7 days birding Kenya safari
Safari Overview
Arrival and departure: Nairobi
Day 1- arrive, Nairobi park
Day 2- Nakuru
Day 3- masai mara
Day 4- masai Mara
Day 5- Amboseli
Day 6- Amboseli
Day 7- Amboseli to Nairobi
Detailed itinerary
Day 1
Destination: Nairobi N.P
You will be picked on arrival by our guide from the airport and head out through Nairobi city to Nairobi national park which is just 7km outside the city. You will have an exciting tour of a tour of wild game while gazing at skyscrapers of the city. The park has numerous bird species and numerous migrant species especially during the time between June and August adding to the more than 400 resident species making it a true birding haven in Africa; black headed heron, black smith lapwing, common moorhen, long-tailed fiscal, martial eagle, hartlaub’s bustard, Jackson’s window bird, lappet-faced vulture, kori bustard, white bellied bustard, white headed vulture, footy falcon, corncrake, secretary bird, Fischer’s lovebird among others. Along with mammal species such as lions, leopards, giraffes, hippos, ostriches, rhinos, hartebeests, waterbucks, hyenas, buffaloes, kobs, reptiles among others. Later in the afternoon hours will get heading out of the park to lake Nakuru national park.
Accommodation: Lake Nakuru lodge (or a similar one)
Meals: Breakfast | Dinner
Day 2
Destination: Lake Nakuru N.P
This day will find you at lake Nakuru which one of the world’s highest bird concentrated areas with more than a million flamingos, storks, geese, ducks among others residing at this shallow lake. The shallowness of lake Nakuru easily exposes algae which acts as food to the lesser and greater flamingos and other water birds thus making it a favorite place for them to stay. The pink colored flamingoes flying and settling in huge numbers make this lake one of the most colorful destinations in the world to visit; hottentot teal, bateleur, maccoa duck, pallid harrier, rupell’s vulture, shining sunbird, European roller, great snipe, western reef heron, red-capped lark, Abyssinian thrush, eastern imperial eagle, long crested eagle among others. Along the birds are mammals such as buffaloes, kobs, water bucks, antelopes, giraffes, baboons, monkeys, reptiles among others. Towards evening time, you will drive out of Nakuru getting closer to the masai mara.
Accommodation: The Mara sun Lodge (or a similar one)
Meals: Breakfast | Dinner
Day 3-4
Destination: Masai Mara
On this day, you will wake up to the sound of birds and the wild life of masai mara. The park offers different safari experiences such as air balloon safaris, game drives, horse riding safaris and walking safaris with the masai people. The most famous and eye catching phenomena of the park is the great migration that occurs around the park between June and august every year championed by the wildebeests and zebras against other predators in the park and residential nile crocodiles in the Mara river for their survival battle. The park is a vast green grassland anchored by woodland, swamps, forest species, acacia and the mara river that have maintained an effective eco-system that is a habitat to huge number of wild game.
This solid eco-system harbors numerous bird species making the park a birding haven to bird lovers; these species include; turaco, great kingfisher, abdim’s stork, white-backed vulture, african wood owl, kori bustard, grey headed kingfisher, black winged kite, african sacred ibis, african green pigeon, grey kestrel, black chested snake eagle, red billed teal, terminck’s courser, bare-faced-go-away bird, green wood hoopoe, mouse bird, silver bird, african grey hornbill, stripped kingfisher, african rail among others. The concentration of wild game in this park will give non-stop action packed safari drives all throughout of Africa’s big 5 game; lions, leopards, cheetahs, elephants, buffaloes, along with rhinos, kobs, hyenas, hartebeests, wildebeests, zebras, giraffes, waterbucks, reptiles, warthogs, monkeys, baboons, crocodiles, hippos, wild dogs, ostriches and numerous bird species all over the park.
Accommodation: Mara Simba lodge (or a similar one)
Meals: Breakfast | Dinner
Day 5-7
Destination: Amboseli N.P
Today you will enter Amboseli national park which is located at the feet of mountain Kilimanjaro; known for its large African elephant herds and also referred to as “home of the African elephant. The park will guarantee you the best sights of Africa’s highest snowcapped peak and tallest free standing mountain- Kilimanjaro. The park’s climate favors a lot of stay for birds thus making it an outstanding birding destination. Birds in the park include; african spoonbill, long tailed lapwing, saddle-billed stork, kori bustard, goliath heron, superb starling, african jacana, white bellied bustard, crowned lapwing, hamerkops, little bee-eater, yellow-necked spurfowl, yellow-billed stork among others. The vast green plains also harbor giraffes, zebras, leopards, buffaloes, waterbucks, warthogs, kobs, lions, rhinos and numerous bird species. On the seventh day, you will wake up to the sounds of the birds and head out of the park back to Nairobi to prepare for your departure flight.
Accommodation: Amboseli Sopa Lodge (or a similar one)
Meals: Breakfast | Dinner