9 Days Bird Watching Kenya Safaris

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Amboseli

  • Location

    Amboseli

  • Tour Type

    Adventure

  • Tour Date

    22 Apr 26 - 6 Dec 27

  • Traveler

    60

  • $3400.00 / Onwards

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Overview

Rift Valley Lakes · Kakamega Forest · Samburu National Reserve Kenya is a country that stops birders in their tracks. With over 1,100 recorded species — placing it third on the entire African continent for avian diversity, and among just fifteen countries worldwide to have crossed the thousand-species threshold — this is a destination that rewards the patient observer with sights and sounds that defy description. This nine-day journey has been crafted entirely around Kenya's most extraordinary birding landscapes. You'll stand at the edge of the Great Rift Valley's alkaline lakes, where staggering concentrations of waterbirds congregate in their thousands — from the impossibly pink curtain of lesser flamingos to the regal African fish eagle, whose cry is the very sound of wild Africa. You'll venture west into the ancient, cathedral-like canopy of Kakamega Forest — Kenya's last surviving remnant of equatorial rainforest, and a treasure chest of rare forest species found nowhere else in East Africa. And you'll travel north to the sun-baked riverbeds and acacia scrub of Samburu National Reserve, where the arid lowlands harbour a suite of dry-country specials that will thrill even the most seasoned lister. The sheer breadth of Kenya's birdlife is humbling. The country is home to the world's two largest birds — the common and Somali ostrich, now recognised as distinct species — and the Kori bustard, the heaviest flying creature on Earth. Beyond these giants, Kenya dazzles with an extraordinary cast: cryptic raptors wheeling on thermals, iridescent bee-eaters blazing through the undergrowth, turaco feathers glowing red in forest light, and the liquid, unhurried song of countless passerines drifting through the morning air like something close to medicine for the soul. Whether you are an obsessive lister chasing lifers or simply someone who finds joy in a flash of colour through the trees, these nine days will leave you utterly changed.

Tour Highlights

  • A million wings on the lakeshore Marvel at one of the natural world's great spectacles — vast, shimmering colonies of lesser flamingos turning the alkaline shallows pink, alongside pelicans, herons, stilts, and the fish eagle's haunting cry echoing across the water.
  • Kenya's last equatorial rainforest Step into the ancient, dripping canopy of Kakamega — Kenya's only surviving tract of equatorial rainforest — where rare turacos glow red in the dappled light, and species found nowhere else in East Africa call from every layer of the forest.
  • Dry-country specials of the north Explore the sun-scorched acacia scrub and riverbeds of Samburu, where arid-country rarities — Vulturine guineafowl, Somali bee-eater, and the striking Martial eagle — reward those willing to seek them out in Kenya's wild northern frontier.
  • 1,100 species — Africa's finest stage Kenya ranks third in Africa for bird diversity, and nowhere does that abundance feel more vivid than in the field — from the world's largest birds, the ostrich, to the Kori bustard, the heaviest flying creature on Earth, and a dazzling wealth of rollers, raptors, and passerines in between.

Tour Amenities

  • Accommodation
  • Food and Drinks
  • Guide
  • Pick And Drop Services
  • Reservations
  • Additional Services
  • Flights
  • Travel Insurance

Tour Plan

Nairobi – Lake Naivasha

After breakfast from your 5-Star hotel, you leave for bird searching in Nairobi National Park till afternoon. Thereafter you leave Nairobi for more bird searching in Lake Naivasha. In Naivasha, have a chance to see bird species like Aberdare Cisticola, Sharpe’s Long Claw, Levaillant’s Cisticolas, Maccoa, and White-backed Ducks among others. Spend your overnight at a lodge in Lake Naivasha. Lunch and Dinner are provided

Lake Naivasha – Kakamega National Park

You start with an early morning breakfast before leaving for Kakamega Forest Reserve arriving there during Midday. After lunch, you get in the forest searching for birds. Kakamega forest is the only rain forest remaining in Kenya; where lots of bird species can be found. Pranticole, White-Crested TURACO, Copper’s Sunbird, Bra-breasted Fire Finch, Yellow-throated Leaf love, Senegal Coucal are examples of the bird species found in this Forest. Dinner and Overnight at a Hotel.

Full Day bird watching in Kakamega National Park

After breakfast have an exciting nature walk accompanied by your local guide. During this time there are high chances of seeing a large variety of bird species endemic to this region as well a diverse plant life. Afterwards depart for Kisumu city located on the shores of Lake Victoria arriving at the Vic Hotel for lunch. In the afternoon we will enjoy watching the birds African open bill stork, Swamp flycatcher, Red chested sunbird, Hammerkop, Eastern grey plantain-eater etc. around the lake as you have a boat ride in the lake. Dinner tonight will be served at the Vic Hotel.

Kakamega National Park – Lake Nakuru National Park

You start with an early morning breakfast in Kisumu before leaving for Lake Nakuru National Park to learn more about the migratory species of birds. Lake Nakuru is most famous for flocks of flamingos. You spend your day in birds’ habitats like in alkaline shores, grasslands. Acacia Woodlands and rivers. You later drive to a Lodge in Lake Nakuru National Park for dinner and overnight. Lunch is provided during midday.

Lake Nakuru National Park – Samburu National Reserve

Rise early for a morning game drive then return to the camp for breakfast. Leave the park with an en-route game drive and proceed to fiercely beautiful Samburu National Reserve. Have lunch then head out for an exciting afternoon game drive till sunset where you will return to the lodge for rest. You can plan time to visit the local villages and interact with the community.

Full Day in Samburu National Reserve

Have yet another full day in samburu for morning and afternoon game drive at the park the sharp contrast of colours is the most remarkable feature of the trio of the samburu, shaba and buffalo springs National reserve the hazy blues of the surrounding hills and an infinite sky, the chocolate brown of the uaso nyiro river, the white dusty soils interspaced with the vivid greens of semi desert vegetation and the prehistoric looking doum palm the only palm tree which has branches scattered amongst the granite boulders and ancient black lava flows, found in the shaba reserve the regions animal life also pays tribute to the artist to the artist palette with curious blue legged somali ostriches, chestnut coloured reticulated giraffes, black and white grevy’s zebras, gerenuk gazelles, and the grey green nile crocodiles which inhabit the uaso nyiro river which flows through shaba and samburu. Samburu is often considered country best leopard viewing area and sighting of prides of lions cheetah.

Samburu National Reserve – Meru National Park

After an early safari and breakfast, we will depart Samburu and drive to Meru National park where we will arrive in time for lunch, after a short rest we will get down to game drives in the park. Meru National Park is wild and beautiful. Straddling the equator and bisected by 13 rivers and numerous mountain-fed streams, it is an especially beautiful area of Kenya. It has diverse scenery from woodlands at 3,400ft (1,036m) on the slopes of Nyambeni Mountain Range, north east of Mt. Kenya, to wide open plains with meandering riverbanks dotted with doum palms. We will come back in the evening for dinner and overnight at your camp.

Full Day in Meru National Park

After breakfast, we will do full day game drives in Meru National park. Over 300 species of birds have been recorded, including: Red-necked falcon, Heuglins courser, brown-backed woodpecker, sunbirds Peter’s Fin foot, inhabiting the Murera and Ura Rivers; Pel’s Fishing Owl, kingfishers, rollers, bee-eaters, starlings and weavers. The Park is most famous as the setting for Joy Adamson’s book “Born Free”, the story of the Adamson’s life and research amongst lion and cheetah. “Elsa” the lioness was the most well-known and her grave is marked here. Look out for lion, elephant, cheetah, leopard black rhino, zebra, gazelle, Oryx and some of the rarer antelope, Lesser Kudu and duiker, also the more common Dik Dik, one of Africa’s smallest antelope. Large prides of lion can be seen and some of Kenya’s largest herds of buffalo. The rivers abound with hippo and crocodile, fishing for barbus and catfish is permitted at camp sites and along the Tana River.

Meru National Park – Nairobi

After breakfast, you will transit through Mount Kenya region one of the Kenyans highlands the temperatures will tend to rise gradually and vegetation change from freshly broad leaves to thick thin leaves. We shall have our lunch en-route to Nairobi. On arrival in Nairobi, we shall drop you off at your place of residence or the airport for your flight to your onward destination.

PRICING DISCLAIMER – SEASONAL RATES

Prices quoted are subject to change based on seasonal demand. Kenya’s tourism calendar operates on peak (July–October & December–January), shoulder, and low seasons, and rates for safaris, park fees, and accommodation will vary accordingly. All pricing is indicative only and will be confirmed at the time of booking. We reserve the right to adjust rates without prior notice due to seasonal fluctuations, park fee revisions by Kenya Wildlife Service (KWS), or currency exchange changes. Final pricing will be outlined in your booking confirmation.

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