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Summary
We offer the best guided 16 Days Kenya Birding Safari Tour Holiday. On this tour, there are many bird-inspired activities to do on this specific safari holiday, namely bird photography, birds & wildlife tours, birds nature walks and birding safari game drives which are done by birds tour guide experts. Choose to experience wildlife and birding tours from Lake Nakuru birds National Park, Kakamega forest birds reserve and Lake Victoria bird walks as you discover both migratory and resident birds in Kenya. Share unforgettable birding sights (Great flamingo, white pelican, Goliath heron, Hornbills, Hawks, Eagles, Nightjars, Hummingbirds, and Allies Order Caprimulgiformes). On this trip you'll experience everything from the fresh air of Africa to night sounds, ranging from frogs, night birds and the Kenyan giant forest birds from your stay with a multitude of birding tour activities!
Package Includes
Package Includes: Transport in a 4×4 Toyata Mini Van with a pop-up roof -each person is guaranteed a window seat Services of a professional English speaking guide Accommodation in a double/triple room Game drives as per the itinerary Game parks or national parks entry fees; Three meals per day whilst on safari 1-litre Mineral water per person per day Complimentary return airport transfers in Nairobi
Package Excludes
Safari Price excludes: Drinks Tipping Cultural visits to Maasai Villages costs US$ 25 per person Masai Mara Balloon safari @ 450 Dollars per person can be arranged on request Personal effects Kenya Visas pre and post safari hotel accommodation in Nairobi
Activities
- Bird Photography
- Evening Drives
- General Photography
- Landscape photography
- Morning Drives
- Wilderness Trail
- Wildlife Photography
- Game drive
- Bird Watching
- Culture
- Photo-safari
Places
- Maasai Mara, Kenya
- Lake Nakuru National Park, Kenya
- Mount Kenya, Kenya
- Lake Naivasha, Kenya
- Lake Nakuru, Kenya
Physical Condition
- Normal Physical Condition
Connectivity
- No WiFi but good phone coverage
Day-by-day Description
Day 1Nairobi
Activities Included
Bird Photography Evening Drives General Photography Landscape photography Morning Drives Wilderness Trail Wildlife Photography Game drive Bird Watching Culture Photo-safariFollowing your arrival at Jomo Kenyatta International Airport, just outside of Kenya’s bustling capital, you will be transferred to Nairobi Hekka Hotel where you will be met by your tour leader. We will then meet for a welcome dinner, to discuss our exciting forthcoming adventure!
Other Benefits (On Arrival)
- Transfer
Location
Nairobi, Kenya
Travel Time: 1 hrs
Day 2Nairobi - Mount Kenya
Activities Included
Bird Photography Evening Drives Morning Drives Wilderness Trail Wildlife Photography Game drive Bird Watching Culture Photo-safariAfter breakfast, we'll proceed towards Mt. Kenya National Park, where we expect to arrive in the mid to late afternoon. En route, there is a distinct possibility of sighting Speckled Moosebird, Red-fronted Tinkerbird, Spot-flanked Barbet, Lesser Striped Swallow, Capped Wheatear, Abyssinian Thrush, African Pipit, Grey-backed Camaroptera, Red-faced Crombec, White-eyed Slaty Flycatcher, African Paradise Flycatcher, Collared and Variable Sunbirds, Abyssinian White-eye, White-browed Sparrow-Weaver, Spectacled Weaver, Red-cheeked Cordon-bleu, Streaky Seed-eater and African Citril. Your dinner and overnight stay will be at Serena Mountain Lodge.
Other Benefits (On Arrival)
- Transfer
Location
Mount Kenya, Kenya
Travel Time: 6 hrs
Day 3Mount Kenya
Activities Included
Bird Photography Evening Drives Landscape photography Morning Drives Scenic Drive Wilderness Trail Wildlife Photography Game drive Bird Watching Culture Photo-safariToday we will have a full day to bird the slopes of Mount Kenya, as we ascend through the montane forest towards the Meteorological Station. If the weather is clear, we shall awaken to views of the snow-capped summit of Mount Kenya (5199m)–Africa’s second-highest peak after Mount Kilimanjaro. Birds that we will be targeting on the forested slopes here include Black Sparrowhawk, the magnificent Crowned Eagle, Jackson’s Francolin, African Olive and Eastern Bronze-naped Pigeons, Red-fronted Parrot, bullet-like Scarce Swift, Crowned and Silvery-cheeked Hornbills, beautiful Bar-tailed Trogon, White-headed Wood Hoopoe, Moustached and Yellow-rumped Tinkerbirds, Abyssinian Ground Thrush, Black Saw-wing, Yellow-whiskered. For dinner, we will return to Serena Mountain Lodge where we will be able to relax.
Other Benefits (On Arrival)
- Transfer
Location
Mount Kenya, Kenya
Travel Time: 6 hrs
Day 4Mount Kenya - Lake Nakuru
Activities Included
Ballooning Bird Photography Evening Drives General Photography Landscape photography Morning Drives Scenic Drive Wilderness Trail Wildlife Photography Game drive Bird Watching Culture Photo-safariAfter morning bird walks, we will depart for Lake Nakuru National Park. The journey will take several hours to complete, largely because of the number of important stops along the way. First, we will visit a regular roost site for the rare and impressive Cape Eagle-Owl. The subspecies here, machinery, is larger than the nominate race and is sometimes split off as distinct species. Further along, we will also visit the impressive Thompson Falls. In the surrounding scrub and secondary forest, we may encounter White-eyed Slaty Flycatcher, African Paradise Flycatcher, Collared and Variable Sunbirds, African Green Pigeon, and Purple-crested Turaco, while the delightful Mountain Wagtails are sometimes seen at the river’s edge. Thereafter, we will drop down the eastern rim of the Great Rift Valley and onwards to Lake Nakuru National Park. We will then return to Sarova Woodlands Hotel for a good night's rest.
Other Benefits (On Arrival)
- Transfer
Location
Lake Nakuru National Park, Nakuru, Kenya
Travel Time: 6 hrs
Day 5Lake Nakuru
Activities Included
Bird Photography Evening Drives General Photography Landscape photography Morning Drives Scenic Drive Wilderness Trail Wildlife Photography Game drive Bird Watching Culture Photo-safariToday we will discover the great Lake Nakuru, initially declared as a national park because of its vast flamingo population. The alkaline levels of the lake itself vary and this, along with other accompanying changes in algal biomass, causes considerable variation in the flamingo population. Besides the flamingos, other water birds abound and we can expect to find good numbers of Great White Pelican, cormorants, egrets, ibis, ducks, African Spoonbill, the regal African Fish Eagle, and noisy groups of Pied Kingfisher. The surrounding dry land areas also support Black-headed Lapwing, Coqui and Hildebrandt’s Francolins, White-fronted Bee-eater, Green Wood Hoopoe, Red-throated Wryneck, Red-rumped, and Mosque Swallows, Mocking Cliff Chat, Little Rock Thrush, Arrow-marked Babbler, the scarce Grey-crested Helmetshrike, Rüppell’s Starling, and Speke’s Weaver. Your dinner and overnight stay will be held at the Sarova Woodlands Hotel.
Other Benefits (On Arrival)
- Transfer
Location
Lake Nakuru National Park, Nakuru, Kenya
Travel Time: 6 hrs
Day 6Lake Nakuru - Lake Baringo
Activities Included
Bird Photography Evening Drives General Photography Landscape photography Morning Drives Scenic Drive Wilderness Trail Wildlife Photography Game drive Bird Watching Culture Photo-safariWe have a full day to explore the lake edge and the surrounding dry thornveld, where an impressive 470 odd species are on offer. We will focus our birding efforts on the beautiful grounds at the Country Club, the surrounding shoreline, and the impressive Baringo Cliffs. Key birds that we will be searching for include Verreaux’s and Greyish Eagle-Owls, Northern White-faced Owl, Hemprich’s and Jackson’s Hornbills, African Black and Nyanza Swifts, Mocking Cliff Chat, quirky Bristle-crowned Starlings, Red-fronted Apalis, Abyssinian White-eye, Fan-tailed Raven, Rufous-tailed Rock Thrush, Black-throated Barbet, Pygmy Batis, the aptly named Beautiful Sunbird, Little, Village, Golden-backed and Northern Masked Weavers, and both Yellow-crowned and Northern Red Bishops. Once we round up our bird sighting trip, we will return to the Lake Baringo Lodge.
Other Benefits (On Arrival)
- Transfer
Location
Lake Baringo, Kenya
Travel Time: 4 hrs
Day 7Lake Baringo - Lake Bogoria
Activities Included
Animal Tracking Bird Photography Evening Drives General Photography Landscape photography Morning Drives Para-gliding Scenic Drive Wilderness Trail Wildlife Photography Game drive Bird Watching Culture Photo-safariLake Bogoria is an important bird area and is frequently visited by Birding specialist . Species of interest recorded here include Jackson’s and Hemprich’s Hornbills, Bristle Crowned Starling, and waterbirds including Goliath Heron; White-backed Duck, and African Skimmers and Darters. Dinner and overnight at Lake Bogoria Lodge.
Other Benefits (On Arrival)
- Transfer
Location
Lake Bogoria Hot Springs, E461, Kenya
Travel Time: 2 hrs
Day 8Lake Bogoria - Kakamega Forest
Activities Included
Bird Photography Evening Drives General Photography Landscape photography Morning Drives Scenic Drive Wilderness Trail Wildlife Photography Game drive Bird Watching Culture Photo-safariAfter breakfast and a spot of morning birding, we'll head towards the famous Kakamega Forest. This is essentially a travel day on which we only expect to arrive at Kakamega Forest in the late afternoon. Following a quick rest break, we may have the opportunity to bird the grounds of our accommodation in the early evening at Rondo Retreat Lodge. Your dinner at the lodge will be served shortly after.
Other Benefits (On Arrival)
- Transfer
Location
Kakamega Forest National Reserve, Kenya
Travel Time: 7 hrs
Day 9Kakamega Forest
Activities Included
Bird Photography Evening Drives Morning Drives Wilderness Trail Wildlife Photography Game drive Bird Watching Culture Photo-safariToday we will enjoy a full day of birding at Kakamega Forest, in search of several Central and West African specials. Our targets here will include Crowned Eagle, Western Banded Snake Eagle, African Goshawk, the shy and extremely secretive White-spotted Flufftail, noisy Grey Parrots, the giant Great Blue and Black-billed Turacos, African Emerald and Black Cuckoos, Green Malkoha, White-headed Wood Hoopoe, Black-and-white-casqued Hornbill, the incredibly beautiful and secretive Blue-headed Bee-eater, Grey-throated, Yellow-billed, Yellow-spotted and Hairy-breasted Barbets, Thick-billed Honeyguide and Cassin’s Honeybird, Brown-eared, Buff-spotted and Yellow-crested Woodpeckers, African Broadbill and many more. After our bird-filled day, we will return to Rondo Retreat Lodge to get some well-deserved rest.
Other Benefits (On Arrival)
- Transfer
Location
Kakamega Forest National Reserve, Kenya
Travel Time: 8 hrs
Day 10Kakamega - Lake Victoria
Activities Included
Bird Photography Wilderness Trail Wildlife Photography Game drive Bird Watching Culture Photo-safariAfter breakfast, you leave your hotel for a trip to Lake Victoria for a bird search. You have a chance to see birds’ species like Papyrus Gonolek, Swamp Flycatchers, White-Winged Warbler, Golden-Backed Weavers, Southern Red-Bishop, and Black-billed Barbet among others. Later in the afternoon, we'll leave the lake for Masai Mara National Reserve. Upon arrival, you can relax, have dinner and spend overnight at Dunga Beach Hotel.
Other Benefits (On Arrival)
- Transfer
Location
Lake Victoria
Travel Time: 6 hrs
Day 11Lake Victoria - Lake Naivasha
Activities Included
Bird Photography Boat Cruise Evening Drives Morning Drives Wilderness Trail Wildlife Photography Game drive Bird Watching Culture Photo-safariToday after an early breakfast, our safari will be destined for Lake Naivasha, the only freshwater lake in the Rift Valley. From the top of the Rift Valley escarpment, you can see the lake sparkling under the sun thousands of feet below you. The lake is home to a large colony of hippos and it’s also a Mecca for bird watchers and researchers since over 400 different species of birds have been recorded here e.g. Long toed plover, Great white egret, Grey-headed gull, Southern pochard, Red-billed Teal and not mention the Lilly trotter. Lunch and dinner will be served at the tranquil Lake Naivasha Country Club, where you will also be spending the night.
Other Benefits (On Arrival)
- Transfer
Location
Lake Naivasha, Kenya
Travel Time: 8 hrs
Day 12Lake Naivasha
Activities Included
Bird Photography Boat Cruise Evening Drives Morning Drives Scenic Drive Wildlife Photography Game drive Bird Watching Culture Photo-safariAfter breakfast, a morning bird walk will take place with the aim of viewing birds on the shores of the lake with a few hours of relaxation before lunch. We will go on an afternoon visit to Hell’s Gate National Park, which is a breeding ground for vultures in Kenya. Lake Naivasha Country Club will be your accommodation for the night.
Day 13Lake Naivasha - Masai Mara National Park
Activities Included
Animal Tracking Bird Photography Cheetah Tracking Evening Drives Game Walk General Photography Landscape photography Morning Drives Wilderness Trail Wildlife Photography Game drive Bird Watching Culture Photo-safariToday our safari expedition will take us to the jewel of Kenya’s parks, the world-famous Masai Mara Game (Wildlife) Reserve. This is Kenya’s number one park and is always on every bird watcher’s and wildlife tourists “Must see list”. Full of life with various types of animals and birds, Masai Mara crown’s the climax of every safari in Kenya. Its rolling grasslands and acacia savannah have time and again been captured on film with the movie “Out Of Africa” being the most famous. Masai Mara is home to the “Big Five” (Elephant, Buffalo, Lion, Leopard, and Rhino) and over 450 bird species as such as Bare-faced go-away bird, Hooded vulture, Egyptian vulture, Flappet Lark, Red-necked fowl, White-necked Raven, etc. Apart from the big five, the Masai Mara is most famous for the spectacular annual migration of over a million wildebeest, zebra, gazelle, etc from the Serengeti in northern Tanzania crossing the Mara River into Kenya in search of fresh feeding grounds, which takes place in late July or August. We will return to the Sopa lodge for your dinner and overnight stay.
Other Benefits (On Arrival)
- Transfer
Location
Masai Mara National Reserve, Kenya
Travel Time: 8 hrs
Day 14Masai Mara
Activities Included
Animal Tracking Bird Photography Cheetah Tracking Evening Drives General Photography Landscape photography Morning Drives Scenic Drive Wilderness Trail Wildlife Photography Game drive Bird Watching Culture Photo-safariAn early morning birding game drive after breakfast will be our perfect start of another unforgettable and memorable birding day in Africa. We will have a picnic lunch en-route while also spending the day in the Mara Plains trying to identify and record the over 450 species record in this reserve. Dinner and overnight at Mara Sopa Lodge
Other Benefits (On Arrival)
- Transfer
Location
Masai Mara National Reserve, Kenya
Travel Time: 8 hrs
Day 15Masai Mara
Activities Included
Animal Tracking Bird Photography Cheetah Tracking Evening Drives General Photography Landscape photography Morning Drives Wilderness Trail Wildlife Photography Game drive Bird Watching Culture Photo-safariAfter breakfast, we'll leave the lodge or camp for a full day Bird-Searching Tour. In this famous reserve, there are lots of birds’ species like Yellow-bellied Hyliota, Schslows’s Turaco, Long-tailed Cisticolas, Pale Wren Warblers to mention a few. Lunch will be provided during midday where you later drive back to your lodge for dinner and overnight stay at Masai Mara Sopa Lodge
Other Benefits (On Arrival)
- Transfer
Location
Masai Mara National Reserve, Kenya
Travel Time: 8 hrs
Day 16Masai Mara - Nairobi
Activities Included
Animal Tracking Morning Drives Wilderness Trail Wildlife Photography Game drive Bird Watching Culture Photo-safariA morning game drive will take place to conclude this amazing trip. You will then depart for Nairobi arriving in the late afternoon for your homebound flight or onto your next adventure.
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Offical Visa Regulations and Health Requirements
For personalized details on health and visa requirements please check the IATA travel centre here
https://www.iatatravelcentre.comVISAS Tourists must have a valid visa to visit Kenya. Your passport must also be valid for at least six months after the date of your arrival in the country. In 2017 Kenya introduced ‘eVisa’, the electronic tourist visa, although you can still apply for a visa manually on arrival at the Nairobi or Mombasa airport in Kenya. The new eVisa will replace the manual application process on arrival at the airport. The transition to the new scheme has taken longer than expected. This means that you can still choose to apply for a visa on arrival at the Nairobi or Mombasa airport, or online before flying into Kenya. Manual application for a visa on arrival in Kenya: On arrival at the airport in Kenya, you will need to complete an application form and pay a fee of USD 50. The process is relatively smooth and fast. It’s handy to carry your own pen! In the field where you are requested to state your Kenyan address, please enter the name of the hotel/lodge where you are proceeding to spend your first night. Electronic visa application for Kenya: Please use the website www.evisa.go.ke to apply for an electronic eVisa. You may pay by credit card. The visa processing fee is USD 50, and there is a service charge of USD 1. The minimum period you can apply for a Kenyan visa is three months before your travel date. The visa application process involves uploading your passport picture along with your passport photograph. Your visa shall be issued approximately five days after you register. You shall be required to print a copy of your electronic visa, bring it with you for presentation along with your passport on arrival in Kenya. If you have any problems or inquiries related to applying for an electronic visa, please contact the Kenyan Embassy in your country / region.
