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Birdwatching Safaris
offered by supplier M19365 (view this supplier profile)
Key Information:
Tour Duration: 12
- 13
day(s)
Group Size: 1
- 30
people
Destination(s):
Kenya
Specialty Categories:
Birdwatching
Season: January - December
Airfare Included: No
Tour Customizable: No
Minimum Per Person Price: 4480 US Dollar (USD)
Maximum Per Person Price: 4480 US Dollar (USD)
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Tour Itinerary:
Day 1: Departure from Nairobi for Mt Kenya arriving for lunch. Afternoon birding along the nearby forest trails or wait for wildlife at nearby saltlick. Hope to see Olive and Bronze napped pigeons, Silvery Cheeked hornbills, Ruppels Robin Chat, White-starred Forest Robin, Mountain Greenbul, Stuhlmans sterling and may be Vereaux Eagle. Overnight at your Lodge.
Day 2: An early breakfast, drive to slopes of Mt Kenya through numerous vegetation zones and onto 10,000 ft Afro-alpine moorland. Return on afternoon for bird walk along the river line forests. Hope to see; Black duck, Hartulabs Turaco, Crowned hornbill, Paradise flycatchers and eight species of sunbirds Over night at a Lodge.
Days 3-4: Early morning departure over the Great Rift Valley onto on to Sosyambu wildlife sanctuary. Outstanding night game drives and nature/bird walks which is a truly memorable locality. Famous for flamingos, Pelicans and water birds but equally rich in Narinas Trogon, Arrow-marked Babbler and Red-headed weaver, Hildebrand's Francolin, Montane and Dusky Night jars. Full day visit to lake Nakuru National Park. Two overnights at a camp.
Days 5-6: After a short drive north ,past hot springs of lake Bogoria and onto L. Baringo. Afternoon boat excursion to view Hippo, Crocodiles and water birds at close range. Dark Chanting Goshwak, Silverbird, Cliff chats, Jackson's and Yellow-billed hornbills, brown- tailed Rock Chat, Bristle-crowned Startling, Verreaux Eagle and Spotted Eagle Owl. Overnight at a lodge.
Days 7-8: Full day drive over Tugen hills, through the Kerio valley and Serikwa plateau and finally to Kakamega forest, a rain forest with its flora and fauna fascinating. Specialties include Great Blue Turaco, Emerald Cuckoo, Blue Headed Bee Eater, Black and White Casked Hornbill, Black-billed and Violet's Black Weavers. Overnight at a Resort
Days 9-12: After breakfast drive past L.Victoria to The Maasai Mara Game Reserve, East Africa finest wildlife Park. All the Big Five, Black Rhino, Elephant, Lion, Cheetah, Leopard, Zebra, Wild beest, Hartebeests Topi, Eland, Thompson and Grant Gazelles and many more along side open-billed Storks, Temminck's Courser, Yellow-throated Sangrouse, Usambiro Barbet and Denham's Bustard and many more. Nature walks along side a Maasai guide. Four nights at a camp.
Day 13: After morning game drive return to Nairobi arriving on afternoon to hotel of your choice.
Details: 13 Days Birdwatching - Kakamega Forest, Mt. Kenya, Lake Baringo, Masai Mara, Sosyambu Sanctuary. A journey From mountain moorland, through Rift Valley, Acacia bush, dense Kakamega forest, lakes, swamps, grasslands and national parks. Hopping to see over 400 species of birds and great diversity of mammals, insects, spiders, fungi and trees.
Notes:
Airfare is not included in the tour price.
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Africa
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Nature & Wildlife
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