JTLS 0014- 9 DAYS
KENYA BIRD WATCHING TOUR: 8 NIGHTS MAASAI MARA
/ NAIVASHA / NAKURU / BOGORIA / TREETOPS / SAMBURU
/ NAIROBI
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KENYA
LODGE SAFARI:
9
DAYS KENYA BIRD WATCHING TOUR: MAASAI MARA
/ NAIVASHA / NAKURU / BOGORIA / TREETOPS / SAMBURU
/ NAIROBI
Day1:Leave
Nairobi for Masai Mara game reserve,
Lunch at Keekorok lodge.
After Lunch
spend the afternoon searching for
bird life which is as profuse as
it’s mammal fauna this includes red
winged scholars Turaco, Orange –
buffpel’s fishing owl and flocks of
wary crested guinea fowl Dinner and
overnight at Keekorok Lodge or
similar.
Day
2: Masai Mara
Full day
bird watching where on the open
plains there is a variety of
bustards including the large
jacksons bustard.
The latter
during nuptial display soars high in
the air then with rigid wings
descends slowly to earth like a
prickled balloon ground hornbills
are ones of the most spectacled
birds of the open plains & more
easily seen in the Mara than
elsewhere in Kenya. Birds of prey
are abundant and no less than 53
different species have so far been
discovered, secretary birds are a
common sight as they stalk sedately
over the grasslands, and in the sky
there are always vultures and that
effortless flier the batelour.
Dinner and overnight at Keekorok
Lodge or Similar.
Day
3: Masai Mara/ Lake Naivasha
After
breakfast, leave for lake Naivasha
which is a bird watcher’s paradise,
water birds exist in great variety
and abundance fish eagles & ospreys
are residents herons & egrets lily –
trorlters purple gallinishes, red
knobbed coots & black cracks are
common African marsh harrlers and
the three migrant harriers are often
seen sailing just above the reed
bed’s hunting the little hyperolis
tree frogs which form the bulk of
the diet. Some 13 km south of lake
Naivasha are the towering cliffs of
the hell’s gate gorge, with their
resident pair of Larmmergeys,
several verreaux’s eagles, colonies
of ruppel’s vultures and other
notable birds
Dinner and
overnight at Naivasha Sopa Lodge or
similar.
DAY
4: LAKE NAIVASHA / LAKE NAKURU
After breakfast, explore the rich
bird filled gardens or an optional
boat ride to the crescent
island,then proceed to Lake Nakuru
National Park arriving in time for
lunch. It is the world’s famous
haunt of flamingos
The landscape
is picturesque areas of the sedge,
marsh and grasslands alternating
with rocky cliffs, and outcrops,
stretches of yellow backed acacia
woodland and on the eastern
perimeter rocky hillsides covered
with forest of grotesque looking
euphobia trees all set against a
background of hilly broken country.
Both lesser
and greater flamingos occur
abundantly as non-breeding visitors
on lake Nakuru, the former vastly
the more the numerous.
There is a
great variety of other water birds
including two interesting ducks, the
cape pigeon a lover of blackish
waters, and the stiff tailed maccoa
duck, blacksmith plover, spurwing
plover, crowned plover, kittliz’s
plover, birds of prey includes,
lanner, long crested eagle, augur
buzzard, red-chested cuckoo, lillac
breasted roller, grey headed kisher
and bronzy and variable sunbirds.
Dinner and
overnight at Lake Nakuru Lodge or
Similar
DAY
5: LAKE NAKURU / LAKE BARINGO
After
breakfast drive to Lake Baringo one
of the two fresh water lakes along
the Great Rift Valley. Lake Baringo
possesses two major ornithological
attractions this are goliath herons
and verreaux’s eagle the rare brisle
starling and hemrich’s hornbill.
Birds
generally are abundant in the acacia
woodland, which include curly
crested helmet shrikes, silverbird,
grey silver-headed silverbll, gery-headed
bush shrike, northern masked weaver
and west Nile red bishop. In the
afternoon have an hour- bird
watching trip by boat to he Crescent
Island and to view hippos too.
At the
island you can take excursions at an
extra cost like a visit to the
Njemps village and dancing or to the
local snake farm. Dinner and
overnight at the Lake Baringo Lodge
or similar.
DAY
6: LAKE BARINGO/LAKE BOGORIA/TREETOPS
After
breakfast visit Lake Bogoria which
is a region of great scenic beauty
to the east steep hills descend
abruptly to lake shore, whilst along
the western shores, which are filter
a series of spectacular hot spring.
It has an
abundance of large concentration of
lesser and greater flamingos which
often frequent the lake, black
necked grebe, fish eagle- spur
winged plover, black winged stut to
mention a few. Leave for treetops
via Thompson falls to arrive at
Outspan hotel (the base for
treetops) in time for lunch.
The famous
Treetops hotel is situated in a
salient of the Aberdare national
park. Dinner and overnight at the
tree hotel.
Game
viewing from your room’s balcony
where a swampy glade, waterhole and
saltlick is the most likely place in
Kenya from which to see bongo these
large and handsome forest antelopes
being frequent visitors
.DAY 7: TREETOPS / SAMBURU
After
breakfast leave for Samburu to
arrive in time for lunch. Bird life
is sparklingly numerous and
colourful. There is no difficulty in
seeing well over a hundred species
of birds in a single day.
Perhaps the
most impressive sight is the immense
flocks of helmeted and vulturine
guinea-fowls which make their way
each afternoon to the riverbank to
drink, the latter resplent with
white-streaked neck and brilliant
blue under parts.
Dinner and
overnight at Samburu Lodge or
Similar
DAY
8 SAMBURU
Pre
breakfast, bird watching and game
drive is done full day with view of
the Masaai ostrich, buffalo springs,
in the reserve of that name is the
drinking place in the dry season for
literally thousands of sand grouse
and doves in addition to a galaxy of
smaller birds the tiny pygmy falcon
is common, the males blue grey and
white the females with mahogany
brown mantle.
At a
distance when perched, high in some
acacia tree they distinctly resemble
shrikes. the giant amongst eagles
the martial eagles are often seen
usually perched high on some vantage
point alert for dik –dik or guinea
fowl.
Dinner and
overnight at Samburu lodge or
similar
DAY
9: SAMBURU / NAIROBI
After
breakfast, have a game drive enroute
to Nairobi to arrive in the early
afternoon for lunch at Nairobi
Safari Club or similar.
