8 Days Rift Valley and Western Kenya Birding Safari

Today, upon your arrival, you will be met by our representative at Nairobi’s Jomo Kenyatta International Airport and briefed on your safari before driving to Naivasha and Nakuru, stopping at an observation point to admire the majestic Gregory Rift Valley. View the birds that live at Kenya’s highest rift valley lake, Lake Naivasha. The lake is home to about 350 different bird species. Among other bird species, keep an eye out for flocks of cormorants, kingfishers, and pelicans. Better still, go on a boat excursion and observe the birds. You will stop for lunch on the route and then continue to Lake Nakuru National Park. You will rise to the Rift Valley floor in the afternoon, where you will view a beautiful swarm of thousands of lesser flamingos as well as a wide variety of other water birds such the Western Reef Heron, Lesser Jacana, and black-headed Gull. We will also search for animals that live in Acacia forests, such as the Green-wood Hoopoe, Hildebrandt’s and Coqui Francolins, Rufous-naped and Fawn-colored Larks, rare Grey-crowned Helmet-shrike, Arrow-marked Babbler, Bearded Woodpecker, Mottled swift, and White-shouldered Cliff Chat. We’ll be keeping an eye out for fox Kestrels and other kinds of falcons on the baboon cliff.

Breakfast first thing in the morning, then a full day of game viewing and bird watching, The Lake Nakuru National Park is a well-known bird habitat because flamingos fly here in their hundreds to feed on algae as well as the crustaceans and other small creatures that live in the lake. Along with other bird species, the flamingos are joined by gregarious white pelicans “fishing,” geese, jacanas, secretary birds, fish eagles, and vulturine fowls, which are found in the park’s forested and bushy areas.

This morning, you’ll watch a game before eating breakfast. A leisurely mid-morning and then set out for Lake Baringo after lunch. On the Kenya Rift Valley’s floor, Lake Baringo is one of the freshwater lakes. Other birds to watch out for include fish eagles, the red bishop, and the lone pink-backed pelican.

Have a full day of birding adventures after breakfast because Lake Baringo is home to a variety of birds. Here, 400 species have been identified. Enjoy a bird-watching excursion on foot or by boat. Visit the country club for lunch.

After breakfast, travel to Kakamega while taking in the sights for the amazing bird species along the way. You will have lunch along the way. In the evening you will reach the forest for dinner and overnight stay.

After breakfast, spend the entire day bird watching in the Kakamega forest, complete with a picnic lunch. The variety of birds in the woodland is widely known. Here, 367 different bird species have been identified. Among them are the Blue-headed Bee-eater, the African Broadbill Toro Olive, Shelley’s Greenbuls, the Grey-throated Barbet, the Chapin’s flycatcher, the Black-faced Rofous Warbler, the Veillot’s Black Weaver, the Uganda Woodland Warbler, Mackinnon’s Fiscal, the Chubb’s Cisticola, and the Brown-throated Wattle-eye.

Do the final bird watching at Kakamega Forest after breakfast. At Dunga Beach on Lake Victoria, eat lunch and go bird watching. Bird species like the Blue-breasted Bee-eater, Blue Swallow, Swamp Flycatcher, Greater Swamp-warbler, White-winged Warbler, Papyrus Yellow Warbler, Caruthers’ Cisticola, Papyrus Gonolek, Red-chested Sunbird, Red-headed Quelea, Slender-billed Weaver, Yellow-backed Weaver, Northern Brown-throated Weaver, and Black-throated Seedeater are among a few that can be found here.

Today you will go bird watching at the arboretum in the morning, and then after lunch you will drive to Nairobi. Check into a hotel in Nairobi or Set out for JKIA to catch your flight out.