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10 Day Nature walks, primate and bird watching.
DAY 1: Meet at theAirport and transfer to Nairobi hotel.
DAY 2 Lake Naivasha.
One hour drive from Nairobi via the Great Rift Valley, Arrive Naivasha check in Fish Eagle lodge, after lunch do boast riding in Lake Naivasha amazing aquatic birdlife including some globally threatened species like Grey Crested helmet shrike, Basra reed warbler(winter visitor). There are roughly 80 species to look for. In general about 20,000 water birds live here according to a census done 1991-1997. Apart from the birds there are also other animals to look for including hippos and buffalo.
Day 3. After breakfast and set off to Lake Nakuru national park for lunch. After lunch off to the lake Return to lodge for overnight
Undoubtedly, this park is a must-visit destination for birders. Flocks of both lesser and greater flamingoes sometimes numbering 1.5 million can be seen here together with almost 450 other species. The park was gazetted as a bird sanctuary in 1960. A species of fish (oreochromis alcalicus platensis) was introduced at that time to curb mosquitoes, but in turn supported a number of secondary consumers mostly birds. This lake is a transient home to a large number of Pale arctic waders who use it on passage or winter.The lake is not only for birders, because it is a national park, there are other larger animals including the black and the white rhinoceros, Rothschild giraffe, water bucks, leopard, lion, buffalo etc. This park therefore will serve all purpose for botrrh birds and big game. There is no better place in Kenya to watch white rhinos.
Day 4, Do a morning game drive, later proceed to Lake lake Baringo
Arrive Soi safari lodge, Later in the afternoon go a nature walk of bird watching, back for dinner and overnight.
Day 5, Do a morning bird nature walk bird watching, In the after noon go for boat ride in lake baring bird watching. Dinner and overnight in the lodge
This lake is a well known destination for birdwatchers and over 500 species have been recorded. Colonies of 20 Goliath herons have nested on one of the Islands in the lake. While the diversity of water birds is considerable, total numbers are usually in low thousands. Species of global conservation concern include lesser kestrel (a passage migrant in small flocks) lesser flamingo, Madagascar squacco heron, pallid harrier etc. This lake is also a home to the fish eagle. Watch and photograph them swooping down on fish. The lake also supports a large population of Nile crocodile and hippopotamus.
Day 6, After breakfast proceed to Lake Bogoria full day bird watching with parked lunch. Later in the evening get back to the lodge.
This lake is spectacular. The extraordinary hot springs and geysers, the rugged faulted landscape, an enormous concentration of flamingoes and a chance of seeing a greater Kudu are great attractions. This is one of the reasons for designating this lake as a national reserve. A part from the above the lake is a home to some regionally threatened species such as great crested grebe, African darter, white backed duck, white headed vulture and martial eagle
Day 7, Early game drive to the lake before breakfast. After breakfast drive to Kakamega Forest (Rondo Retreat Centre) lunch en route. Arrive at Rondo Retreat Centre in the late afternoon and evening birding around lodge with dinner and overnight.
This is the crown of any Kenya birding Safari. Kakamega forest is a mid-altitude tropical rainforest, the easternmost of the Congo basin forests. Its West African affinities are unique in Kenya, and the forest contains many species found nowhere else in the country. The avifauna is well known, rich, and unusual in its composition. Two globally threatened species occur; Chapin’s fly catcher and Turners Eremomela. The 194 forest dependent bird species (the highest total for any Kenyan forests) include 40 of Kenya’s 43 Guinea-Congo forests biome species, as well as 33 of Kenya’s 67 Afro tropical Highlands biome species. At least 16 bird species occur only in Kakamega but nowhere else in Kenya. The forest also holds large populations of Black and white Columbus, Red tailed monkey and small numbers of de Brazza monkey.
Day 8 Full day birding activities
Day 9. Half day birding activities and lunch. After lunch Depart for Kisumu (Dunga Beach) for afternoon birding overnight stay at the hotel imperial in kisumu.
DUNGA SWAMPS-KISUMU This swamp is one of the most reliable IBA site in Kenya for the scarce and threatened Papyrus yellow warbler. It is also an important home for Papyrus gonolek, white winged warbler and Papyrus canary, all papyrus endemics. There are also a host of other aquatic birds.
Day 10, Morning Breakfast and departure for Nairobi
Arrive Nairobi with lunch enroute arriving in Nairobi in the late evening. Dinner at the famous Carnivore Restaurant and transfer to the airport for a flight home.
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