14 Day Birding Trip

Arrival and night at Tamarind Tree Hotel

After an early breakfast, we depart for Samburu’s Ashnil Camp, arriving for lunch and a bit of rest. We then venture into the reserve for dryland species, which will include Somali ostrich, Somali bee eater, Somali courser, buff-crowned bustard, Namaqua dove, Black-faced and chestnut-bellied sandgrouse, Tawny eagle, martial eagle, and more before we retire to the lodge.

Early breakfast and drive across the river to the other section for White-headed mouse bird, Straw tailed whydah, Steel blue whydah, Northern grosbeak canary, Eastern yellow-billed hornbill, the possibility of Leopard, African wild cat, Greater Kudu and others before we come for lunch and rest before we embark on an afternoon session.

After an early breakfast, we depart Samburu for Lake Nakuru lodge for lunch and later birding the shore of the saline lake for Great and pink-backed pelicans, blue-billed and red-billed teals, southern pochards, northern shovellers, Little stints, Whiskered terns, white-winged terns, and much more, as well as buffalo, White rhino, and other game.

After an early breakfast, we bird out to Lake Baringo, stopping along the way. Eventually, we’ll stop for lunch at Lomanira Resort. Afterward, we continue birding, arriving at Lake Baringo in the evening. We check into Soi Safari lodge.

Early boat ride for Goliath, Purple, grey heron, Squacco Heron, Straited heron, and various egrets. African darter, Reed, and Great cormorants. We will then come for breakfast and later drive for owls, nightjar, Heuglin’s courser, etc. We will be back for lunch later in the evening more birding in the West Bay area for Hunter’s sunbird, Kenya violet-backed sunbird, Three streaked Tchagra, Red and Yellow barbet, and Nubian woodpecker among others. Night at Soi Safari Lodge

Early breakfast and drive to the cliff area for a walk that will focus on Yellow-bellied eramomela, Northern and Red-faced crombec, Pygmy batis, Red-fronted warbler, Bristle crowned starling, Magpie starling, Hemprich’s hornbill, Jackson’s and Red-billed hornbill, Brown tailed rock chat, Black throated barbet, Abyssinian scimitarbill before we come back for lunch and later drive to Westbay for evening birding where we expect to see Gambaga flycatcher, Lesser honeyguide, great headed silverbill and more before the night falls.

Early breakfast, luggage packed drive out to Kakamega forest, stopping along the way for White-crested turaco, Southern black flycatcher, Meyer’s Parrot, Fan-tailed raven, Little rock Thrush, and lunch at Kerio View Lodge before driving to the forest and if time allows we can bird a bit for the common birds like Gret throated barbets which are easily seen in the compound. Night at Rondo retreat.

Early breakfast and birding for Black-collared Apalis, Great blue turaco, Black-billed turaco, African broadbill, White headed wood hopoe, Crowned eagle, Black and white casqued hornbill, Joyful greenbul, Yellow-whiskered greenbul, banded prinia, etc. We will go for lunch, check-in and rest till late afternoon when we walk to the forest in search of other birds till dusk and retire to the resort

Early breakfast then some birding and later pack up and depart to Lake Victoria hoping to get there for lunch and check in at Imperial hotel. You will have a rest till late afternoon when we drive to the lakeshores for birding in the papyrus habitat, which will elicit Papyrus canary, Black headed gonolek, Blue headed coucal, Black billed and Double toothed barbet, Blue-spotted wood dove, Yellow throated greenbul, Swamp flycatcher etc. We will then go back to hotel for the night.

Early breakfast and depart stopping by Ahero paddy fields for Southern red bishop, African Open-billed stork and others then proceed to Sarova for lunch, check in and rest before we embark on birding and mammal watching in the reserve, Sooty chat, Rosy throated longclaw, Crowned lapwing, Yellow throated sandgrouse, black bellied and white bellied bustards,vultures and eagles will be the highlight along with various animals.

Early breakfast with a packed lunch we will bird as well as watch out for mammals for the better part of the day, we will wonder as far as the lookout area for Schalow’s turaco, Senegal lapwing, White-headed vulture, Lappet-faced vulture, Temminck’s courser, Athi short-toed lark among others before we retire to the camp.

Early breakfast and bird while watching out for the big and small cats , we can do a whole day in the park if that is the wish for every one otherwise we can break and have an afternoon session.

Early drive into the park and drive back for breakfast and then prepare to check out from the rooms as you await your afternoon flight to Nairobi.