Mt.Kenya, L.Naivasha, L.Baringo, Masai Mara & Tsavo West Safari
Day 1: Bird Watching Kenya safari [Nairobi] – mount Kenya
Meet and greet followed by a short tour briefing before departure. Enjoy a relaxed scenic drive toward mount Kenya. Mount Kenya standing at 5,199 m high is Africa’ second highest Mountain. The mountain’s sprawling slopes are cloaked in forest, bamboo, scrub and moorland, giving way on the high central peaks to rock, ice and snow in its peaks. The Mountain has a rich montane avifauna. Arrive in time for lunch. Embark on our first bird watching exercise. Some of the birds that exists in this area includes Abbott’s Starling, Lesser Kestrel (a passage migrant on the moorland), Jackson’s widow bird, Sharpe’s Longclaw, Olive Ibis, Sledgehammer, Ayres’s hawk-eagle, African Crowned Eagle, African Grass Owl, Cape Eagle-Owl, Purple-throated Cuckoo-shrike, Long-tailed widow bird, Abyssinian Owl (very rare and poorly researched), Scarlet-tufted Sunbird, and Kenrick’s Starling.
Dinner and overnight in your lodge/luxury tented camp of choice.
Day 2: Mount Kenya-via Abaderes Lake Bogoria-Lake Baringo
After an early morning breakfast, check out and drive via Thomson’s Falls with a stop over to view the scenic waterfalls .Proceed via Tea / coffee plantations stopping briefly at Lake Bogoria to see the Hot Springs and the Geysers and then continue to your lodge for check in and Lunch. Enjoy a guided bird walk around this fresh water lake with over 450 species of birds. Birds that are found in this area includes curly crested helmet shrikes, Silverbird, grey silver-headed silverbll, gery-headed bush shrike, northern masked weaver. Take a boat trip on the lake [at an extra cost] or visit the Njemps tribe and see more birds. large concentration of lesser and greater flamingos also exists in this rift valley lakes.
Dinner and overnight at a lodge/luxury tented camp.
Day 3:Lake Baringo-Lake Nakuru
After breakfast, leave for Lake Nakuru National park. Arrive in time for lunch. Evening game drive starts at 1600 Hrs. Important to note is that lake Nakuru national park is located on the floor of the rift valley and its alkaline water attracts tens of thousands of flamingos & other pelicans which make it an ornithological bird’s paradise. In addition to bird watching activities, the park hosts a Rhino sanctuary with both black and White Rhinos present.
Dinner and overnight in your lodge / Luxury camp of choice.
Day 4: Lake Nakuru – Masai Mara
Early morning breakfast followed by a departure with Bird viewing enroute to the exit. Drive to Masai Mara arriving in time for late lunch. Evening game drive & Bird watching in this paradise of animals.
Dinner and overnight in a Lodge or Tented Camp of your choice.
Day 5: Masai Mara bird watching
Spent the whole day in Bird viewing. Masai Mara an endemic bird area with even the Seven globally threatened species recorded which include the Madagascar Pond-Heron, Pallid Harrier, Jackson’s Widowbird, Red-throated Tit, Grey-crested Helmet-shrike, Corncrake, and Lesser Kestrel. Grassland birds ,12 species of Cisticola , 53 birds of prey, Large numbers of Palearctic migrants winter in the area including Caspian Plover and White Stork. In addition to bird watching Look out for the “BIG FIVE” predators, Scar ventures and many more as they roam freely in this game reserve.
Lunch will be by the Mara river. Dinner and overnight in a lodge/Luxury camp of choice.
Day 6: Masai Mara – Lake Naivasha
Lake Naivasha is the highest-lying lake in the eastern arm of the East African Rift Valley and one of two fresh-water lakes in the region. Lake Naivasha is situated around 70km from Nairobi, making it an ideal destination for trips and in-between-stops during your Safari. Naivasha is a paradise for all sorts of Water Birds: Pelicans, Herons, White-Tailed Eagles, Geese and Ducks are found in plentiful numbers. Hippos take baths or are resting lazily around the shores of the lake. Wildebeests and Impalas graze close by. After breakfast, drive to Lake Naivasha which also lies on the floor of the Rift valley” a bird watcher’s paradise” .The lake has fascinating bird life of over 350 species supported by the availability of dense vegetation at the lake edge. Papyrus fringes the main lake’s shore and cloaks the inlet rivers. A boat trip around the lake with a stop at the marvelous Crescent island provides more chances for spotting .Many species of duck and Palearctic waders occur in large numbers. The lake is known for its high density of African Fish Eagles which nest in the surrounding Acacia woodland. Grey-crested Helmeted-shrike, Basra Reed Warbler, Lesser Flamingo, along with large congregations of Red-knobbed Coot, African Spoonbill and Little Grebe also exists.
Dinner and overnight in your lodge /Luxury tented camp.
Day 7: Lake Naivasha – Amboseli
Early breakfast will be followed by a check-out from your lodge/tented camp. Optional visit the towering cliffs of the hell’s gate gorge .Much time will not be spend here as we have a journey ahead to Amboseli national park. We will have our lunch enroute. Arrive in Amboseli in the evening. Time permitting evening game and birding drive.
Dinner and overnight in a lodge/Luxury tented camp.
Day 8: Amboseli bird watching
We will start the day before sunrise to enjoy the magnificent view of Mount Kilimanjaro and set off for a bird / wildlife drive before the clouds build up over the summit. Mt. Kilimanjaro is the highest mountain in Africa and is snow-capped at the peaks. The majesty of this tropical mountain makes Amboseli an ideal photographers haven by offering a spectacular back ground for wildlife and scenic photography. Members of the big five exists with hippos and other grazers often seen from the observation hill. Amboseli boosts of a rich bird life, with over 400 bird species recorded, including the globally threatened Madagascar Pond-Heron, Lesser Flamingo, Lesser Kestrel , the Shoe bill and many more’ll meal and overnight in the same lodge / luxury tented camp.
Day 9: Amboseli -Tsavo west bird watching
Early breakfast followed by a checkout from your lodge. Short bird viewing enroute to exit. Proceed to Tsavo west through Chyulu gate arriving in your lodge in time for lunch. We shall have a rest before the evening birding drive / game drive. Tsavo West National Park has a prolific birdlife & lies within the migratory routes of palearctic migrant birds .Over 500 species have been recorded from this park. Look out for African Finfoot, African Darter, Great egret, Saddle-billed Stork, White-headed Vulture, Martial Eagle ,Violet Wood Hoopoe & many more .Dinner and overnight in the same lodge / luxury tented camp.
Day 10: Tsavo West – Nairobi
This is our last day of our memorable safari and an optional wildlife drive shall be scheduled before breakfast. This will be followed by a checkout and proceed for our last game drive this time visiting the famous Mzima Springs. View Hippos, Crocodiles and different types of Fish in crystal clear waters. Lots of birdlife exists in this greenery location. More game viewing enroute to exit from this park.
Thereafter drive back to Nairobi or to the Kenya coast beach resorts arriving in the afternoon.
Nairobi – Amboseli: 240 km, approx. 3.5-4 hours
Amboseli – Lake Naivasha: 350 km, approx. 6-7 hours
Lake Naivasha – Masai Mara: 250 km, approx. 4-5 hours
Masai Mara – Nairobi: 265 km, approx. 6 hours
Nairobi – Samburu: 320 km, approx. 6-7 hours
Samburu – Lake Naivasha: 340 km, approx. 6-7 hours
Nairobi – Ol Pejeta: 220 km approx., 4 hours
Nairobi – Lake Nakuru: 160 kms approx., 3 hours
Nairobi – Lake Naivasha: 100 kms, approx., 2 hours
Mombasa – Tsavo East: 120Km, approx. 3 hours
Mombasa – Tsavo West: 240Km, approx. 4 hours
Tsavo West – Amboseli: 100Km, approx. 2 hours
Amboseli – Masai Mara: 520 Km, approx. 9 hours
Tsavo East – Amboseli: 300 Km, approx. 5 hours
Tour includes:
- Transport in a customized pop-up top 4×4 safari jeep
- Unlimited game viewing
- Drives park entrance fees
- All meals on safari
- Services of an experienced English or other language speaking safari tour guide/driver
- Stay in either economy, comfort, superior comfort or luxury lodges / tented camps (please pick your choice)
- Bottled drinking water in safari vehicle
- The flying doctors emergency medical evacuation/ rescue insurance cover.
- Air tickets: Nairobi-Mombasa
- Hotel transfers/ pick up /drop off
- Government taxes and local levies
