Bird Watching Tour, Kenya East & South 10 days
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- Domestic flight
- Private vehicle
- Masai Mara NR
- Amboseli NP
- Lake Naivasha
- Tsavo East NP
- Bird watching
- Domestic flight
- Hiking
- Night game drive
- Night nature walk
It is the most popular national reserve in Kenya, a vast savannah along the escarpment of the Great Rift Valley. Also, northern part of Mara-Serengeti Eco-system and famous for the migration of millions of wildebeest. It is a home for giraffes, zebras, antelopes, cheetahs and the big five like lion, leopard, elephant, rhino and buffalo.
Located north of Mt. Kilimanjaro, known for the view of wildlife in savanna and Mt. Kilimanjaro in the background, also large herds of elephants eating grass in swamps. It is also home to the wildebeests, zebras, Thomson’s and Grants gazelles, hyenas and cheetahs.
It is a freshwater lake located along the Great Rift Valley, 100 km north of Nairobi, 400 species of birds are recorded. Walking or horseback safari on the Crescent Island to view wildlife like the giraffes, zebras and buffaloes is worthwhile.
One of the largest national parks in Kenya, known for the vast herds of dust-red elephants. Home for rhinoes, buffaloes, lions, leopards among many others.
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Arrive at Nairobi Airport, transfer to hotel
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Transfer to Tsavo East NP
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Bird watching at Tsavo East NP
Bird of the day
Superb Starling (Lamprotornis superbus), White-headed Buffalo weaver (Dinemellia dinemelli), Red and Yellow Barbet (Trachyphonus erythrocephalus), Fisher's Sparrow-lark (Eremopterix leucopareia), and Chestnut-backed Sparrow-Lark (Eremopterix leucotis).
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Bird watching at Tsavo East NP
Bird of the day
d'Arnaud's Barbet (Trachyphonus darnaudii), Cardinal Woodpecker (Dendropicos fuscescens), African Pied Wagtail (Motacilla aguimp), White-browed Scrub Robin (Cercotrichas leucophrys), and Spotted Morning Thrush (Cichladusa guttata).
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Transfer to Amboseli NP
Bird of the day
Imperial Eagle (Aquila heliaca), White-throated Bee-eater (Merops albicollis), Little Bee- eater (Merops pusillus), African Hoopoe (Upupa africana) and European Roller (Coracias garrulus).
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Bird watching at Amboseli NP
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Bird watching at Amboseli NP
Bird of the day
Northern Carmine Bee-eater (Merops nubicus), Broad-billed Roller (Eurystomus glaucurus), Lilac-breasted Roller (Coracias caudatus), Rufous-crowned Roller (Coracias naevius), Green Wood-hoopoe (Phoeniculus purpureus).
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Transfer to Lake Naivasha
Bird of the day
Superb Starling (Lamprotornis superbus), European Bee-eater (Merops apiaster), Northern Carmine Bee-eater (Merops nubicus), Rufous-crowned Roller (Coracias naevia), Red-billed Hornbill (Tockus erythrorhynchus).
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Bird watching at Lake Naivasha
Bird of the day
Senegal Lapwing (Vanellus lugubris), Crowned Lapwing (Vanellus coronatus), Eleonora's Falcon (Falco eleonorae), Greater Kestral (Falco rupicoloides) and Yellow-necked Spurfowl (Francolinus leucoscepus), Eurasian Weagon (Anas penelope),Sacred Ibis (Threskiornis aethiopicus) and Kori Bustard (Ardeotis kori).
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Transfer to Masai Mara National Reserve
Evening
Bird watching at Masai Mara National Reserve
Bird of the day
Fischer's Lovebird (Agapornis fischeri), Ross's Turaco (Musophaga rossae), Purple-crested Turaco (Tauraco porphyreolophus),Schalow's Turaco (Tauraco schalowi) and African Scops-Owl (Otus senegalensis).
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Bird watching at Masai Mara National Reserve
Bird of the day
Verreaux's Eagle Owl (Bubo lacteus), Spotted Eagle-owl (Bubo africanus), Grey-headed Kingfisher (Halcyon chelicuti), Giant Kingfisher (Megaceryle maxima) and White-throated Bee-eater (Merops albicollis).
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Transfer to Nairobi Airport by domestic fight
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