Bird Watching Safari
To Tanzania and Kenya
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First time visitors are often surprised how rewarding this element of a safari can be. We always try to get people to take notice of the birds, as, even if you don't remember their names, for sheer dynamics and diversity they are impressive - from monkey-eating crowned eagles to minute and iridescent sunbirds. Unlike Europe, here birds are eminently visible and often actually doing something remarkable; fish eagles plucking writhing cat fish out of a river in front of you, rollers doing loops and aerobatics, vultures with 9 ft wingspans fighting over a carcass a few feet from your car.
For the more dedicated ornithologist we have access
to some of the best birding guides in East Africa and can arrange ornithological
safaris to see anything from Pel's fishing owl to Narina's Trogon.
Kenya Kenya's extremely diverse landscape creates numerous habitats for birds and this country is a birdwatchers paradise - from the forested Central Highlands to the eastern lakes like Lake Nakuru
Click here for more detailed descriptions of birdlife in Africa
Day 1
Pick up from the airport then transfer to a hotel for accommodation on Bed & Breakfast basis.
Day 2
Early morning pick up from your hotel and leave for Naivasha richly endowed
with birds. Lunch at the lakeside hotel. In the evening drive to the Lake
which is a bird watcher's paradise. Dinner and overnight stay at the camp/lodge.
Day 3
After an early morning bird-watching drive to Nakuru at the lodge/camp for
lunch, late in the evening visit the world famous bird sanctuary in Lake Nakuru
National Park, noted for its huge concentration of flamingos. Accommodation
at the lodge/camp.
Day 4
After breakfast bird-watching then breakfast. Lunch at the lodge/camp. In
the evening drive tot the lake where you watch and photograph different species
of birds returning to the lodge/camp for dinner and overnight stay.
Day 5
After breakfast depart for Kakamega checking in at the lodge/camp for lunch.
Afternoon is spent at the forest watching and photographing different species
of birds. All meals and accommodation at the lodge/camp.
Day 6
Another full day is spent watching birds, dinner and overnight stay at the
lodge/camp
Day 7
After breakfast leave for Lake Baragoi famous for different species of birds
including flamingos. Lunch at lodge/camp before proceeding on with bird watching
at the lake. Dinner and overnight stay at the lodge/camp.
Day 8
There is an early morning bird-watching before leaving for Mount Kenya where
you enjoy early morning and late evening bird-watching around Mount Kenya
Region spending the night in a lodge/camp.
Day 9
Full day is spent watching and photographing birds with breaks for meals,
dinner and overnight stay at the lodge/camp.
Day 10
After breakfast drive to Meru arriving in time for lunch. Later proceed to
Meru National Park where you watch different species of birds. Return to the
lodge/camp for dinner and overnight stay.
Day 11
Early morning breakfast before departing for Nairobi arriving in time for
lunch, then proceed to Nairobi National Park, you have a chance of watching
and photographing different kinds of birds. Accommodation at a hotel.
Day 12
Early breakfast then depart for Tsavo reaching in the early afternoon. After
some time proceed for bird watching returning to the lodge/camp for dinner
and overnight stay.
Day 13
Full day bird-watching and photographing different species of birds. All meals
and accommodation at the lodge/camp.
Day 14
After breakfast depart for Arabuko Sokoke forest checking in at the lodge/camp
for lunch. The whole afternoon is spent watching birds, accommodation at the
lodge/camp.
Day 15
Pre-breakfast bird watching with breaks for meals, dinner and overnight stay
at the lodge/camp.
Day 16
After breakfast depart for Nairobi reaching by early afternoon before proceeding
on to the next destination.
Tanzania
This is another East African country blessed with a particularly
rich and varied birdlife - a birding treat…
Mt Kilimanjaro - Northern Tanzania
The birdlife is extremely rich on the lower slopes (rainforest
and the moorland region) of Africa's highest mountain.
Ngorongoro Crater and Lake Magadi (including Lake Natron) - Northern Tanzania
Apart from the many bird to be seen in the crater area, there
are the thousands of flamingoes to see at Lake Magadi, another soda lake.
Lake Natron lies further north and is another flamingo "hot spot".
The best time for flamingo viewing is January and February.
Serengeti National Park - Northern Tanzania
The sweeping grasslands make viewing the many birds in the
area a delight.
Wembere Swamps - Western Tanzania
Watch out for large , breeding colonies of big wading birds like herons, ibis and storks.
Lake Rukwa - Southern Tanzania
This area is situated on a seasonally flooded plain which
sees large numbers of various different bird species in the wet season.
Uwanda National Park - Western Tanzania
Over 400 bird species have been recorded here, such as grey
parrot, red shark, woodpecker and many more.
Rubondo Island National Park - Southwestern Tanzania
Close to 400 species can be seen here, including fish eagle,
heron, stork, ibises, cormorant, martial eagle, Goliath heron, sacred ibis
and kingfisher. The island serves as a breeding ground and stopover for fowl
from east and Central Africa, Europe, and South America.
Ruaha National Park - Southern Tanzania
Over 400 bird species reside here; like Dickinson's kestrel,
violet-crested traco, pale-billed hornbill, racquet-tailed roller and Eleonora's
falcon. Eurasian migrant birds flock to Ruaha twice a year - October to November
and March to April on the their outward journeys to feed with resident kingfishers,
plovers, hornbills, green wood hoopoes, bee-eaters, sunbirds and egrets.
Katavi National Park - Western Tanzania
More than 400 bird species occur here and the park is home
to large flocks of pelican; as well as the go-away-bird, pale-billed hornbill,
white-winged babbling starling and Tanzania masked weaver.
Mkomazi Game Reserve - Northeastern Tanzania
Over 400 recorded species occur here; doves, hornbills, weavers and guinea-fowl are all present in large numbers - as well as such striking species as the martial eagle and violet wood-hoopoe.
Kenya
.Kenya's extremely diverse landscape creates numerous
habitats for birds and this country is a birdwatchers paradise - from the
forested Central Highlands to the eastern lakes like Lake Nakuru
Aberdare National Park - Southern Kenya
There are literally hundreds of bird species in this forested
mountain park.
Amboseli National Park - Northern Kenya
The region is home to over 400 bird species, including the bee-eater, kingfisher, African fish eagle, marital eagle and pygmy falcon.
Athi Plains - Southern Kenya
A good place for seeing whydahs display their magnificent
tails.
Lake Baringo - Rift Valley
Of Kenya's 1200 different species of birds, more than 450
species have been sighted here; the lake is the bird-watching centre of the
country and it is possible to go on bird-watching walks with a "resident
ornithologist".
Lake Nakuru - Western Kenya
The soda lake is one of the Rift Valley lakes to attract up to millions of flamingoes; though numbers have decreased over recent years, it is hoped they will increase again.
Lake Bogoria - Western Kenya
Recently, Lake Bogoria has become the place to view flamingoes
in East Africa - where the population is around one to two million birds,
mostly staying around the southern end of the lake.
Mount Kenya and Mount Meru National Parks - Central Highlands
Both parks offer excellent opportunities at spotting both forest and moorland-dwelling birds.
Kakamega Forest Reserve - Rift Valley
Over 330 bird species occur in virgin tropical rainforest,
which is also home to a number of primates.
