverse birdlife with 400 species recorded. However all species are not always present and some are seasonal. Northern migrants pass through the park primarily during late March through April.
Samburu N.P
Over 350 bird species recorded in the park is located on the banks of the Ewaso Ng’iro river in Kenya; on the other side of the river is the Buffalo Springs National Reserve.
Tsavo East N.P
Over 500 bird species have been recorded in the area, including ostriches, kestrels, buzzards, starlings, weaver birds, kingfishers, hornbills, secretary birds, and herons.
Aberdare National Park
Bird viewing is rewarding, with over 250 species of birds in the park, including the Jackson’s Francolin, sparry hawk, goshawks, eagles, sunbirds and plovers. Animals easily observed include the lion, leopard, baboon, black and white Colobus monkey, and sykes monkey.
Lake Nakuru National Park
The lake is world famous as the location of the greatest bird spectacle on Earth – myriads of fuchsia pink flamingos whose numbers are legion, often more than a million – or even two million. They feed on the abundant algae, which thrives in the warm waters.
Amboseli National Park
The park is famous for being the best place in Africa to get close to free-ranging elephants. Other attractions of the park include opportunities to meet Maasai and spectacular views of Kilimanjaro, the highest free-standing mountain in the world, as well as various birding species.
Arabuko Sokoke NP
The Arabuko Sokoke Forest protects many endemic and near endemic species. The Clarke’s Weaver is completely endemic to the forest, while the enormous Sokoke Scops Owl, Sokoke Pipit, and the Amani Sunbird and Spotted Ground Thrush are found only here and in a forest fragment in Tanzania.
Kakamega Forest
The Forest’s huge variety of birds, reptiles and insects make it a specialist eco-tourism attraction for bird-watchers and wildlife photographers.
Kora National Park
There is a wide variety of animal species in the park, including the caracal, cheetah, elephant, genet, hippopotamus, spotted and striped hyenas, leopard, lion, serval, wildcat and several types of antelope. The vegetation in the park is mostly comprised of acacia bushland. There are also riverine forests of doum palm and Tana River popular.
Masai Mara N.P
Famous for the wildebeest migration and other wildlife attractions such as lion. Additionally, over 450 species of birdlife have been identified in the park, including vulture, marabou, secretary bird, hornbill, crowned crane, ostrich, long-crested eagle, and pygmy falcon.
Mount Kenya N.P
The Government of Kenya had four reasons for creating a national park on and around Mount Kenya. These were the importance of tourism for the local and national economies, to preserve an area of great scenic beauty, to conserve the biodiversity within the park, and to preserve the water catchment for the surrounding area.
Nairobi N.P
The park has a rich/diverse birdlife with 400 species recorded. However all species are not always present and some are seasonal. Northern migrants pass through the park primarily during late March through April.
Samburu N.P
Over 350 bird species recorded in the park are located on the banks of the Ewaso Ng’iro river in Kenya; on the other side of the river is the Buffalo Springs National Reserve.
Tsavo East N.P
Over 500 bird species have been recorded in the area, including ostriches, kestrels, buzzards, starlings, weaver birds, kingfishers, hornbills, secretary birds, and herons.
June 16: VOI/TSAVO EAST NATIONAL PARK Birding & Big Game viewing.
June 17: TSAVO EAST NATIONAL PARK Birding & Big Game viewing.
June 18: TSAVO WEST NATIONAL PARK Birding & Big Game viewing.
June 19: TSAVO WEST NATIONAL PARK Birding & Big Game viewing.
June 20:TSAVO/THIKA Driving and birding.
June 21: WAJEE NATURE PARK Birding for endemic Hindes Barbler.
June 22: SAMBURU NATIONAL RESERVE Today we drive to Samburu National Reserve located North in the Kenyan Arid lands. Birding For the Samburu/Somali specialities.
June 23: SAMBURU NATIONAL RESERVE (B,L,D) The day will be spent birding & Big Game viewing.
June24: SAMBURU/NAROMORU NEAR MT KENYA Birding and big Game viewing.
June 25: LAKE BOGORIA/LAKE BARINGO Birding.
June 26: LAKE BARINGO We will spend the day exploring the area with scheduled bird walks with your guide.
June 27: LAKE BARINGO/KAKAMEGA FOREST We will drive through the spectacular Kerio Valley to arrive at Kakamega forest in the late afternoon.Over night at Rondo Retreat Centre.
June 28: KAKAMEGA FOREST Birding kakamega forest with guides.
June 29: KAKAMEGA FOREST/LAKE VICTORIA Birding Lake Victoria at Kisumu.
