13 days birding safari in Kenya

After breakfast it will be the perfect time for photographing the humbling and magnificent Mt. Kilimanjaro the highest peak in Africa. With picnic lunch you depart your lodge for a full day birding section with our eagle-eyed birding guide. Please take this opportunity to add a new species to your birding list. Dinner and overnight at Lodge.

After early morning breakfast, commence your safari by road with our driver/guide through the North Great Road to the legendary land of man-eaters - Tsavo National Park. A diverse and vast park which is one of the largest game sanctuaries in the World when we combine Tsavo west and Tsavo East covering an area of more than 20,000 sq km. This wilderness supports a large number of games including elephants, rhino, lion, huge herd of buffalo etc. Enjoy your lunch at Kilaguni Lodge, which is magnificently set at the heart of the park with views of the Chyulu Hills and the snowcapped Mt. Kilimanjaro. Each room has a private verandah overlooking the waterhole and Mt. Kilimanjaro. Dinner & overnight at Kilaguni Serena Lodge .

After an early morning breakfast, we proceed with our safari by road to Taita Hills Forest. Taita Hills Forest has an area of 400 ha, at an Altitude of between 1350-2228m. It lies south -eastern Kenya south and west of Voi town, and rising abruptly above the semi-arid plain of Tsavo west National Park. Taita Hill share some botanical affinities are located 120 km distant. Geologically, the hills are the northernmost outpost of the ancient Eastern mountains of Tanzania and Malawi. Dry bushland runs up the flanks of the hills, giving away rather abruptly near the top to smallholder cultivation or remnant patches of moist forest. Special Species that we focus on here will include the Taita Falcon, Taita Thrush, Taita white eye, Bar throated Apalis. All meals, dinner & overnight lodge.

After an early morning breakfast, proceed with our safari to Arabuko-sokoke forest. Has an area of 41,600 ha at an altitude of 0-21m above the sea level. It was proclaimed a crown forest in 1932 and gazetted 1943 covering an area of 2,700 ha added in 1968.

Arabuko-sokoke has three types habitats namely; Mixed forest 7,000 ha, Brachystegia woodland 7,700 ha on white, very infertile soil and Cynometra forest 11,300 ha with a canopy height of 7-8 m. Here we target species likes Sokoke scopes owl, Clarke's Weaver, Amani sunbird, Ant-eater thrush, Eastern Nicator, Mombasa woodpecker among other globally threaten species that only occurs in this forest. All meals, dinner and overnight will be served at a lodge/ beach club.

After breakfast, it will be the perfect time for photographing the humbling and magnificent Mangrove forest (the magical trees) of Mida creek. Mida creek has an area of 26100 ha and stretches for almost 40 km along the seashores and it's a fascinating world of cultures to discover, lying at 0-10 m above the sea level.

Area comprises a complex of marine and tidal habitats on Kenya's north coast, stretching from just south of Malindi town southwards to beyond the entrance of Mida creek. Habitats include inter-tidal rock, sand and mud, fringing reefs and coral gardens; beds of sea grass; coral cliffs, platforms and islets; sand beaches; and mangrove forests.

The sand dunes are great workout to build leg muscles and the tiny sand granules are fantastic as they massage every nerve of your foot - it's natural reflexology. Our species of focus will include among others the Crab plover, Terek sandpiper, Mangrove kingfisher, Greater Sandplover, Eurasian Oystercatcher among others. All meals, dinner and overnight will be served at lodge/beach club.

After breakfast we drive further north to Sabaki river mouth. It Comprises the sandbanks, mudbanks, dunes and freshwater pools and marshes at the mouth of the Sabaki, Kenya's second-longest river 5km north of Malindi town. The state and size of the estuary vary seasonally depending on river flows. Just north and south of the river mouth are grassy dunes that conceal permanent or temporary pools of freshwater. Here we anticipate species like the Sooty gull, Zanzibar red bishop, Greater snipe, Malindi pipit, Broad billed sandpiper, Whimbrel among other Coastal species. All meals, dinner and overnight will be served at lodge/beach club.

After an early breakfast, Our safari will be destined for Tsavo East National Park with Vast savanna, it lies low in semi-arid country at the Eastern edge of the inland plateau, north of the main Mombasa - Nairobi road and railway much of the park is level, open country, with scattered rock outcrops.

Bird life is abundant and beautiful, with some 400 species to be seen, 48 species of wildlife and several reptile species are found in the park, including, crocodiles, common in the Athi and Tsavo rivers, whose rocky confluence lies just north of Voi town. All meals and overnight will be served at lodge.

After an early morning breakfast, we leave for Chyulu hills forest situated 190km south -east of Nairobi and 30km south west of Kibwezi are relatively recent volcanic origin and the range is composed of ash cones and craters. This hills hold no permanent surface water, but rainfall percolating through the porous rock feed many permanent fresh water source in the surrounding plains, notably Mzima springs and the Tsavo and Galana rivers. Hills are relatively undisturbed and shelter indigenous vegetation and wildlife. All meals dinner and overnight will be served at lodge.