The Rift Valley Lakes Bird Watching Safari

The Rift Valley Lakes Bird Watching Safari

Day 1: Arrival - Nairoi National Museum

On arrival you will be met at the airport by our representative and transferred your city hotel where you will freshen up and later we do a panoramic city tour followed by a visit to the National Museum bird's gallery for a lecture on birds.

We will then drive back to our hotel for dinner and have the rest of the evening at leisure.

DINNER AND OVERNIGHT AT THE HOTEL

Day 2: Nairobi - Lake Magadi

After breakfast we depart from Nairobi and drive to the southern side of Kenya to Lake Magadi which is located deep in the heart of Southern Kenya's Maasai land.

The lake covers an area of 104 sq. km Soda Lake and is completely surrounded by vast natural salt flats. The lake has thousands of flamingos descend on the Lake each year to feed on the algae and crustacea at the lake's shore safe from any potential predators such as Fish eagle. Freshwater springs at the Lake's shore attract a host of other birds like the specialty of this lake the Chestnut Banded Plover, Common Sandpiper, Common Greenshank, Wood Sandpiper to name a few.

We will spend the day here with a picnic lunch and later in the afternoon drive back to Nairobi and to the hotel for the overnight.

DINNER AND OVERNIGHT AT THE HOTEL.

Day 3: Nairobi - Lake Naivasha

On this day after breakfast, we depart from Nairobi for a scenic drive through the great North road to Lake Naivasha. We will stop at the viewpoints of the Great Rift Valley for stunning views then proceed with our journey and expected to arrive Lake Naivasha by midmorning and embark on a bird walking safari.

Lake Naivasha being a fresh water lake on the Rift floor is home to an incredible variety of species. Over 450 species have been recorded here.

We will break for lunch and later in the afternoon we will go for a 1 hour bout ride on Lake Naivasha. You will be back to the lodge in good time for dinner and have the rest of the evening at leisure.

DINNER AND OVERNIGHT AT THE LODGE

Day 4: Lake Naivasha - Lake Baringo

After our breakfast, we will depart and drive further North to Lake Baringo, we are expected to arrive in good time for us to take a bird walk around the hotel and later break for Lunch. After a relaxed lunch we'll descend down on to the cliffs to look for the white faced Scopes owl, Black throated barbet, mouse collared tit.

We return to the lodge in good time for dinner and have the rest of the evening at leisure.

DINNER AND OVERNIGHT AT THE LODGE

Day 5: Lake Baringo - Lake Nakuru

This morning we leave Baringo and head for Lake Nakuru Park, regarded by avid birders' as the greatest World ornithological spectacle on the Earth. We will arrive in good time for lunch and later an afternoon game drive followed by a walk along the shores which will also allow us to see the many wild animals in the park and especially the park is the Sanctuary to the Black Rhino, White Rhino and the Rothschild Giraffe. Here we'll have the chance to look out at some of the common species and other intra- African Migrants.

We return to the lodge in good time for dinner and rest of the evening at leisure.

DINNER AND OVERNIGHT AT THE LODGE

Day 6: Lake Nakuru National Park

Today we will spend the whole day bird watching at the park and if lucky enough we have the chance to see the white and black Rhino and the elusive Leopard. In the afternoon we have some time to relax before embarking on our late afternoon game drive.

Back to the lodge in good time for dinner and rest of the evening at leisure

DINNER AND OVERNIGHT AT THE LODGE

Day 7: Lake Nakuru - Samburu

We leave Nakuru after breakfast and head Samburu, a place of endless skies, dust-red plains and palm-fringed rivers, Samburu National Reserve lies on the fringes of the vast and arid desert. Arrive in time for lunch thereafter proceed for an evening Game cum bird viewing.

We return to the lodge in good time for dinner and rest of the evening at leisure

DINNER AND OVERNIGHT AT THE LODGE

Day 8: Samburu National Park

Today we will spend the whole day bird watching at the park. In the afternoon we have some time to relax before embarking on our late afternoon game drive to try and capture what was not seen during the day before the dusk engulf us.

DINNER AND OVERNIGHT AT THE LODGE

Day 9: Samburu - Mount Kenya

We depart early in the morning and drive to Mount Kenya National Park. We will spend the whole day birding at this Montane forest region. Rare species likely to be seen include; Green Ibis, Lesser Spotted Eagle, Harrier Hawk, Rufous Sparrow hawk, Ayre's Hawk Eagle. Black stork, Red Fronted Parrots, Green Ibis Common snipe, Mountain Buzzard, Bronze napped pigeon Mountain white-eye, Abbots Starling, Sharpe's Starling, Mountain Oriole and Thick-billed seed-eater.

Get back to the lodge in good time for dinner and have the rest of the evening at leisure.

DINNER AND OVERNIGHT AT THE LODGE

Day 10: MOUNT KENYA - NAIROBI Mount Kenya - Nairobi

After breakfast, we depart Mount Kenya National Park for Nairobi. You will be transferred to your city hotel and later in the evening you will be picked and dropped at the Carnivore considered "Africa's greatest eating experience" for a Farewell dinner which will be hosted by our company. if you love barbecue it doesn't get better than this.

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