Bird Safaris Kenya : Birding Kenya : Kenya Bird Watching Safaris

Tour Name: Bird Watching Safaris Kenya.
Tour Code: ASBW 070:
Tour Duration: 6 Days | 5 Nights:
Parks to Visit: Lake Naivasha/Lake Nakuru/Maasai Mara:
Accommodations: Can make choice of Safari Lodges/Hotels.

Safari Transport Mode: Transport is in a customized 7 seater safari minibus(2 WD/4 WD) with pop up roof.

Day 1. Nairobi.
Arrival at Jomo Kenyatta international airport. We recieve you and transfer to Panafric Hotel/Similar for overnightstay.
Meal plan: {BB}

Day 2. Lake Naivasha .
Breakfast at hotel in Nairobi and at 7:00am drive via the Great Rift Valley arriving Lake Naivasha is one of the fresh water lakes along the rift valley and offers a superb birding site with lake fringed by the Papyrus on the shores and the Acacia woodland habitats supplemented by the dormant volcanoes of Mt. Longonot, Mt. Eburru and the Ol Karia.Lake Naivasha boasts of over 350 bird species that include species as Goliath,Black Heron, Pied Kingfishers,Long-toed,Long-tailed and Great Cormorants,Three-banded Plover, Cape Wagtail, Grey-headed Kingfisher, White-headed Barbet, Blacksmith Plover, Grey-headed Gull, Red-winged Starling, Northern Anteater-Chat, Grey-capped Warbler, Saddle-billed Stork, Arrow-marked, and Black-lored Babbler, White-winged Widowbird, White-fronted Bee-eaters,Grey-backed fiscal, Yellow-Collared Lovebird.Big game such as the Giraffes,Hippos, Elands, Waterbucks, Buffalos are present.You can take optional boat rides to see the hippos.Meals and overnight at Lake Naivasha Sopa Resort/Similar.
Approx Transit time: 2 hrs
Meal plan: {B,L,D}

Day 3. Lake Nakuru .
Lake Nakuru National Park is termed as the "the greatest ornithological spectacle in the world" with both Lesser and the Greater Flamingoes sometimes exceeding 1.5 million individuals. The alkaline habitat supports thousands of resident and migratory waterfowl. The alkaline lake, acacia woodland, grassland, rivers and inlets with marshes hold over the 450 species of birds recorded. Some of the common birds includes, the Little Grebe, Great White Pelican, Black-winged Stilt, Gull-billed, WhiskeredTern, Grey- headed Gull, Cape and Red-billed Teal, Southern Pochard,Long-crested, and African Crowned Eagle, White-fronted Bee-eater, Arrow Marked Babbler, Little Rock Thrush, Wailling Cisticola, Ruppell's Long-tailed Starling, Lilac Breasted Roller, Cliff Chat and many species of waders.The Park is also is rich in big games that includes the Reticulated Giraffes, buffalos, Common Waterbucks, Elands, Hippos, both Black and White Rhinos, lions, Leopard, Spotted Hyenas, among many small mammals.Meals and overnight at Sarova lion Hill lodge/Similar.
Approx Transit time: 1.5 hrs
Meal plan: {B,L,D}

Day 4. Masai Mara.
Morning drive West past extinct Mt Longonot into Masai Mara Game Reserve with it high concentration of wildlife and outstanding scenic views.
Afternoon game viewing drive. The birdlist totals over 450 species and includes - Egyptian vulture, Hooded vulture, Griffon vulture, Nubian vulture, White-backed and White-headed vulture, Ostrich, Cardinal Quelea,Woodpeckers (Golden-tailed, Little Spotted and Fine-banded), among other hundreds of species. Lunch, dinner and overnight at Mara Sopa Lodge/Similar.
Approx Transit time: 6 hrs
Meal plan: {B,L,D}

Day 5. Masai Mara.
Full day of wildldife and bird watching in this typical savannah country a well-known site for various wildlife movies.
Masai Mara Game Reserve is a plain of rolling grassland dotted with acacia trees and plain game which includes large herds of elephants, zebras,topis, hartebeests, gazelles, impalas,lion, cheetah, hyena,Birds include Long-tailed, Trilling, Rock Loving Cisticola, Usambiro Barbet, Wattled Plover, Sooty Chat, Penduline Tit, Pale Wren Warbler, Shalow's Turaco, Rufous-bellied Heron, Red-tailed Chat, also Ashy Flycatcher, African BlueFlycatcher, Bateleur, Black-chested Snake Eagle and probably a bonus of Mwanza Flat-headed Agama.Meals and overnight at Mara Sopa Lodge/Similar.
Meal plan: {B,L,D}

Day 6. Nairobi
After breakfast,enroute game viewing as you drive back to Nairobi.
Approx Transit time: 5.5 hrs
Meal plan: {B}