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.
Day 1: Birding transfer to Lake Naivasha.
Day 2: Birding Lake Naivasha and Transfer Lake Nakuru.
Day 3: Birding Lake Nakuru and Transfer Masai Mara.
Day 4: Birding Day Masai Mara National Park.
Day 5: Birding Masai Mara and transfer to Nairobi.