Day 1

Met on arrival by our customer care representative, briefed on safari before departing to Macushla House, where there are over 50 different bird species found in the hotel grounds alone!

Day 2

After breakfast, drive to the Great Rift Valley and Lake Nakuru National Park. Arrive in time for lunch at Lake Nakuru Lodge, thereafter enjoy an afternoon drive in the Park before dinner and overnight at the lodge.

Nakuru is most famous for its concentrations of both Greater and Lesser Flamingo who feed upon the blue green algae with which the lake abounds. Depending upon the concentration of the algae, there may be up to 2 million flamingos in the area, turning the entire lakeshore a dusky pink.

The park has over 400 varieties of birds such as the Little stints, Curlew sandpipers, Marsh sandpipers and Greenshanks Verreaux Eagles Augur buzzards, Harrier eagles, Fish eagles, Gabar goshawks and Harrier hawks . Large numbers of Pelicans can also be seen on the southern and eastern shores.

Day 3

Spend a full day exploring the Nakuru National park with your guide. You should be able to spot at least 150 species of bird in this one day, and if lucky, you may reach over 200 species. All meals and overnight at the lodge.

Day 4

After breakfast drive over the Mau Escarpment to the fertile plains of the western part of Kenya, close to Lake Victoria. Here you explore the Kakamega Forest Reserve, the last remaining remnant of tropical rain forest in Kenya.

The Forest itself is incredibly diverse, with over 125 species of trees, orchids, creepers and bushes. The high forest canopy shades the ground, preventing thick undergrowth from forming. Walking is surprisingly easy and one of the best ways to explore the Forest as the animal, bird and insect life is small, but truly spectacular.

Over 400 of Kenya?s 1000 butterfly species may be found here. Several animals, such as the bush-tailed porcupine, giant water shrew and hammer-headed fruit bat, are found nowhere else in the country. Colobus and blue monkeys cavort in the trees and shy duikers peer out from the occasional bush.

Dinner and overnight at Rondo Retreat.

Days 5 and 6

Spend the day exploring all the forest habitats, from the high canopies to the mossy ground.. Watch for the Giant Plantain Eater or the small, Dusky tit, the Banded snake eagle and the Crowned eagle, Black and white casqued hornbill, the Crowned hornbill, the Paradise flycatcher, Emerald cuckoo, Lemon dove and Yellow white-eye.

Other often-spotted species include the Blue shouldered robin chat, Green pigeon, Scarce swift, Bearded woodpecker, Green sunbird and Nariner?s Trogon.

All meals and overnights at the Rondo Retreat.

Day 8

Leave the forests of Kakamega behind as you return to the Rift Valley, this time to the fresh water of Lake Baringo.

The colony of Goliath herons attracts many ornithologists, but this is just one of the over 400 species to be found in the area.

Baringo is located in the middle of a very, dry, arid savannah plain and the fresh water of the lake is a huge draw to a myriad of birds as well as the water birds who are permanent residents of the lake shores.

Enjoy a walk along the cliff edges this afternoon before dinner and overnight at Lake Baringo Club,

Days 8 and 9

Using boats, vehicles and your feet, explore the Baringo lakeshores, islands and surrounding plains. Watch for the huge colonies of Weavers in the acacia trees, including buffalo weavers and white-headed weavers.

Tawny eagles, Martial eagles, Wahlberg eagles and others nest in the treetops and feed off the small mammals, dry country game and birds such as the abundant Guinea fowl and Francolins that come to the lake to drink.
Blacksmith plovers nest on sand bars and huge flocks of Sand grouse come to bathe and quench their thirst. Queleas, hornbills, Secretary birds and Black crested snake eagles may also be found in the area.

Malachite kingfishers, White throated bee-eaters and various Barbets are all easily spotted as are Variable and Collared sunbirds.

Black headed herons, purple herons, Yellow-billed storks, Sacred ibis, Red-billed duck, Cape teal and other water birds are all found in abundance and there are always new species being recorded.

All meals and overnight at the Baringo Club.

Day 10

Leaving the Rift Valley behind you, drive to Nairobi arriving in time for lunch at the Carnivore.

After lunch, transfer to the airport for your onward connection back home.

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