10 Days
This is the only dedicated birding trip in Wild Whispers Africa’s Kenya range, and the only one of its Kenya itineraries that leaves the standard Rift Valley circuit — it heads west to Kakamega Forest, which the operator describes as the country’s only tropical rainforest, for three nights.
The route works through Nairobi National Park, Lake Nakuru, the hot springs and flamingos of Lake Bogoria, Kakamega, and finally the Masai Mara, with an expert birding guide throughout. Accommodation is quoted at two levels, mid-range and semi-luxury, with named lodges for each.
Note on the operator’s own page: the itinerary is written in grouped blocks and its final block is headed Day 11, although the trip is sold and described as ten days. The blocks are reproduced here as published.
Overview
A dedicated birding route through Nairobi National Park, Lake Nakuru, Lake Bogoria, Kakamega Forest and the Masai Mara.
- Where you go: Kakamega Forest National Reserve, Lake Bogoria National Reserve, Lake Nakuru National Park, Maasai Mara National Reserve, Nairobi, Nairobi National Park
Highlights & Inclusions
Highlights
Your guides
Guides named by Wild Whispers Africa on its own website. Who accompanies your trip is arranged with the operator.
- Racheal Asiimwe Senior Tour Consultant
- Phennie Namaara
- Howard Besweri Galabuzi
- Moses Bahati
FAQs
How long is this safari?
10 Day Kenya Birding Safari runs for 10 Days, set out day by day in the itinerary below.
Who runs this safari?
It is operated by Wild Whispers Africa. Every booking and payment is arranged directly with them; this marketplace passes your enquiry straight through.
Day-by-day itinerary
What the operator has planned, day by day.
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Day 1
Arrival in Nairobi
Met at Jomo Kenyatta International Airport by the birding guide and taken to the Nairobi hotel. The evening is free. Quoted as The Boma Hotel (mid-range) or Emara Ole-Sereni (semi-luxury), bed and breakfast.
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Day 2
Nairobi National Park
A short drive out to Nairobi National Park for a day's birding. The operator flags northern pied babbler, Hartlaub's bustard and saddle-billed stork, alongside the park's black rhino, giraffe and lion. Back to the Nairobi hotel for the night.
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Day 3
Nairobi to Lake Nakuru National Park
The 160km drive north to Lake Nakuru, then a day working the lakeshore and the surrounding woodland. Named targets include great white pelican, African spoonbill and grey-crested helmet-shrike. Lake Nakuru Lodge or Sarova Lion Hill.
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Day 4
Lake Nakuru to Lake Bogoria National Reserve
A last birding walk at Nakuru, then 105km on to Lake Bogoria. The operator names African skimmer and lesser flamingo among the birds and Cape eagle-owl as the one to look for, with the afternoon spent around the reserve's hot springs and geysers.
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Day 5
Lake Bogoria to Kakamega Forest National Reserve
A 230km drive west to Kakamega with birding stops en route, where the operator flags white-crested turaco, black-and-white-casqued hornbill and blue-headed bee-eater. Rondo Retreat Centre or Udo's Bandas.
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Days 6-7
Kakamega Forest National Reserve
Two full days in Kakamega, which the operator puts at over 350 bird species, many of them found nowhere else in Kenya. Great blue turaco, Turner's eremomela and African broadbill are named, worked along the forest trails with local guides.
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Day 8
Kakamega Forest to the Masai Mara
The 350km drive south-east to the Masai Mara, birding at stops along the way for rufous-chested swallow, cinnamon-chested bee-eater and lilac-breasted roller. Mara Sopa Lodge or Keekorok Lodge.
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Days 9-10
Masai Mara National Reserve
Two full days in the reserve for both birds and mammals — Masai ostrich, secretary bird and martial eagle are named, alongside lion and cheetah. Game drives, guided walks and an optional balloon flight over the plains.
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Day 11
Masai Mara to Nairobi and departure
A final early game drive and breakfast, then the 280km drive back to Nairobi with lunch en route, ending at Jomo Kenyatta International Airport. (Block headed Day 11 on the operator's page; the trip is sold as ten days.)
That is the whole itinerary
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- 10 Days
- Kakamega Forest National Reserve · Lake Bogoria National Reserve · Lake Nakuru National Park and 3 more
- Priced on request
Operated by
Wild Whispers Africa
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