Kenya Birding Safaris

Join us on this 27 days Magical Birding safari in Kenya as we look out for 11% of the world’s bird population! Kenya is a true bird-watching haven and this safari exhibit is why Kenya is one of the most famous birding spots in the world. On this birding adventure, you’ll be visiting Kenya’s entire Topnotch Birding destination with the most fascinating scenery. This is drafted for the hardcore birders! This birding watching safari is designed for you to observe the finest of Kenya’s bird species.

Kenya is home to over 11% of the world’s birdlife population, so there is plenty for you to get your binoculars ready! On our 27 day Magical Kenya Birding Safari, you’ll be traversing through the southern hemisphere, and then crossing the northern hemisphere in Kenya, all while enjoying the variety of avian life and wildlife within varied conservation areas and landscapes. We have allocated enough time at each site to ensure you do not miss out on anything unless nature refuses.

This bird-watching safari is fully packed with Kenyan endemic bird species, regional residents, and migrants too. Our professional bird-watching safari guides will take you to Kenya’s most popular national parks in terms of birding, as well as the lesser-known but rich locations. Our bird watching safari guides will also help you to spot, identify, observe and learn about the bird species you come across along the way. You’ll also have an opportunity to spot Kenya’s fascinating wildlife, inclusive of large and small mammals, amphibians, reptiles, and arthropods, and multitudes of flora species. This is a bird-watching extravaganza not to miss and particularly designed for hard-core birders.

17 Days Birding and Wildlife Safari Kenya offers Kenya birding in a nutshell, from the soda-surfaced layers of Rift valleys lakes flocked by flamingos to alpine Mount Kenya and the flourishing western lowland forests at Kakamega. All these offer great birding experience doubled with bird-rich savannas, Tsavo’s semi-arid environment also favors avian life, Sokoke’s coastal forests, and the majestic conservation parks that make Kenya the world’s top mammal watching destination in Africa.

This is not surprising when you consider visiting Kenya you will probably encounter more bird and mammal species than any other African safari. Most days we are required to kick start by around 6 am and will stay out for about 12 hours, in order to have a chance of the best times for the finest birds and mammals that this trip offers. Where possible we will use the afternoon moments to rest up or visit the local communities. Some days will be fully spent in the fields.

Sometimes we shall nights outs depending on our safari guide’s recommendation in the lookout for nightjars and owls, and this is done before dinner or and only last for not more than an hour. Kenya is a decent-sized country with a well-developed road network connecting different birding destinations.

You will find it adventurous, time-saving, and relaxing to have your picnic-parked lunch under the shade of the tree. Almost all the birding in Kenya is done on easily accessible areas on clear roads and most of the time is spent in the car with a little walking and hiking with exception of Sokoke, Kakamega forest, and Mount Kenya where a 2 hours walk will be done. The climate in Kenya is variable, so come prepared with rain gears and sunglasses.

15 Days Birding and Wildlife Adventure Tour in Kenya, you will encounter several bird species from the prominent conservation area in Kenya, not to Miss Samburu national reserve home to about 390 species of birds supported by a gallery of the forest, open arid savanna, and shrubs. Samburu boasts a sizeable population of rare birds from northeast Africa such as Golden-breasted starling, Somalia bee-eater, and vulturine guineafowl among others.

Encounter the rich montane avifauna of Mount Kenya, this area presents 6 destination endemic birds and a home to over 54 of the African tropical montane biome species, there is also a good number of regionally and globally threatened species, some of the species include the Abbott’s Starling, Lesser Kestrel, Olive Ibis, Abyssinian Owl, Scarlet-tufted Sunbird, Lammergeier, Ayres’s hawk-eagle, Jackson’s widowbird, Sharpe’s Longclaw, African Crowned Eagle, Cape Eagle-Owl, Purple-throated Cuckoo-shrike, African Grass Owl, Long-tailed Widowbird, and Kenrick’s Starling and many more.

There is also a variety of game species like Sykes monkey, Black-and-white Colobus Monkey, Bushbuck, Olive Baboon, Waterbuck, Black Rhino, Cape buffalo, African Elephant, Leopard, Genet Cat, Bush Pig, Giant Forest Hog, Spotted Hyena and many more. Visit Lake Bogoria known for about 350 birds on its list, with an estimated two million lesser flamingos which is the main attraction alongside greater flamingos as well.

This comes along with the formidable number of bird species. Kakamega tropical forest is located in western Kenya closer to the Ugandan border; the forest is home to Ross’s Turaco, Turner’s Eremomela, Blue-headed Bee-eater, Grey Parrot, Great Blue Turaco Black-faced Rufous Warbler, Red-headed Bluebill, Uganda Woodland Warbler, Chapin’s Flycatcher, Yellow-mantled Widowbird, White-chinned Prinia, Yellow-bellied Hyliota, Vieillot’s Black Weaver, Turner’s Eremomela, Green Hylia, Snowy-headed Robin-Chat, Hairy-breasted Barbet, Olive-Green Camaroptera, African Broadbill, Black-billed Turaco and Yellow-bellied Wattle-eye, Green-throated Sunbird, Dusky Tit, Luhder’s Bush-Shrike, Mackinnon’s Fiscal, White-spotted Flufftail, Black-crowned Waxbill, Yellow-crested Woodpecker, White-breasted Negrofinch, Equatorial Akalat, Blue-headed Bee-eater, Common Wattle-eye, White-tailed Ant-Thrush, Jameson’s Wattle-eye.

Lastly on this birding trip encounter Masai Mara birding spots with more than 500 bird species inclusive of savannah species and very rich in raptors with 57 species present and seasoned migratory birds between November to April. This birding tour is available throughout the year.

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.

This tour takes you to the most popular birding destination in Kenya, not to miss the spectacular Masai Mara, Masai which is best known as the birding paradise based on 450 bird species with over 45 species of prey. This park is home to the Masai Ostrich the largest bird on planet earth. This birdlife is supported by a wide range of ecosystems ranging from the Great Rift Valley escarpments.

Open savannah, riverbanks, and rocky sides. Maasai Mara records savannah endemic bird species and about 45 species of raptors, on this safari we expect to find various bird species in Lake Naivasha national reserve such as the Mosque Swallow, Abyssinian Wheatear, Nyanza Swift, Mottled Swift, Lyne’s Cisticola, Chestnut Sparrow, White-fronted Bee-eater, Pied Avocet, Black Heron, Goliath Heron, Plain-backed Pipit, Giant Kingfisher, Grey-backed Fiscal, Grey-crested Helmet-Shrike, Mocking Cliff Chat, Bearded Woodpecker, Brimstone Canary, Cape Teal.

Lesser Flamingo, Maccoa Duck, Ruff, Green Sandpiper, Black-tailed Godwit, Great White Pelican, Common Greenshank, Hildebrandt’s Francolin, African Fish Eagle, Verreaux’s Eagle, Tawny Eagle, Arrow-marked Babbler, Grey Crowned Crane, Black Cuckoo and Hoopoe, Black-lored Babbler, Osprey, Hybrid Lovebird, Red-throated Wryneck, Golden-breasted Bunting, Buff-bellied Warbler among others.

Lake Baringo is a scenic birding haven that impresses birders for its easily seen birds. The lake has about 480 species on its list include; Jackson Hornbill, Hemprich’s Hornbill, Brown-tailed Rock Chat, Bristle-crowned Starling, White-billed Buffalo Weaver, Little Weaver, Fox Kestrel, Somali Tit, Fan-tailed Raven, Brown Babbler, Somali Fiscal, Mouse-coloured Penduline-tit, Parrot-billed Sparrow, Northern Masked.

This tour also takes to Lake Bongoria for more birding expeditions before crossing to Tsavo National Park which is rich with the famous big fives and supported by a variety of the key bird species including the endemic and migrant species. This safari ends with birding Amboseli National Park which is a great birding destination with over 480 bird species, its swamps support the presence of several waterbird species such as flamingos, egrets, herons, pelicans, crowned cranes, and others. The best time to have this safari is between October and February however, the tour is available throughout the year.

This is one of the most popular safaris from our checklist of birding safaris in Kenya. This exceptional birding adventure goes to the fresh waters of Lake Naivasha which is a few hours from Nairobi city and occupies about 139 square kilometers, this birding destination is blessed with over 300 species of bird with the most popular being the saddle-billed stock, Great white pelicans, goliath heron, and the giant kingfishers among other regionally elusive and globally threatened species.

9 days birding adventure also goes to the alkaline lakes of Nakuru and Elementaita in the lookout to over 500 species of bird recorded, this area is endowed with an abundance of raptors and certainly the most common water birds and the Masai Mara Game Reserve for the glimpse about the savannah endemic species and other migrant bird species which accounts to a record number 500 species alongside series of wildlife actions. With minimal transfers around the Rift Valley, all of your daytime hours are for quality birding activity.

Lake Naivasha has a wide range of biodiversity based on its freshwater lake, vast open savanna grasslands and flourishing acacia woodlands presents a clear chance to record sizeable numbers of Kenya bird species in a relaxed way. In Lake Nakuru, besides thousands of flamingos, there are also numerous waterbird species. Masai Mara, which comes lastly this birding tour, offers excellent game viewing beyond being the exceptional bird-watching spot. As always you can rely on our skilled and experienced Kenya birding guides who will be you on this adventure safari to be worth companions in finding, sighting, and interpretation of the several bird species you will encounter on this birding safari in Kenya.

This 8 days safari takes you to Kenya’s best bird spots. Arrival in Nairobi and transfer to Lake Nakuru a remarkable birding spot, the park is a home to over 500 bird species inclusive of the endemic and globally threatened species such as the Rueppell’s Griffon, Abyssinian Thrush, White-headed Vulture, Lappet-faced Vulture, Gray Crowned-Crane, Sooty Falcon and Gray-crested Helmetshrike, White-backed Vulture and Greater Spotted Eagle and Imperial Eagle, Maccoa Duck, Lesser Flamingo, Bateleur, Crowned Eagle, Pallid Harrier, Black-tailed Godwit, Great Snipe, European Roller among other.

We bird Lake Naivasha national park which is the spectacular avian life of over 350 species is supported by the flourishing cover of dense vegetation at the lake edge. This park also hosts both the east African endemic and a number of globally threatened species such as the Basra Reed Warbler, Lesser Flamingo, Red-knobbed Coot, Grey-crested Helmeted-shrike, African Spoonbill, and Little Grebe, and many more.

This tour also takes us to Lake Baringo and lake Bongoria which are rift valley lakes with a number of fascinating bird species not to miss the African Jacana, Black Crake, Goliath Heron, Greater Flamingo, Lesser Flamingo, African Fish Eagle, Little Bittern, Spotted Eagle-Owl, Northern White-faced Scops Owl, Purple Heron, and White-faced Whistling Duck, Slender-tailed Nightjar, Heuglin’s Courser, Shikra, Dark Chanting-Goshawk, Verreaux’s Eagle, Black-throated Barbet, Brubru, Hemprich’s Hornbill, Northern Red Bishop, Grey-headed Bushshrike, Blue-capped cordon-bleu, D’Arnaud’s Barbet, White-billed Buffalo-Weaver, Beautiful Sunbird, Jackson’s Golden-backed Weaver, Northern Masked Weaver, Jackson’s Hornbill, Yellow-billed Hornbill, Brown-tailed Rock Chat, Mocking Cliff-Chat and Bristle-crowned Starling.

Our holiday will end with Birding Kakamega forest which is home to 350 bird species and about 36 species are endemic to this forest and over 80 species are endemic to East Africa. We shall have a day at the Dunga beach. This tour is available throughout the year.

On this 6 days birding safari in Kenya, we bird lake Elmentaita which is the breeding spot for thousands of pelicans and over 100 migratory bird species, the lake is endowed with over 400 bird species, about 13 globally endangered and 8 regionally threatened bird species are also residents here. We also visit Soysambu Conservancy with over 450 recorded species of birds inclusive of the most popular Pelicans and the Flamingos species.

Masai Mara National Reserve has so much more to offer beyond the typical game drive. The park is rich with the ‘African Big 5 such as Lion, Leopard, Buffalo, Elephant, and Rhino, mara is also exceptional with over recorded 500 bird species. And this makes it a birding haven. Popular Bird Species seen on this safari in Maasai Mara are Rosy-breasted Longclaw, Kori Bustard, Secretary bird, Southern Ground Hornbill among others include Rufous-bellied Heron, Pennant-winged Nightjar, Familiar Chat,

Dusky Nightjar, Schalow’s Turaco, Grey-crested Helmetshrike, Sooty Chat, Square-tailed Nightjar, Red-necked Spurfowl, Red-winged Francolin, Secretarybird, Temminck’s Courser, Rosy-breasted Longclaw, Wattled Plover, Saddle-billed Stork White-headed Vulture, Ruppell’s Vulture, Bare-faced Go-away-bird, Green-capped Eremomela, Black Coucal, Kori Bustard, Bush Pipit, Rufous-chested Swallow, Southern Ground Hornbill, White-tailed Lark, Rufous-tailed Weaver, Trilling Cisticola,

Long-tailed Cisticola, Flappet Lark, Athi Short-toed Lark, and Magpie Shrike among many, many more. After your birding experience visit the giraffe center in Nairobi and appreciates the conservation effort of the community, the best time to visit Kenya for the birding trip is between October and February. Join us as we take you on a memorable Sustainable Birding safari in Kenya. We’ll make sure you don’t miss out on anything!

This safari takes you to the most popular national parks in Kenya, on this 5 days birding tour visit Lake Naivasha which is the second-largest freshwater lake and a birding haven. You will enjoy an abundance of birdlife within a few hours away from Nairobi city, the park occupies 139 square kilometers and originally it was owned by the Maasai community. Lake Naivasha National park is a highly productive and recommendable birding spot with over 300 species inclusive of the East African rift valley Endemics.

The most popular birds in lake Naivasha are the saddle-billed stock, Great white pelicans, goliath heron, and the giant kingfishers, also you can encounter others like the Hottentot Teal and Red-billed Teal, Dusky Nightjar, Cape Teal, Pied Avocet, Great White Pelican, Common Greenshank, Ruff, Green Sandpiper, Hilderbrandt’s Francolin, Black Heron, Goliath Heron, Maccoa Duck, Arrow-marked Babbler, African Fish Eagle, Hybrid Lovebird, Red-throated Wryneck, Verreaux’s Eagle, Tawny Eagle, Osprey, Buff-bellied Warbler, Malachite Kingfisher, Pied Kingfisher, Giant Kingfisher, Greater Flamingo, Grey Crowned Crane, Black Cuckoo, Pied Avocet, Blacksmith Plover, Coqui Francolin, Hilderbrandt’s Francolin, African Hoopoe, Lesser Flamingo, Pink-backed Pelican, Black Cuckoo, African Cuckoo, Grey-crested Helmetshrike, Malachite Sunbird or White-backed Duck.

Cape Teal, Montane Nightjar, Maccoa Duck, among others. Visit lake Nakuru national park which is a renowned birding spot with over 500 recorded species, this avian haven offers a sizeable number of pelican and an abundance of raptors like rare Verreaux’s and the long-tailed eagle among others. Maasai Mara national park offers spectacular moments with over 500 bird species inclusive of the savannah residents and migratory bird species. Maasai Mara is home to over 57 raptor species. Join us for this picturesque experience in Kenya.

Kenya records 1090 bird species which is 11% of the total avifauna population worldwide. Kenya is blessed with eight national endemic species; over 170 species are Pale arctic migrants among which 11 species are local breeding biomes, mainly from the Middle East, Siberia, Eastern Europe, and Russia. It is on record that 60 species migrate regularly within the Congo basin or from Madagascar. Some 335 species are inhabitants of forest environment; 230 species are entirely forest natives.

This 4 Days Birding Experience in Kenya will take you to some of the most popular birding destinations in Kenya, part of our 4 days adventure on the lookout for avifauna is spent in Nairobi National Park which offers a long list of birding experiences with over 500 bird species closer to the city center, the list includes the African Water Rail, Spotted Thick-knee, Jackson’s Widowbird, Speke’s Weaver, Northern Pied Babbler, Pangani Longclaw, Secretarybird, Zebra Waxbill, Kori Bustard, African Quail-finch, Saddle-billed Stork, Croaking Cisticola, White-tailed Lark, Rufous-naped Lark, Ruppell’s Robin-chat, Red-throated Tit, Martial Eagle, African Crowned Eagle, Lappet-faced Vulture, Yellow-throated Sandgrouse, Violet Wood-hoopoe, Nairobi Pipit, Desert Cisticola among other and this comes alongside big mammals like leopards, Cape Buffalos, Rhinos, African Elephants and Nile Crocodiles.

Visit lake Naivasha National park a rift valley soda lake with over 300 bird species inclusive of the spectacular thousands of flamingos and Cape Teal, Pied Avocet, Black Heron, Great White Pelican, Common Greenshank, Goliath Heron, Maccoa Duck, Pied Avocet, Blacksmith Plover, Black Cuckoo, Osprey, Hybrid Lovebird, Red-throated Wryneck, Coqui Francolin, Hilderbrandt’s Francolin, Buff-bellied Warbler, African Hoopoe, Malachite Kingfisher, African Cuckoo, Grey Crowned Crane, Black Cuckoo, Hottentot Teal and Red-billed Teal, Dusky Nightjar, Grey-crested Helmetshrike, Cape Teal, Montane Nightjar, Hilderbrandt’s Francolin, Arrow-marked Babbler, Maccoa Duck, Ruff, Green Sandpiper, African Fish Eagle, Pied Kingfisher, Giant Kingfisher, Greater Flamingo, Verreaux’s Eagle, Tawny Eagle, Malachite Sunbird, Lesser Flamingo, Pink-backed Pelican, White-backed Duck. Book this tour in advance to avoid unforeseen circumstances.