Arrival at Jommo Kenyatta International Airport

Today you will arrive at Jomo Kenya International Airport, where you will be welcomed by our safari representative, who will tell you about the 10 day bird watching safari excursion. After, you will drive to the hotel to check it, and if time allows, you will visit the Kenya National Museum, especially the Birding Gallery, to get insights into all the birds that you will be able to see, and you will further visit the Nairobi National Museum botanical gardens before you return to the lodge for dinner and an overnight stay.

Morning transfer to Lake Elementaita for birding

After having an early morning breakfast, you will drive to Lake Elemantaita, where you will spend the day doing the birdwatching activity. The lake features intersting vegetation, which has a lot of bird species. You will be able to encounter various species of birds, including the Grey-crested Helmtshrike, Grey-head Gull, Less Krestrel, Black-headed Oriole, Marabou Stork, Pied Avocet, Plain-backed Pipit, Martial Eagle, and Rattling Cisticola. Red-capped Lark, Red-billed Teal, Sacred Ibis, Rufous Sparrow, Red-eyed Dove, Red-cheeked Cordon-bleu, Speke's Weaver, Secretary Bird, Scarlet-chested Sunbird, Magnificent Starling, Wattled Starling, Variable Sunbird, and Tawny Eagle The yellow-throated longclaw, the yellow bishop, Swallow of the mosque, Black Swift, Augur Buzzard, African Fish Eagle, African White-backed Vulture, Olive Pigeon, Pale Flycatcher, Northern Anteater Chat, and Northern White-tailed Lark are among them. Among them are Blacksmith Plover, Egyptian Goose, Great White Pelican, Greater Flamingo, Grey Woodpecker, Grey-backed Fiscal, Cape Teal, Cattle Egret, Common Bulbul, Common Drongo, Coqui Francolin, Crowned Plover, and Blue-eared Starling, among others.

Transfer for the bird watching experience in Naivasha

There are no long distances between Elementaita and Lake Naivasha, and thus today is the day to do bird watching in Nivasha, which is also known as the Kenya Ramsar site. Once breakfast is done, you will start the birding excursion to the shallow lake Naivasha and explore the Malewa and Gilgil, which are known as the seasonal rivers. The Ramsar site features more than 380 species of birds, and these inhabit various lakes and vegetation. The presence of the papyrus fringes offers habitat for several species of birds, which you will be able to see. Thus, you don’t need to miss the birding experience here.

Bird watching experience in Lake Naivasha

Today we continue with the birdwatching experience at Lake Naivashja, and here our focus is looking for those birds that are globally threatened, and the birds include large groups of African Spoonbill, Little Grebe, and Red-knobbed Coot were observed, along with Lesser Flamingos. We proceed to discuss species specific to the area, which may comprise the following: African Fish-Eagle, African Jacana, African Red-billed Teal, Hottentot Teal, Great Cormorant, Grey-backed Fiscal, African Pink-backed Pelican, African Red-billed Teal, Black Crake, Long-tailed Cormorant, Southern Pochard, Pink-backed Pelican Gull with a gray head, African Skimmer, Purple Heron, Little Bittern, African Rail, Long-toed Lapwing, Blacksmith Lapwing, Three-banded Plover, Black Heron, Lesser Moorhen, Greater Painted-Snipe Lesser Swamp Warbler, Red-chested Cuckoo, Pearl-spotted Owlet, White-fronted Bee-eater, Green Wood-Hoopoe, African Gray Hornbill, Red-fronted Barbet, Black-throated Honeyguide, Grey-headed Woodpecker, Gray-backed Fiscal, Gray-headed Bushshrike, White-browed Robin-Chat, Gray-capped Warbler, Black-lored Babbler, Purple Grenadier, Rueppell's Griffons, Verreaux's Eagle, Augur Buzzard, Lanner Falcon, Speckled Pigeon, Mourning Wheatear, African Gray Hornbill Barbet, Red-fronted; Honeyguide, Black-throated Gray-backed Fiscal, Gray-headed Bushshrike, and Grey-headed Woodpecker Spectacled Weaver, Rueppell's Griffons, Verreaux's Eagle, Augur Buzzard, Lanner Falcon, Speckled Pigeon, Mourning Wheatear, Black-lored Babbler, Purple Grenadier, Pin-tailed Whydah, White-browed Robin-Chat, and many more and numerous other species.

Bird watching experience in Lake Nakuru National Park

Today, after having the morning breakfast, the birding experience goes to Lake Nakuru National Park, which is known as a destination with more than 400 species of birds. Some of these birds are globally threatened species, and these, among others, include the grey crested crane, the Madagascar pond heron, the less flamingo birds, and the greater spotted eagle, among other species of birds. Greater Spotted Eagle, Grey-crested Helmet Shrike, and big flocks of Greater Flamingo, Black-necked Grebe, Little Grebe, Great White Pelican, and others Yellow-billed Stork, African Spoonbill, Black-winged Stilt, Grey-headed Gull, and Gull-billed Tern are all examples of terns.

The lake is famed around the world for its healthy population of the globally threatened Lesser Flamingo, which can exceed 1.5 million at times despite extreme and unpredictable swings. Without a doubt, Nakuru is a major feeding ground for this species. Other than species of birds, the park also features several species of wild animals, which you need to see.

Birding around Lake Nakuru

Today, we wake up, have breakfast, park lunch, and later go to Nakuru around the lake and enjoy several species of birds that are found here at the lake. The species that you will spot here will include, among others, the Amethyst Sunbird, Speke's and Baglafecht Weavers, Black-headed Oriole, Rüppell's Long-tailed Starling, Common Drongo Red-billed and African Firefinches, Greater and Scaly-throated Honeyguides, African Grey-headed Woodpecker, Spotted Flycatcher, Willow Warbler, Grey-backed Camaroptera, Yellow-breasted Apalis, Red-faced Crombec, Red-cheeked Cordon-bleu, Yellow-breasted Apalis, Red-cheeked Cordon-bleu, Yellow-breasted Ap Helmeted Guineafowl, Long-crested Eagle, Lilac-breasted Roller, African Hoopoe, White-fronted Bee-eater, Common Waxbill, Little Rock Thrush Plain-backed and Grassland Pipits Whinchat, Schalow's Wheatear, Northern Anteater Chat, Winding, Rattling, and Pectoral-patch Cisticolas, Pied Crow, Roller with a broad bill, Green Wood-hoopoe, African Paradise Flycatcher, Common Wattle-eye, Black-crowned and Brown-crowned Tchagras, Northern Puffback, Black Cuckoo-shrike, and African Paradise Flycatcher, among other species of birds. After your birding experience, you will now travel to the Masai Mara National Reserve.

Evening bird-watching safari in Masai Mara National Reserve

The Masai Mara National Reserve is one of the best and most spectacular in the whole of Africa, and it is known for having several species of animals, including the big five of lions, leopards, caped buffaloes, and rhinoceros, among others. The evening birdwatching in Masi Mara National Reserve is beautiful, and during the evening game drive, you will have the opportunity to see mammals and other species of wildlife. There are several species of birds because of the different habitats that are found in the Masai Mara National Reserve.

The Madagascar Pond-Heron, Pallid Harrier, Jackson's Widowbird, Red-throated Tit, Grey-crested Helmet-shrike, Corncrake, and Lesser Kestrel are all species that can be spotted here in Masai Mara National Reserve. The vast grasslands of the Mara are a haven for the threatened, migratory Corncrake and the threatened, restricted-range Jackson's widowbird. The reserve's surrounding woodlands are most likely a hotspot for the threatened, limited-range Grey-crested Helmet Shrike. You need to come and enjoy this wonderful safari experience, which is interesting.

Whole-day bird watching in Masai Mara National Reserve

Today is one of the days that you will spend in the Masai Mara National Reserve. Expect to see a lot of birds during this day's tour in the Masai Mara National Reserve. There are different species of birds that you will encounter here, and these will include the Usambiro Barbet, Foxy Lark, Red-throated Tit, Hildebrandt's Starling, Swahili and Kenya Rufous Sparrows, Little Bee-eater, Bare-faced Go-away Bird, White-headed Barbet, Flappet and Rufous-naped Larks, Long-billed Pipit, Pale Wren-Warbler, Green-capped Eremomela, Senegal and Black-winged Plovers, White-tailed Larks, Red-capped Larks, Fischer's Sparrow-Larks, Rosy-breasted Longclaws, Stout and Croaking Cisticolas, Northern, Pied, and Isabelline Wheatears, African Quailfinch, Jackson's, Yellow-mantled, and Red-collared Widowbirds, Caspian Plovers, Banded Martin, and steppe eagles, among other species of birds.

Bird watching Safari in Masai Mara National Reserve: Travel to Nairobi, Kenya

Yes, this morning, we shall have breakfast in the reserve, lunch, and then we will head for the game drive. We look for more species that may have been missed in the previous days. After this wonderful game drive, we shall drive to Nairobi for the overnight stay.

End of the bird watching safari

Today, you will wake up, have breakfast, and after breakfast, you will be transferred to the airport for the flight back home. This marks the end of your 10-day birdwatching safari in Kenya.