12 Days
This birding exhibition takes you to the most sought-after bird-watching destinations. Visit Mount Kenya National Park which hosts Kenya’s most cherished bird species like the Green Pigeon Violet-backed Starling, and Meyer’s Parrot. Anticipate enjoying altitude birding adventure and being immersed in one of the most unique environments in Africa, not to miss a wide array of bird species such as Mountain Buzzard, Spot-flanked Barbet, Eastern Double-collared Sunbird, and Double-toothed Barbet, Olive Pigeon, Mountain Buzzard, Violet-backed Starling, Eastern Bronze-naped Pigeon, and Oriole Finch, Meyer’s Parrots, African Green Pigeon, Black-and-white Mannikin and Spot-flanked Barbet, Abyssinian Ground Thrush, Hartlaub’s Turaco, Red-fronted Parrot, Jackson’s Francolin, Moorland Chat, Scarlet-tufted Malachite Sunbird, Black-headed Waxbill, Montane White-eye, Eastern Double-collared Sunbird, Slender-billed Starling, Waller’s Starling, Hunter’s Cisticola, and Moorland Francolin.
Visit Lake Baringo and Lake Bongoria which are known soda lakes and attract huge volumes of bird species inclusive of globally threatened and regionally elusive species such as Lesser Flamingo, Greater Flamingo, African Fish Eagle, Little Bittern, Purple Heron and White-faced Whistling Duck, African Jacana, Black Crake, Goliath Heron, Jackson’s Hornbill, Yellow-billed Hornbill, Spotted Eagle-Owl, Northern White-faced Scops Owl, Shikra, Dark Chanting-Goshawk, Verreaux’s Eagle, Slender-tailed Nightjar, D’Arnaud’s Barbet, Black-throated Barbet, Brubru, Heuglin’s Courser, Blue-capped cordon-bleu, Grey-headed Bushshrike, Northern Masked Weaver, Jackson’s Golden-backed Weaver, White-billed Buffalo-Weaver, Northern Red Bishop, Brown-tailed Rock Chat, Beautiful Sunbird, Hemprich’s Hornbill, Mocking Cliff-Chat and Bristle-crowned Starling among others.
Birding Kakamega is a mid-altitude tropical rainforest part of Congo Basin Forest in the far east situated in Kenya with tropical residents such as Black-faced Rufous Warbler, Chapin’s Flycatcher, Great Blue Turaco, Crowned Eagle, Yellow-mantled Widowbird, White-chinned Prinia, Turner’s Eremomela, Green Hylia, Red-headed Bluebill, Uganda Woodland Warbler, Yellow-bellied Hyliota, African Broadbill, Snowy-headed Robin-Chat, Vieillot’s Black Weaver, Olive-Green Camaroptera, Luhder’s Bush-Shrike, Black-crowned Waxbill, Mackinnon’s Fiscal, White-spotted Flufftail, Dusky Tit, Hairy-breasted Barbet, Green-throated Sunbird, White-breasted Negrofinch, Yellow-crested Woodpecker, among other birds. We shall also have a birding experience along the shores of Lake Victoria for more waterbird expeditions. The 12 days of bird-watching exploration also takes to the vast plains of Maasai Mara. It is recommendable to travel during the month of October to February for a better bird watching experience; however, the tour is available throughout the year and can be fully customized in regards to your needs and preferences.
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