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Here is your chance to explore Spectacular Kenya both by road and air in Serena Hotels that are upscale like Nairobi Serena Hotel enjoys a coveted location in the city centre, adjacent to Central Park, a five-minute walk from the Central Business District and a 30-minute drive from Jomo Kenyatta International Airport.
Best 5 Star hotels in Nairobi, Nairobi Serena Hotel
Beyond the bustle of Kenya’s most cosmopolitan metropolis, experience a haven of elegance and calm nestled among lush gardens. Our 5 star Nairobi hotel merges business and leisure, art and gastronomy and five-star style and service. A celebration of sophistication and a rich fusion of design influences from Ethiopia, the Maghreb.
Detailed trip itinerary
Day 1: Nairobi City, Nairobi Serena Hotel (Bed & Breakfast)
Met on arrival at the Jomo Kenyatta International Airport by our Representative and transfer to Nairobi Serena Hotel where you have been booked on a bed and breakfast basis for the night.
The Nairobi Serena Hotel
Justly famed for its exceptional standards of efficiency, service and five-star hospitality, the elegantly sophisticated Nairobi Serena Hotel is a member of the Leading Hotels of the World group and is consistently voted ‘Best Hotel” in Nairobi by airlines and international travel magazines alike.
Despite its pivotal central location, the Serena remains true to its title and offers an oasis of serenity amidst the bustle of one of Africa’s most vibrant capital cities. Enjoy the hotel facilities that include the celebrated Maisha Spa & Health Club
Overnight at Nairobi Serena Hotel.
- International 24-hr restaurant
- Coffee Bar & Tea Shop
- Pool Bar and Bar Brasserie
- Mandhari fine dining experience
- All rooms with Satellite TV, air conditioning, flat TV screen & Wi-Fi
- VIP Transfers
- Meetings & Conferences
- Wedding Venues
- Maisha Spa
Beyond the bustle of Kenya’s most cosmopolitan metropolis, experience a haven of elegance and calm nestled among lush gardens at the edge of Nairobi's Central Park.Our 5 star Nairobi hotel merges business and leisure, art and gastronomy and five-star style and service.
Nairobi Serena Hotel, a 5 star hotel in Nairobi, is a celebration of sophistication and a rich fusion of design influences from Ethiopia, the Maghreb, West Africa and East Africa. The warmth of a friendly smile, a superlative eye for detail and gracious service at our Nairobi hotel envelop you from the moment you arrive. While the Nairobi skyline glitters just beyond your windows and the Central Business District is just a stroll away, you’ll feel worlds removed from urban distractions in this peaceful setting.
We provide distinctive opportunities for you to find your own inspiration as you explore the city in search of new experiences. The manner in which we welcome you, exceed your every expectation during your stay and remember you upon your return is the essence of Nairobi Serena Hotel.
Day 2: Tsavo West, Kilaguni Serena Lodge (Fullboard)
Breakfast in the Hotel. After a pre-safari briefing and be transferred to Syokimau Terminal for a train transfer to Mtito Adei Terminal where you drive guide will pick you to Kilaguni Serena Safari Lodge and depart a drive to Tsavo West National Park to arrive in the early afternoon for check-in.
Kilaguni Serena Safari Lodge
Superbly situated in the lee of Mount Kilimanjaro and sheltered by the volcanic splendor of the Chyulu Hills, this classic stone-built lodge overlooks its own water hole, which is visited daily by elephants, buffalos and a wide variety of plains game.
Kilaguni Serena Safari Lodge:
One of the first lodges ever to be built in a national park, the lodge is cool, tranquil and hushed for optimum game-viewing, photography and painting. It is also ideally placed for visits to all the park’s prime attractions. Lunch in the lodge followed by free time at leisure.
15:30 afternoon game viewing drives using 4DW land cruiser in the park. Tsavo West National Park offers some of the most magnificent game viewing in the world with large herds of dusty-red elephants, hippopotamus, giant crocodiles, black rhinoceros and African buffalos. The park includes also the lion, the cheetah, and the leopard. The “big five” can be seen in Tsavo. Birdlife is abundant as more than 600 species of bird have been recorded.
All meals and overnight at Kilaguni Serena Safari Lodge after 18:30.
- Bush Dinners & Bush Breakfast
- Garden Swimming Pool
- Lion Rock Sundowners
- Game Drives
- Nature Walks
- Bird Watching Walks
- Cultural Perfomances
- Massages & Spa Treatments
- Weddings
- Honeymoons
A tranquil, hushed and cool refuge framed by Mount Kilimanjaro and the rolling, volcanic landscapes of the deep green Chyulu Hills, Kilaguni Serena Safari Lodge in Tsavo West National Park immerses you in stunning beauty and exhilarating adventures while surrounding you with every modern comfort. Arriving guests are enchanted by our classic stone design and views of elephants, buffalo and other plains game drinking and cooling off in our water hole.
One of the earliest national park lodges in Kenya, our Tsavo West Safari Lodge includes 56 guest rooms including five suites that feature remarkably large living areas, ranging from our Standard Rooms to deluxe Suites and the resplendent Kilaguni Suite. Greet the morning with a bush breakfast or sip traditional sundowner cocktails at Lion Rock. Relax on the garden sundeck by our swimming pool. Savour seasonal, locally sourced cuisine in the dining room overlooking the water hole. Unwind in a day bed at the stone-built bar, sipping a perfectly mixed drink while taking in marvellous views of the Chyulu Hills. Allow us to arrange for unforgettable safari experiences such as a private game drive into Tsavo West National Park with a dedicated guide, a soothing aromatic massage or an outing to see the hippos and aquatic life of Mzima Springs.
Surrender to the wild, ancient allure of Tsavo West, the land of lions and lava, at Kilaguni Serena Safari Lodge.
Tsavo West together with its expansive Tsavo East neighbor form one of the largest national parks in the world. The park is home to the Big Five, but wildlife viewing can be a bit slow at times. There are, however, several landmarks worth visiting including recent lava flows and Mzima Springs with its underwater observation chamber for close-up views of hippos.
Tsavo West is a real wilderness destination. All of the Big Five are present, but wildlife densities are lower than in some of the more popular parks in Kenya. However, there is a good variety of animals with many dry-country specials, including the shy lesser kudu and the rare fringe-eared oryx. Large elephant herds can be found gathering at the waterholes.
Full List of Mammals found in Tsavo West
- Spectacled Elephant Shrew
- Blue or Sykes’ Monkey
- Striped Hyaena
- East African Hedgehog
- Yellow-bellied Bat
- Cheetah
- Giant White-toothed Shrew
- Lesser Ground Pangolin
- Caracal
- Rousette Fruit Bat
- Hunting Dog
- African Wild Cat
- Epauletted Fruit Bat
- Golden Jackal
- Serval
- Pale-bellied Fruit Bat
- Black-backed or Silver-backed
- Lion
- White-bellied Tomb Bat
- Jackal
- Leopard
- Hollow-faced Bat
- Side-striped Jackal
- Ant Bear
- False Vampire Bat
- Bat-eared Fox
- Tree Hyrax
- Yellow-winged Bat
- Zorilla
- Rock Hyrax
- Lander’s Horseshoe Bat
- Ratel or Honey Badger
- African Elephant
- Lesser Leaf-nosed Bat
- Clawless Otter
- Black Rhinoceros
- Giant Leaf-nosed Bat Recorded
- African Civet
- Grevy’s Zebra
- From Galana River
- Neumann’s or Small-spotted
- African Trident Bat Recorded
- Genet
- Burchell’s or Common Zebra
- From Kilaguni Lodge
- Bush or Large-spotted Genet
- Warthog
- Banana Bat or African
- African Palm Civet
- Masai Giraffe
- Pipistrelle
- Marsh Mongoose
- Coke’s Hartebeest or Kongoni
- Yellow-bellied Bat
- Dwarf Mongoose
- Hunter’s Hartebeest or Hirola
- Angola Free-tailed Bat
- Large Grey Mongoose
- White-bellied Free-tailed
- Bat
- Slender or Black-tipped Mongoose
- Red Duiker
- Flat-headed Free-tailed Bat
- White-tailed Mongoose
- Blue Duiker
- Greater Galago
- Banded Mongoose
- Bush Duiker
- Bush Baby
- Aard-wolf
- Klipspringer
- Black-faced Vervet Monkey
- Spotted Hyaena
- Suni
- Steinbok
- Bushbuck
- Unstriped Ground Squirrel
- Kirk’s Dik-dik
- Lesser Kudu
- Bush Squirrel
- Common Waterbuck
- Eland
- East African Red Squirrel
- Bohor Reedbuck
- African Buffalo
- Spring Hare
- Impala
- African Hare
- African Dormouse
- Grant’s Gazelle
- Cane Rat
- Giant Rat
- Gerenuk
- Porcupine
- Kenya Mole Rat
- Fringe-eared Oryx
- Striped Ground Squirrel
- Naked Mole Rat
Tsavo West’s prolific birdlife features over 400-recorded species. Ngulia Hills, one of the landmarks in the park, is situated along one of the world’s busiest avian migration routes. Bird ringers make an annual pilgrimage here between October and January. Ngulia is the site of Africa’s foremost bird-ringing (tagging to enable individual bird identification) project. More than 100 migrant and resident species have been ringed here – the most prolific being marsh warbler, river warbler, red-backed shrike, thrush nightingale and common whitethroat.
- Abbot’s Starling Recorded
- Abdim’s Stork
- Abyssinian Hill Babbler Occurs
- Abyssinian Scimitar-bill
- African Black Duck Recorded
- African Black Kite
- African Cuckoo
- African Darter
- African Finfoot
- African Fire Finch
- African Fish Eagle
- African Golden Oriole
- African Goshawk
- African Hawk Eagle
- African Hobby Recorded from
- African Hoopoe
- African Jacana
- African Kestrel
- African Marsh Harrier Rare
- African Marsh Owl
- African Moustached Warbler
- African Penduline Tit
- African Pied Wagtail
- African Rock Martin
- African Sand Martin
- African Scops Owl
- African Snipe
- African Spoonbill Uncommon
- African Wood Owl
- along Tsavo and Galana Rivers
- Amethyst Sunbird
- amongst flocks of migrating
- an Barn Owl
- And March
- Angola Swallow
- Anteater Chat Chyulu Hills
- Arrow-marked Babbler
- as spring passage migrant
- Ashy Cisticola
- Ashy Flycatcher
- Augur Buzzard
- Avocet
- Ayres’ Hawk Eagle
- Banded Martin
- Banded Tit-warbler
- Bare-eyed Thrush
- Barred Owlet
- Barred Warbler
- Bat Hawk
- Bateleur
- Bearded Woodpecker
- Beautiful Sunbird
- Black and White Cuckoo
- Black Crake
- Black Cuckoo
- Black Cuckoo Shrike
- Black Heron Lake Jipe
- Black Rough-wing Swallow
- Black-backed Puff-back
- Black-bellied Bustard
- Black-breasted Apalis
- Black-breasted Glossy Starling
- Blackcap Bush Tchagra
- Blackcap Warbler
- Black-capped Social Weaver
- Black-cheeked Waxbill
- Black-chested Harrier Eagle
- Black-faced Sandgrouse
- Blackhead Plover
- Black-headed Heron
- Black-headed Oriole
- Black-headed Tchagra
- Black-necked Weaver
- Black-shouldered Kite
- Blacksmith Plover
- Black-throated Wattle-eye
- Black-winged Stilt
- Block-collared Barbet
- Blue-capped Cordon-bleu
- Blue-cheeked Bee-eater
- Blue-eared Glossy Starling
- Blue-headed Wagtail and races
- Blue-naped Mousebird
- Boehm’s Spinetail Frequents
- Booted Eagle Rare winter
- Brimstone Canary
- Broad-billed Roller
- Bronze Mannikin
- Bronze-naped Pigeon
- Bronze-winged Courser
- Bronzy Sunbird
- Brown Harrier Eagle
- Brown Parrot
- Brown Woodland Warbler
- Brown-breasted Barbet
- Brown-headed Tchagra
- Brown-hooded Kingfisher
- Brown-throated Barbet
- Buffalo Weaver
- Buff-backed Heron or
- Buff-bellied Warbler
- Buff-crested Bustard
- Bunting
- Button Quail
- Cape Quail
- Capped Wheatear
- Cardinal Quelea
- Cardinal Woodpecker
- Carmine Bee-eater
- Caspian Plover Winter visitor
- Cattle Egret
- Chestnut Sparrow
- Chestnut Weaver
- Chestnut-backed Sparrow Lark
- Chestnut-bellied Sandgrouse
- Chin-spot Flycatcher
- Cliff Chat
- Collared Sunbird
- Common Sandpiper
- Coqui Francolin
- Crested Francolin
- Croaking Cisticola
- Crombec
- Crowned Crane
- Crowned Hawk Eagle Occurs
- Crowned Hornbill
- Crowned Plover
- Cuckoo Falcon Uncommon
- Curlew Sandpiper
- curs in forest on Chyulu Hills
- Cut-throat
- D’Arnaud’s Barbet
- Didric Cuckoo
- Donaldson-Smith’s Nightjar
- Drongo
- Dusky Flycatcher
- Dusky Nightjar
- Dwarf Bittern
- Eastern Bearded Scrub Robin
- Eastern Double-collared
- Eastern Red-footed Falcon Very
- Egyptian Goose
- Egyptian Vulture
- Emerald Cuckoo
- Emerald-spotted Wood Dove
- Ethiopian Swallow
- European Bee-eater
- European Black Kite
- European Black Stork
- European Common Snipe
- European Common Wheatear
- European Corn Crake Passage
- European Cuckoo
- European Golden Oriole
- European Hobby Occurs mainly
- European Hoopoe
- European Kestrel
- European Marsh Harrier
- European Marsh Warbler
- European Nightingale
- European Nightjar
- European Pintail
- European Rock Thrush
- European Roller
- European Sand Martin
- European Sedge Warbler
- European Shoveler
- European Spotted Flycatcher
- European Swallow
- European Whinchat
- European White Wagtail
- European White-throat
- European Willow Warbler
- Fan-tailed Raven
- Fan-tailed Warbler
- Fan-tailed Widow-bird
- Fawn-coloured Lark
- Fire-fronted Bishop
- Fiscal Shrike
- Fischer’s Greenbul
- Fischer’s Sparrow Lark
- Fischer’s Starling
- Fischer’s Straw-tailed Whydah
- Flappet Lark
- Forest and in riverine forest
- forest near Voi
- Four-coloured Bush Shrike
- Freckled Nightjar
- Frequents open plains.
- from the Galana River
- from Tsavo and Athi Rivers
- Fulvous Tree Duck
- Gabar Goshawk
- Galana River
- Galena River, but not
- Garden Warbler
- Garganey Teal
- Giant Kingfisher
- Glossy Ibis Rare visitor
- Golden Palm Weaver
- Golden Pipit
- Golden Weaver
- Golden-breasted Bunting
- Golden-breasted Starling
- Golden-rumped Tinkerbird
- Golden-tailed Woodpecker
- Goliath Heron
- Grasshopper Buzzard Common
- Great Reed Warbler Uncom-
- Great Snipe
- Great Sparrow Hawk
- Great White Egret
- Greater Honeyguide
- Greater or White-eyed Kestrel
- Greater Swamp Warbler
- Great-spotted Cuckoo
- Green Pigeon
- Green Sandpiper
- Green Wood Hoopoe
- Green-backed Heron Occurs
- Greenshank
- Green-winged Pytilia
- Grey Cuckoo Shrike Chyulu
- Grey Flycatcher
- Grey Heron
- Grey Hornbill
- Grey Kestrel Uncommon
- Grey Tit
- Grey Woodpecker
- Grey Wren Warbler
- Grey-backed Camaroptera
- Grey-backed Fiscal
- Grey-capped Warbler
- Grey-headed Bush Shrike
- Grey-headed Kingfisher
- Grey-headed Silverbill
- Grey-headed Social Weaver
- Grey-rumped Swallow
- Grosbeak Weaver
- Ground Hornbill
- Hadada Ibis
- Half-collared Kingfisher Rare
- Hamerkop
- Harlequin Quail
- Harrier Hawk
- Hartlaub’s Bustard
- Hartlaub’s Turaco Occurs
- Helmeted Guinea-fowl
- Heuglin’s Courser
- Hildebrandt’s Starling
- Hills forest
- Holub’s Golden Weaver
- Honey Buzzard Uncommon
- Hooded Vulture
- Hottentot Teal
- Hunter’s Sunbird
- Indigo-bird
- Inhabits acacia trees near rivers
- Isabelline Wheatear
- Issabeline Wheatear
- Jackson’s Bustard Rare
- Jameson’s Fire Finch
- Kaffir Rail Rarely seen
- Kenya Crested Guinea-fowl
- Kenya Grosbeak Canary
- Kenya Violet-backed Sunbird
- Kittlitz’s Plover
- Klaas’ Cuckoo
- Knob-billed Duck
- Kori Bustard
- Lammergeyer Rare visitor
- Lanner
- Laughing Dove
- Layard’s Black-headed Weaver
- Lesser Grey Shrike
- Lesser Honeyguide
- Lesser Kestrel
- Lesser Kestrels in spring
- Lesser Spotted Eagle Rare
- Levaillant’s Cuckoo
- Lilac-breasted Roller
- Little Bee-eater
- Little Bittern
- Little Egret
- Little Grebe
- Little Grey Flycatcher Re-
- Little Purple-banded Sunbird
- Little Ringed Plover
- Little Sparrow Hawk
- Little Stint
- Little Swift
- Lizard Buzzard
- Long-billed Pipit
- Long-crested Eagle
- Long-tailed Cormorant
- Long-tailed Fiscal
- Long-tailed Nightjar
- Madagascar Bee-eater
- Madagascar Squacco Heron
- Malachite Kingfisher
- Marabou Stork
- Mariqua Sunbird
- Marsh Sandpiper
- Martial Eagle
- Masai Ostrich
- Masked Weaver
- Migrant seldom seen
- mon passage migrant
- Montagu’s Harrier
- Moorhen
- Morning Warbler Frequents
- Mosque Swallow
- Mottled Swift
- Mottled-throated Spinetail
- Mourning Dove
- Mouse-coloured Penduline Tit
- Namaqua Dove
- Narina’s Trogon In Chyulu
- Near Galana River
- Nicator Occurs in acacia
- Night Heron
- north of Galana River
- north of the Galana River
- Northern Brownbul
- Northern Brubru
- Northern Pied Babbler
- Northern White-tailed Lark
- Nubian Nightjar
- Nubian Woodpecker
- Nyanza Swift
- Occur on rocky hills north of
- occurs along rivers
- Occurs in dry bush country
- occurs in forests and well-
- Olive Pigeon
- Olive Sunbird
- Olive Thrush
- Olive-tree Warbler
- On rivers
- On southern border
- Open-bill Stork
- Orange-bellied Parrot
- Osprey Rare visitor
- Ovampo Sparrow Hawk Un-
- Painted Snipe
- Pale Chanting Goshawk
- Pale Flycatcher
- Pallid Harrier
- Palm Swift
- palm Thickets
- Palm-nut Vulture
- Pangani Longclaw
- Paradise Flycatcher
- Paradise Whydah
- Parasitic Weaver
- Parrot-billed Sparrow
- Pearl-spotted Owlet
- Pectoral-patch Cisticola
- Pel’s Fishing Owl Not yet re-
- Peregrine Uncommon
- Peter’s Twin-spot Occurs in
- Pied Crow
- Pied Kingfisher
- Pied Wheatear
- Pink-backed Pelicans
- Pink-breasted Lark
- Pin-tailed Whydah
- Plain Nightjar
- Pratincole
- Probably occurs at Lake Jipe
- Purple Grenadier
- Purple Heron Recorded from
- Pygmy Falcon
- Pygmy Goose Lake Jipe
- Pygmy Kingfisher
- Pygmy Puff-back Flycatcher
- Quail Finch
- Rare visitor
- Rare winter visitor
- Rattling Cisticola
- Recorded from Mzima Springs
- recorded in the Voi area
- Recorded near Voi
- Red and Yellow Barbet
- Red Bishop
- Red-backed Scrub Robin
- Red-backed Shrike
- Red-billed Duck
- Red-billed Fire Finch
- Red-billed Hornbill
- Red-billed Oxpecker
- Red-billed Quelea
- Red-capped Lark
- Red-capped Robin Chat
- Red-cheeked Cordon-bleu
- Red-chested Cuckoo
- Red-collared Widow-bird
- Red-eyed Dove
- Red-faced Apalis
- Red-fronted Tinkerbird
- Red-headed Weaver
- Red-knobbed Coot Uncommon
- Red-naped Bush Shrike
- Red-necked Falcon Occurs
- Red-rumped Swallow
- Red-tailed Shrike
- Red-throated Pipit Uncommon
- Redwing Bush Lark
- Red-wing Starling
- Reichenow’s Weaver
- Retz’s Red-billed Shrike
- Richard’s Pipit
- Ringed Plover
- Ring-necked Dove
- River Warbler
- Robin Chat
- Rocky hills near Mtito Andei
- Rosy-breasted Longclaw Un-
- Rosy-patched Shrike
- Ruff
- Rufous Chatterer
- Rufous Sparrow
- Rufous-backed Mannikin
- Rufous-crowned Roller
- Ruppell’s Long-tailed Starling
- Ruppell’s Vulture
- Sacred Ibis
- Saddle-bill Stork
- Scaly Chatterer Occurs mainly
- Scaly Francolin Occurs on
- Scaly-throated Honeyguide
- Scarlet-chested Sunbird
- Scimitar-bill
- Secretary Bird
- Senegal Hoopoe Occurs mainly
- Senegal Plover
- Shelley’s (Greywing) Francolin
- Shelley’s Starling
- Shikra
- Silverbill
- Silverbird
- Silvery-cheeked Hornbill
- Singing Bush Lark
- Singing Cisticola
- Slate-coloured Boubou
- slopes of hills
- Smaller Black-bellied Sunbird
- Somali Golden-breasted Bunting
- Somali Ostrich
- Sooty Falcon Recorded during
- South African Black Flycat
- Speckled Mousebird
- Speckled Pigeon
- Speckle-fronted Weaver
- Spectacled Weaver
- Spotted Eagle Owl
- Spotted Morning Warbler
- Spotted Stone Curlew
- Spotted-flanked Barbet
- spring passage migrant
- Spur-winged Goose
- Squacco Heron
- Steel-blue Whydah
- Steppe Buzzard Winter visitor
- Steppe Eagle
- Stone Partridge Reputed to
- Stonechat Chyulu Hills
- Stout Cisticola
- Straight-crested Helmet Shrike
- Streaky Seed-eater
- Striped Kingfisher
- Striped Pipit Frequents bushy
- Striped Swallow
- Sulphur-breasted Bush Shrike
- Sun- bird Chyulu Hills forest
- Superb Starling
- Swahili Sparrow
- Swallow
- Taita Falcon Rare: has been
- Taita Fiscal
- Tambourine Dove
- Tawny Eagle
- Tawny-flanked Prinia
- Temminck’s Courser
- The Tsavo and Galana rivers
- Three-banded Plover
- Three-streaked Tchagra
- Thrush Nightingale or Sprosser
- Tiny Cisticola
- Tree Pipit
- Tropical Boubou
- Trumpeter Hornbill
- Tsavo River
- Two-banded Courser
- Uncommon
- uncommon: a few to be seen
- Variable Sunbird
- Verreaux’s Eagle Owl
- Verreaux’s Eagle Rare
- Vicinity of baobab trees.
- Violet Wood Hoopoe Recorded
- Violet-backed Starling
- Violet-breasted Sunbird
- Violet-crested Turaco Rare
- Vitelline Masked Weaver
- Von der Decken’s Hornbill
- Vulturine Guinea-fowl
- Wahlberg’s Eagle
- Wahlberg’s Honeyguide
- Water Dikkop
- Wattled Starling
- Waxbill
- Well’s Wagtail Uncommon
- White Pelican
- White Stork
- White-backed Night Heron
- White-backed Vulture
- White-bellied Bustard
- White-bellied Canary
- White-bellied Go-away-bird
- White-breasted Tit
- White-browed Coucal
- White-browed Robin Chat
- White-browed Sparrow Weaver
- White-crowned Shrike
- White-eye Slaty Flycatcher
- White-faced Scops Owl
- White-faced Tree Duck
- White-headed Buffalo Weaver
- White-headed Mousebird
- White-headed Rough-wing
- White-naped Raven
- White-rumped Swift
- White-throated Bee-eater
- White-throated Robin Rare
- White-winged Scrub Robin
- White-winged Widow-bird
- Winding Cisticola
- winter visitor
- Winter visitor
- winter visitor and passage
- Wire-tailed Swallow
- Wood Ibis
- Wood Sandpiper
- wooded areas
- Wooly-necked Stork
- Yellow Bishop
- Yellow Flycatcher
- Yellow White-eye
- Yellow-bellied Eremomela
- Yellow-bellied Waxbill
- Yellow-billed Duck
- Yellow-billed Egret
- Yellow-billed Hornbill
- Yellow-billed Oxpecker
- Yellow-fronted Canary
- Yellow-necked Spurfowl
- Yellow-rumped Seed-eater
- Yellow-spotted Petronia
- Yellow-throated Longclaw
- Yellow-throated Sandgrouse
- Yellow-vented Bulbul
- Yellow-whiskered Greenbul
- Zanzibar Red Bishop
Day 3: Tsavo West National Park, Kilaguni Serena (Fullboard)
Full day in Tsavo with morning and afternoon game viewing drives after tea or coffee and a snack up to 08:00. The park offers some of the most magnificent game viewing in the world with large herds of dusty-red elephants, hippopotamus, giant crocodiles, black rhinoceros and African buffalos. The park includes also the lion, the cheetah, and leopard. The “big five” can be seen in Tsavo.
Other animals commonly seen in the park are the zebra, the antelopes and gazelles, the mongoose, the hyrax, the dik-dik and the lesser kudu. Birdlife is abundant as more than 600 species of bird have been recorded. Some of the interesting areas to be visited are the Mzima Springs, Roaring Rocks, Chaimu and Shetani Lava sites to mention a few.
All meals and overnight at Kilaguni Serena Safari Lodge after game viewing from 15:30 to 18:30.
Day 4: Amboseli National Park, Amboseli Serena Safari Lodge (Fullboard)
Tea of coffee and a snack them morning game drive until time for full breakfast in the lodge from 08:00 and depart for Amboseli National Park.
Amboseli Serena Safari Lodge
Set against the magnificent backdrop of Africa’s highest mountain, the glittering Mount Kilimanjaro, Amboseli Serena Safari Lodge enjoys a uniquely privileged position at the heart of this world-famous national park. Shaded by palm trees, is a free-form swimming pool; to either side of which stretch the rooms.
Lunch in the lodge followed by an afternoon at leisure to relax and soak-in magnificent views of the park from your room Veranda/Lounge or enjoy a swim in the lodge’s swimming pool.
15:30 enjoy afternoon game-viewing drives in the park. Amboseli is one of the most popular destinations for safari-goers to Kenya, but it also offers some spectacular views of the highest free-standing mountain in the world – Mount Kilimanjaro.
Elephant are a dominant presence in Amboseli; they are tracked almost constantly by researchers thus; the reason they have largely escaped the ravages of 1980s poaching. Here, you are able to spot some of the older “tuskers” lumbering almost delicately before the backdrop of Mt. Kilimanjaro. At 18:30 drive back to the lodge in time to refreshment, dinner and overnight.
All meals and overnight at Amboseli Serena Safari Lodge
- Game Drives
- Maasai Cultural Visits
- Bird Watching
- Guided Safari Walks
- Gift Shop & Business Center
- Swimming Pool
- Bush Breakfast & Sundowners
- Spa / Massages
- Cultural Visits
- Weddings
Amboseli Serena Safari Lodge was created for adventurers with an African dream. With Mount Kilimanjaro soaring majestically just beyond the golden, acacia-specked savannah, the safari lodge offers a graceful blend of stark beauty and lavish comfort in the heart of Kenya’s Amboseli National Park.
Nestled in an acacia grove by a gentle mountain spring, our hotel, comprising a Maasai-inspired design, a garden restaurant and a palm-shaded swimming pool and sundeck, provides uninterrupted views of Mount Kilimanjaro and the surrounding landscape. In every detail, the ambience captures the essence of Maasai culture, warmth and indomitable spirit. The setting our Amboseli safari lodge is breathtakingly beautiful, the wildlife abundant and the cuisine, hospitality and amenities unrivalled.
Mornings bring stirring views of Kilimanjaro’s snow-capped peaks. Whether embarking on a safari to see “The Big Five” (elephant, buffalo, lion, leopard and rhino), planting your very own tree as part of our Re-Forestation Programme, or enjoying a bush dinner and glass of wine as the bonfire cinders waft into the indigo night, your stay will be infused with unforgettable moments.
Amboseli is often called the ‘Land of Giants’ – due to the impressive elephants here carrying massive tusks. The animals are set against breathtaking vistas of Mt Kilimanjaro, which makes an awesome backdrop to the small park. Aside from elephants, many plains animals are easy to spot. Fantastic photo opportunities are possible, and early mornings are best for clear views of Kilimanjaro.
Full List of Mammals found in Amboseli National Park:
- Aard-wolf
- African Buffalo
- African Civet
- African Dormouse
- African Elephant
- African Hare
- African Wild Cat
- Angola Free-tailed Bat Inhabits
- Ant Bear
- Banana Bat or African
- Banded Mongoose
- Bat-eared Fox
- Black Rhinoceros
- Black-backed or Silver-backed Jackal
- Black-faced Vervet Monkey
- Blue or Sykes’ Monkey
- Bohor Reedbuck
- Burchell’s or Common Zebra
- Bush Baby Frequents acacia
- Bush Duiker
- Bush or Large-spotted Genet
- Bush Squirrel
- Bushbuck
- Caracal
- Cheetah
- Coke’s Hartebeest or Kongoni
- Common Waterbuck
- Dwarf Mongoose
- East African Hedgehog
- Eland
- Epauletted Fruit Bat Attracted
- False Vampire Bat Colonies
- Fringe-eared Oryx
- Gerenuk
- Giant White-toothed Shrew
- Golden Jackal The rarest of the
- Grant’s Gazelle
- Hippopotamus
- Hollow-faced Bat
- Hunting Dog
- Impala
- Kenya Mole Rat
- Kirk’s Dik-Dik
- Klipspringer
- Lander’s Horseshoe Bat
- Large Grey Mongoose
- Leopard
- Lesser Kudu
- Lesser Leaf-nosed Bat
- Lion
- Marsh Mongoose
- Masai Giraffe
- Neumann’s or Small-spotted Genet
- Pipistrelle
- Porcupine
- Ratel or Honey Badger
- Red Duiker
- Rock Hyrax
- Rousette Fruit Bat Attracted
- Serval
- Short-snouted Elephant Shrew
- Side-striped Jackal
- Slender or Black-tipped Mongoose
- Spectacled Elephant Shrew
- Spotted Hyena
- Spring Hare
- Steinbok
- Striped Ground Squirrel
- Striped Hyena
- Thompson’s Gazelle
- Tree Hyrax
- Unstriped Ground Squirrel
- Warthog
- White-bearded Gnu or Wildebeest
- White-bellied Free-tailed Bat
- White-bellied Tomb Bat
- White-tailed Mongoose
- Woodland
- Yellow Baboon
- Yellow-bellied Bat
- Yellow-winged Bat Hangs in
- Zorilla
Amboseli is a good birding destination and more than 420 species have been recorded here. The swamps are great for water-associated birds such as egrets, herons, pelicans and crowned cranes. Large numbers of flamingos may be present in the Wet seasons (March to May and October to December). The grassland areas offer some interesting ground birds such as Hartlaub’s bustard and the localized Pangani longclaw. The acacia woodland holds some dry country specials such as steel-blue whydah, white-bellied go-away bird and the Von der Decken’s hornbill.
Below is a complete list of most common birds, resident and migrant, that can be found in Amboseli National Park.
- Abdim’s Stork
- Abyssinian Scimitar-bill
- Acacia woodland
- African Black Kite
- African Darter
- African Fire Finch
- African Fish Eagle
- African Golden Oriole
- African Hawk Eagle
- African Hoopoe
- African Jacana
- African Marsh Harrier
- African Marsh Owl
- African Penduline Tit
- African Pied Wagtail
- African Pochard
- African Rock Martin Occurs
- African Sand Martin
- African Scops Owl
- African Snipe
- African Spoonbill
- Amethyst Sunbird
- Angola Swallow
- Anteater Chat
- Augur Buzzard
- Avocet
- Banded Martin
- Banded Tit-warbler
- Bare-eyed Thrush
- Barred Warbler
- Bat Hawk
- Bateleur
- Bearded Woodpecker
- Beautiful Sunbird (black-belrace)
- Black and White Cuckoo
- Black Crake
- Black Cuckoo
- Black Cuckoo Shrike
- Black Rough-wing Swallow
- Black-backed Puff-back
- Black-bellied Bustard
- Black-breasted Apalis
- Blackcap Warbler
- Black-cheeked Waxbill
- Black-chested Harrier Eagle
- Black-faced Sandgrouse
- Black-faced Waxbill
- Black-headed Heron
- Black-headed Oriole
- Black-headed Tchagra
- Black-lored Babbler
- Black-necked Weaver
- Black-shouldered Kite
- Blacksmith Plover
- Black-throated Wattle-eye
- Black-winged Stilt
- Blue-capped Cordon Bleu
- Blue-cheeked Bee-eater Un-
- Blue-eared Glossy Starling
- Blue-headed and Yellow Wagtail
- Blue-headed Coucal
- Blue-naped Mousebird
- Booted Eagle
- Brimstone Canary
- Broad-billed Roller
- Bronze Mannikin
- Bronzy Sunbird
- Brown Harrier Eagle
- Brown Parrot
- Brown-headed Tchagra
- Brown-throated Barbet
- Buffalo Weaver
- Buff-backed Heron or Cattle Egret
- Buff-bellied Warbler
- Buff-crested Bustard
- Bunting
- Button Quail
- Capped Wheatear
- Cardinal Quelea
- Cardinal Woodpecker
- Caspian Plover
- Chestnut Sparrow
- Chestnut Weaver
- Chestnut-bellied Sandgrouse
- Chin-spot Flycatcher
- Cinnamon-breasted Rock
- Cliff Chat Occurs on
- Collared Sunbird
- CommonSandpiper
- Coqui Francolin
- Crested Francolin
- Crimson-rumped Waxbill
- Crombec
- Crowned Crane
- Crowned Hawk Eagle
- Crowned Hornbill
- Crowned Plover
- Cuckoo
- Curlew Sandpiper
- D’Arnaud’s Barbet
- Didric Cuckoo
- Drongo
- Dusky Flycatcher
- Dusky Nightjar
- Dwarf Bittern
- Egyptian Goose
- Egyptian Vulture
- Emerald Cuckoo
- Emerald-spotted Wood Dove
- European Bee-eater
- European Black Kite
- European Black Stork
- European Common Snipe
- European Common Wheatear
- European Golden Oriole
- European Hobby Uncommon
- European Hoopoe
- European Kestrel Winter visitor
- European Marsh Harrier
- European Nightingale
- European Nightjar
- European Pintail
- European Rock Thrush
- European Roller Sometimes
- European Sand Martin
- European Sedge Warbler
- European Shoveler
- European Spotted Flycatcher
- European Swallow
- European Whinchat
- European White-throat
- European Willow Warbler
- Fan-tailed Widow-bird
- Fawn-coloured Lark
- Fiscal Shrike Namanga area
- Fischer’s Sparrow Lark
- Fischer’s Starling
- Fischer’s Straw-tailed Whydah
- Flappet Lark
- Fulvous Tree Duck
- Gabar Goshawk
- Garden Warbler
- Garganey Teal
- Giant Kingfisher Uncommon
- Glossy Ibis Rare visitor
- Golden-breasted Bunting
- Goliath Heron
- Grasshopper Buzzard
- Great Reed Warbler
- Great White Egret
- Greater Flamingo
- Greater Honeyguide
- Greater or White-eyed Kestrel
- Greater Swamp Warbler
- Great-spotted Cuckoo
- Green Pigeon
- Green Sandpiper
- Green Wood Hoopoe
- Green-backed Heron
- Greenshank
- Green-winged Pytilia
- Grey Flycatcher
- Grey Heron
- Grey Hornbill
- Grey Plover
- Grey Tit
- Grey Woodpecker
- Grey Wren Warbler
- Grey-backed Camaroptera
- Grey-backed Fiscal
- Grey-capped Warbler
- Grey-headed Bush Shrike
- Grey-headed Kingfisher
- Grey-headed Silverbill Frelied
- Grey-headed Social Weaver
- Grey-rumped Swallow
- Grosbeak Weaver Swamp
- Ground Hornbill
- Gull-billed Tern
- Hadada Ibis
- Hamerkop
- Harlequin Quail
- Harrier Hawk
- Hartlaub’s Bustard
- Helmeted Guinea-fowl
- Heuglin’s Courser
- Hildebrandt’s Starling
- Holub’s Golden Weaver
- Honey Buzzard Rare visitor,
- Hooded Vulture
- Horus Swift
- Hottentot Teal
- Hunter’s Sunbird
- in varying numbers
- Indigo-bird
- Issabeline Wheatear
- Jackson’s Bustard
- Jameson’s Fire Finch
- Kaffir Rail
- Kenya Grosbeak Canary
- Kenya Violet-backed Sunbird
- Kittlitz’s Plover
- Klaas’ Cuckoo
- Knob-billed Duck
- Kori Bustard
- Lanner Visitor in small
- Laughing Dove
- Layard’s Black-headed Weaver
- Lesser Flamingo Flamingos
- Lesser Grey Shrike Passage
- Lesser Honeyguide
- Lesser Kestrel Winter visitor
- Levaillant’s Cuckoo
- Lilac-breasted Roller
- Little Bee-eater
- Little Bittern
- Little Egret
- Little Grebe
- Little Ringed Plover
- Little Sparrow Hawk
- Little Stint
- Little Swift
- Lizard Buzzard
- Long-billed Pipit
- Long-crested Eagle
- Long-tailed Cormorant
- Long-tailed Fiscal
- Long-tailed Nightjar
- Madagascar Bee-eater Visitor
- Madagascar Squacco Heron
- Malachite Kingfisher Uncommon
- Marabou Stork
- Mariqua Sunbird
- Marsh Sandpiper
- Martial Eagle
- Masai Ostrich Not uncommon
- Masked Weaver
- Montagu’s Harrier
- Moorhen
- Mosque Swallow
- Mottled Swift
- Mourning Dove
- Namaqua Dove
- Night Heron
- Northern Brownbul
- Northern Brubru
- Northern Pied Babbler
- Northern White-tailed Lark
- Nubian or Lappet-faced Vulture
- Nubian Woodpecker
- Nyanza Swift
- Oldoinyo Orok
- Olive Sunbird
- Olive Thrush
- Open-bill Stork
- Orange-bellied Parrot
- Osprey Rare visitor
- Painted Snipe
- Pale Chanting Goshawk
- Pallid Harrier
- Palm Swift
- Paradise Flycatcher
- Paradise Whydah
- Parasitic Weaver
- Parrot-billed Sparrow
- Pearl-spotted Owlet
- Pectoral-patch Cisticola
- Peregrine Visitor in small
- Pied Crow
- Pied Kingfisher
- Pied Wheatear
- Pink-backed Pelican
- Pink-breasted Lark Confined
- Pin-tailed Whydah
- Plain Nightjar
- Pratincole
- Purple Grenadier
- Purple Heron
- Pygmy Falcon Most frequent
- Pygmy Kingfisher In scrub and
- Quail Finch
- Rattling Cisticola
- Red and Yellow Barbet
- Red-back Scrub Robin
- Red-backed Shrike
- Red-billed Duck
- Red-billed Fire Finch
- Red-billed Hornbill
- Red-billed Oxpecker
- Red-billed Quelea
- Red-capped Lark
- Red-capped Robin Chat
- Red-cheeked Cordon Bleu
- Red-chested Cuckoo
- Red-eyed Dove
- Red-faced Apalis
- Red-faced Crombec
- Red-fronted Barbet
- Red-fronted Tinkerbird
- Red-headed Weaver
- Red-knobbed Coot
- Red-rumped Swallow
- Red-tailed Shrike
- Red-throated Tit
- Red-winged Starling
- Reichenow’s Weaver
- Richard’s Pipit
- Ringed Plover
- Ring-necked Dove
- Robin Chat
- Rosy-patched Shrike
- Ruff
- Rufous Chatterer
- Rufous Sparrow
- Rufous-bellied Heron
- Rufous-crowned Roller
- Ruppel’s Vulture
- Ruppell’s Long-tailed Starling
- Sacred Ibis
- Saddle-bill Stork Resident in
- Scaly-throated Honeyguide
- Scarlet-chested Sunbird
- Schalow’s Wheatear Found
- Scimitar-bill
- Secretary Bird
- Senegal Plover
- Shelley’s (Greywing) Francolin
- Shikra
- Silverbill
- Silverbird
- Singing Bush Lark
- Slate-coloured Boubou
- South African Black Flycatcher
- Southern Banded Harrier Eagle
- Speckled Mousebird
- Speckled Pigeon
- Speckled-fronted Weaver
- Spectacled Weaver
- Speke’s Weaver
- Spotted Eagle Owl
- Spotted Morning Warbler
- Spotted Redshank
- Spotted Stone Curlew
- Spotted-flanked Barbet
- Spur-winged Goose
- Squacco Heron
- Steel-Blue Whydah Dry bush
- Steppe Buzzard Winter visitor
- Steppe Eagle
- Stork
- Straight-crested Helmet Shrike
- Streaky Seed-eater
- Striped Kingfisher
- Striped Swallow
- Sulphur-breasted Bush Shrike
- Superb Starling
- Swahili Sparrow
- Swallow
- Taita Falcon Rare visitor. Has
- Taita Fiscal Dry bush country
- Tambourine Dove
- Taveta Golden Weaver
- Tawny Eagle
- Tawny-flanked Prinia
- Temminck’s Courser
- Than Peregrine
- Three-banded Plover
- Thrush Nightingale or Sprosser
- to arid bush areas
- Tropical Boubou Undergrowth
- Tufted Duck Rare winter
- Two-banded Courser
- Variable Sunbird
- Verreaux’s Eagle Owl
- Violet-backed Starling
- Vitelline Masked Weaver
- Von der Decken’s Hornbill
- Vulturine Guinea-fowl
- Wahlberg’g Eagle
- Wahlberg’s Honeyguide
- Water Dikkop
- Wattled Starling Often perch
- Waxbill
- White Pelican
- White Stork
- White-backed Duck
- White-backed Vulture
- White-bellied Bustard
- White-bellied Canary
- White-bellied Go-away-bird
- White-breasted Tit
- White-browed Coucal
- White-browed Robin Chat
- White-browed Sparrow Weaver
- White-crowned Shrike
- White-faced Scops Owl
- White-faced Tree Duck
- White-headed Buffalo Weaver
- White-headed Rough-wing
- White-headed Vulture
- White-naped Raven
- White-necked Cormorant Un-
- White-rumped Swift
- White-throated Bee-eater
- White-throated Robin
- White-winged Black Tern
- White-winged Scrub Robin
- White-winged Widow-bird
- Winding Cisticola
- Wire-tailed Swallow
- Wood Ibis or Yellow-billed
- Wood Sandpiper
- Wooly-necked Stork
- Yellow Bishop
- Yellow White-eye
- Yellow-bellied Eremomela
- Yellow-bellied Waxbill
- Yellow-billed Duck
- Yellow-billed Egret
- Yellow-billed Hornbill
- Yellow-crowned Bishop
- Yellow-fronted Canary
- Yellow-necked Spurfowl
- Yellow-rumped Seed-eater
- Yellow-spotted Petronia
- Yellow-throated Longclaw
- Yellow-throated Sandgrouse In
- Yellow-vented Bulbul
Day 5: Fly Maasai Mara Game Reserve, Mara Serena Safari Lodge (Fullboard)
Early morning tea or coffee and a snack at 06:00 then depart for morning game drive coming back 08:00 for full breakfast in the lodge Check-out and transfer to nearby Amboseli Airstrip for your scheduled flight to Nairobi and onward to Masai Mara departing at 09:05 to arrive Wilson Airport Nairobi at 09:50.
10:00 connect your onward flight to Masai Mara to arrive at Mara Serena Airstrip at 11:00. You will be met by your dedicated lodge driver guide and drive the short distance to Mara Serena Safari Lodge for check in.
Mara Serena Safari Lodge
Perched on the saddle of a hill, the Mara Serena Safari Lodge for lunch. The has one of the most spectacular views imaginable across the vast plains, forests and rivers that make up the Maasai Mara – one of the world’s richest wildlife sanctuaries. Lunch in the lodge followed by an afternoon at leisure to relax and enjoy the lodge facilities that include: – Maisha Health Club and Spa featuring an exciting spa menu, steam, sauna and gymnasium to experience tranquillity and good health whilst on safari, a swimming pool and a terrace that gives you sweeping views of the of the expansive Masaai Mara plains.
15:30 depart for an afternoon game drive in the reserve. The Mara is also noted for its abundance of lions – particularly the superb black manned males. You’ll see lots of elephants here often in large herds, as well as – if you’re lucky – leopard, cheetah and rhino. All of the Big Five are residents. You’re sure to see the African buffalo. Get the cameras ready, charge the batteries and enjoy yourself!
18:30 return to the lodge to refresh for dinner. Dinner and overnight at Mara Serena Safari Lodge
- Dawn Ballooning
- Ololoolo Escarpment Hike
- Hippo Pool Breakfast
- Game Drives
- Swimming Pool
- Gym
- Weddings & Honeymoons
- Bush Barbeque Dinner
- Maasai Village Visit
- Starlit Romantic Dinner
- Mara Sundowners
- Pool Side Barbeques
Discover the Kenya safari of your dreams, a vast, gently rolling landscape of acacia-specked grasslands darkened by migrating wildebeest herds. Mara Serena Safari Lodge invites you to a world where dramatic sights and experiences are enhanced by gracious service and five-star amenities. As the only safari lodge in the famed Mara Triangle, we offer a setting matched by few other hotels in the world: perched high on a bush-cloaked hill with sweeping views of the savannah and the meandering shoreline of the Mara River.
Our Masai Mara hotel lodge is designed in the style of a traditional Maasai Manyatta while offering every modern comfort. Neatly arranged rows of rooms and suites are positioned to offer uninterrupted river views from private balconies. Equally breathtaking sightlines can be enjoyed from the restaurant and bar and rock-enclosed swimming pool. After a day in the bush, a steam shower and an Oringa Massage at the Maisha Spa & Gym offer an exquisite welcome back to civilisation.
Enjoy exhilarating excursions deep into the Masai Mara Game Reserve with activities and adventures as intrepid as you choose to be during your stay. Savour superb chef-prepared cuisine in our onsite restaurant and with unforgettable “Bush Dining” and “Sundowner” experiences. Rediscover how special family time can be with game drives, breakfasts by the hippo pool and visits to an authentic Maasai village.
From savannah to spa, experience Africa in all its wild grandeur at Mara Serena Safari Lodge.
The Masai Mara is one of Africa’s most famous parks. The wildlife viewing is superb throughout the year. The grassy plains and regular rainfall supports a huge population of herbivores, in turn attracting many predators. All three big cats are relatively easy to see. The yearly wildebeest migration coming through the park is one of the world’s most amazing wildlife spectacles.
The Serengeti-Mara ecosystem is home to the annual wildebeest migration where 2.5 million wildebeest, zebra and gazelles follow the rains in search of new grass. They make their way from the Serengeti to the Masai Mara somewhere around July and August, and usually arrive in September. The crossing of the Mara River along the way is one of the highlights of this spectacular event. They slowly head back into Tanzania around October.
Full List of Mammals found in Maasai Mara Game Reserve
- Aard-wolf
- African Bufallo
- African Civet
- African Dormouse
- African Elephant
- African Hare
- African Palm Civet
- African Wild Cat
- Angola Free-tailed Bat
- Ant Bear
- approach the race robertsi with
- Banana Bat or African Pipi-
- Banded Mongoose
- Bat-eared Fox
- beeste
- Black and White Colobus
- Black Rhinoceros
- Black-backed or Siver-backed
- Black-faced Vervet Monkey
- Blue Duiker
- Blue or Sykes’ Monkey
- Bohor Reedbuck
- Burchell’s or Common Zebra
- Bush Baby
- Bush Duiker
- Bush or Large-spotted Genet
- Bush Pig
- Bush Squirrel
- Bushbuck
- Cane Rat
- Cheetah
- Clawless Otter
- Coke’s Hartebeest or Kongoni
- Defassa Waterbuck
- Dwarf Mongoose
- East African Hedgehog
- Eland
- Epauletted Fruit Bat
- False Vampire Bat
- Genet
- Giant Forest Hog
- Giant Forest Squirrel
- Giant White-toothed Shrew
- Golden Jackal
- Grant’s Gazelle Some examples
- Greater Galago
- Hippopotamus
- Hollow-faced Bat
- Hunting Dog
- Impala
- Jackal
- Kenya Mole Rat
- Kirk’s Dik-Dik
- Klipspringer
- Lander’s Horseshoe Bat
- Large Grey Mongoose
- Leopard
- Lesser Ground Pangolin
- Lesser Leaf-nosed Bat
- Lion
- Marsh Mongoose
- Masai Giraffe
- Mongoose
- Monkey
- Neumann’s or Small-spotted
- Olive Baboon
- Oribi
- outward growing horns
- Pale-bellied Fruit Bat
- Patas Monkey
- Porcupine
- Ratel or Honey Badger
- Red Duiker
- Red-tailed or White-nosed
- Roan Antelope
- Rock Hyrax
- Rousette Fruit Bat
- Serval Cat
- Side-stripped jackal
- Slender or Black-tipped
- Spectacled Elephant Shrew
- Spotted Hyaena
- Spring Hare
- Steinbok
- Straw-coloured Fruit Bat
- strelle
- Striped Ground Squirrel
- Stripped Hyaena
- Suni
- Thompson’s Gazelle
- Topi
- Tree Hyrax
- Unstriped Ground Squirrel
- Warthog
- White-bearded Gnu or Wilde-
- White-bellied Free-tailed Bat
- White-tailed Mongoose
- Yellow-bellied Bat
- Yellow-winged Bat
- Zorilla
The Masai Mara isn’t one of Kenya’s birding hotspots. However, with more than 500 bird species recorded, this isn’t a bad place to mark off a lot of Kenya’s savannah species from your bird list. The park is particularly rich in raptors with 57 species present. Bateleurs can often be seen soaring above the grassy plains and predator kills are a good place to find up to six species of vultures scavenging. Migratory birds are present from November to April.
- Abdim’s Stork
- Abyssinian Scimitar-bill
- African Black Duck
- African Black Kite
- African Broadbir
- African Crake
- African Cuckoo
- African Darter
- African Finfoot
- African Fire Finch
- African Fish Eagle
- African Golden Oriole
- African Goshawk
- African Hawk Eagle
- African Hobby Rare
- African Hoopoe
- African Jacana
- African Marsh Harrier
- African Marsh Owl
- African Penduline Tit
- African Pied Wagtail
- African Rock Martin
- African Sand Martin
- African Scops Owl
- African Snipe
- African Thrush
- African Wood Owl
- along Mara River
- Amethyst Sunbird
- Angola Swallow
- Anteater Chat
- Arrow-marked Babbler
- Ashy Flycatcher
- Augur Buzzard
- Banded Harrier Eagle One
- Banded Martin
- Banded Tit-warbler
- Bare-faced Go-away-bird
- Bat Hawk
- Bateleur
- Bearded Woodpecker
- Birds often attracted by knockin
- Black and White Cuckoo
- Black and White Mannikin
- Black and White-casqued
- Black Crake
- Black Cuckoo
- Black Cuckoo Shrike
- Black Flycatcher
- Black Rough-wing Swallow
- Black-bellied Bustard Rarer
- Black-billed Barbet Uncommon
- Black-billed Weaver Un-
- Black-breasted Apalis
- Blackcap Bush Shrike
- Blackcap Warbler
- Black-chested Harrier Eagle
- Black-faced Sandgrouse
- Black-headed Gonolek
- Black-headed Heron
- Black-headed Oriole
- Black-headed Puff-back
- Black-headed Tchagra
- Black-headed Weaver
- Black-lored Babbler
- Black-necked Weaver
- Black-shouldered Kite
- Blacksmith Plover
- Black-winged Bishop
- Black-winged Plover Uncom-
- Black-winged Stilt
- Blue Quail
- Blue Swallow
- Blue-breasted Bee-eater
- Blue-cheeked Bee-eater
- Blue-eared Glossy Starling
- Blue-headed Coucal
- Blue-headed Wagtail and races
- Blue-naped Mousebird
- Boehm’s Spinetail
- Brimstone Canary
- Bristle-bill In riverine forest
- Broad-billed Roller
- Bronze Mannikin
- Bronze-winged Courser
- Bronzy Sunbird
- Brown Harrier Eagle
- Brown Parrot
- Brown throated Barbet
- Brown Tit-warbler
- Brown-backed Woodpecker
- Brown-chested Wattled Plover
- Brown-headed Tchagra
- Brown-hooded Kingfisher
- Buffalo Weaver
- Buff-backed Heron or Cattle
- Buff-bellied Warbler
- Button Quail
- Cape Quail
- Cape Rook
- Cardinal Quelea
- Cardinal Woodpecker
- Caspian Plover Numbers vary
- Cassin’s Honeyguide Inhabits
- Chestnut Sparrow
- Chestnut Weaver
- Chestnut-bellied Sandgrouse
- Chin-spot Flycatcher
- Cinnamon-breasted
- Cinnamon-chested Bee-eater
- Collared Sunbird
- common in riverine forest
- Common Sandpiper
- Coqui Francolin
- Crested Francolin
- Crested Guinea-fowl
- Crimson-rumped Waxbill
- Crombec
- Crowned Crane
- Crowned Hawk-eagle
- Crowned Hornbill
- Crowned Plover
- Cuckoo Falcon
- D’Arnaud’s Barbet
- Dark Chanting Goshawk
- Didric Cuckoo
- Double-toothed Barbet
- Drongo
- Dusky Flycatcher
- Dusky Nightjar
- Eastern Grey Plaintain-eater
- Egret
- Egyptian Goose
- Egyptian Vulture
- Emerald Cuckoo
- Emerald-spotted Wood Dove
- European Bee-eater
- European Black Kite
- European Black Stork
- European Common Snipe
- European Common Wheatear
- European Corn Crake
- European Cuckoo
- European Golden Oriole
- European Grey Wagtail
- European Hobby
- European Hoopoe
- European House Martin
- European Kestrel
- European Marsh Harrier
- European Nightingale
- European Nightjar
- European Rock Thrush
- European Roller
- European Sand Martin
- European Sedge Warbler
- European Spotted Flycatcher
- European Swallow
- European Whinchat
- European Whitethroat
- European Willow Warbler
- every few records
- Fan-tailed Warbler
- Fan-tailed Widow-bird
- Fawn-coloured Lark
- Fiscal Shrike
- Fischer’s Greenbul
- Fischer’s Sparrow Lark
- Flappet Lark
- Forested areas
- found in euphorbia trees
- Freckled Nightjar Fr
- from year to year. Sometimes
- Gabar Goshawk
- Gaboon Nightjar
- Garden Warbler
- Garganey Teal
- Giant Kingfisher
- Golden-breasted Bunting
- Great Snipe
- Great Sparrow Hawk
- Greater Honeyguide Common.
- Greater or White-eyed Kestre
- Great-spotted Cuckoo
- Green Coucal or Yellowibill
- Green Pigeon
- Green Sandpiper Found on
- Green Wood Hoopoe
- Green-backed Heron
- Green-backed Twin-spot
- Green-headed Sunbird
- Green-winged Pytilia
- Grey Cuckoo Shrike
- Grey Flycatcher
- Grey Hornbill
- Grey Kestrel
- Grey Tit
- Grey Woodpecker
- Grey-backed Camaroptera
- Grey-backed Fiscal
- Grey-capped Warbler
- Grey-crested Helmet Shrike
- Grey-headed Bush Shrike
- Grey-headed Kingfisher
- Grey-headed Negro Finch
- Grey-headed Silverbill
- Grey-headed Social Weaver
- Grey-headed Sparrow
- Grey-rumped Swallow
- Grey-throated Barbet
- Gross-beak Weaver
- Ground Hornbill
- Hadada Ibis
- Hamerkop
- Harlequin Quail
- Harrier Hawk
- Hartlaub’s Bustard
- Helmeted Guinea-fowl
- Heuglin’s Courser
- Hildebrandt’s Francolin
- Hildebrandt’s Starling
- Holub’s Golden Weaver
- Honey Buzzard
- Hooded Vulture
- Hornbill
- Hottentot Teal
- in bush country
- Indigo-bird
- Issabelline Wheatear
- Jackson’s Bustard
- Jackson’s Widow-bird
- Kittlitz Plover
- Klaas’ Cuckoo
- Knob-billed Duck
- Kori Bustard
- Lammergeyer Rare visitor
- Lanner
- Laughing Dove
- Lemon-rumped Tinkerbird
- Lesser Grey Shrike
- Lesser Honeyguide
- Lesser Kestrel
- Levaillant’s Cuckoo
- Lilac-breasted Roller
- Little Bee-eater
- Little Egret
- Little Grebe
- Little Purple-banded Sunbird
- Little Ringed Plover Uncom-
- Little Sparrow Hawk
- Little Swift
- Little Weaver
- Lives in creeper festooned
- Lizard Buzzard
- Long-billed Pipit
- Long-crested Eagle
- Long-tailed Cormorant
- Long-tailed Fiscal
- Long-tailed Nightjar
- Madagascar Bee-eater
- Malachite Kingfisher
- Marabou Stork
- Mariqua Sunbird
- Martial Eagle
- Masai Ostrich
- Masked Weaver
- Montagu’s Harrier
- Mottled Swift
- Mountain Wagtail
- Mourning Dove
- Moustached Warbler
- Namaqua Dove
- Narina’s Trogon
- Night Heron
- Northern Brubru
- Northern Pied Babbler
- Northern White-tailed Lark
- Nubian or Lappet-faced Vulture
- Nubian Woodpecker
- Olive Pigeon
- Olive Sunbird
- open plains
- Open-bill Stork Uncommon
- Osprey Rare
- Ovampo Sparrow Hawk
- Painted Snipe
- Pale Chanting Goshawk
- Pale Flycatcher
- Pallid Harrier
- Palm Swift
- Pangani Longclaw
- Paradise Flycatcher
- Paradise Whydah
- Parasitic Weaver Rare:
- passage migrants
- Pearl-spotted Owlet
- Pectoral-patch Cisticola
- Pel’s Fishing Owl
- Peregrine
- Pied Crow
- Pied Kingfisher
- Pied Wheatear
- Pin-tailed Whydah
- Plain Nightjar
- Plain-backed Pipit
- plains
- Pratincole
- Puff-back Shrike
- Purple Grenadier
- Pygmy Falcon
- Pygmy Kingfisher
- Quail Finch
- Rare White-rumped Swift
- Rattling Cisticola
- Red and Yellow Barbet
- Red Bishop
- Red –eyed Dove
- Red-backed Shrike
- Red-billed Duck
- Red-billed Fire Finch
- Red-billed Hornbill
- Red-billed Oxpecker
- Red-billed Quelea
- Red-breasted Wryneck
- Red-capped Lark
- Red-capped Robin Chat
- Red-cheeked Cordon Bleu
- Red-chested Cuckoo
- Red-eyed Dove
- Red-faced Crombec
- Red-fronted Barbet Inhabits
- Red-fronted Tinkerbird
- Red-headed Quelea
- Red-headed Weaver
- Red-naped Widow-bird
- Red-rumped Swallow
- Red-tailed Chater
- Red-tailed Shrike
- Red-throated Pipit
- Red-throated Tit
- Redwing Bush Lark
- Reichenow’s Weaver
- Reserve
- Richard’s Pipit
- Ring-necked Dove
- River
- Robin Chat
- Rock Bunting
- Rocky outcrops
- Ross’s Turaco Recorded in
- Rosy-breasted Longclaw
- Rosy-patched Shrike
- Ruff
- Rufous Chatterer
- Rufous Sparrow
- Rufous-crowned Roller
- Rufous-naped Lark
- Ruppel’s Long-tailed Starling
- Ruppell’s Vulture
- Sacred Ibis
- Saddle-bill Stork
- Scaly Francolin Forest
- Scaly-throated Honeyguide
- Scarlet-chested Sunbird
- Schalow’s Turaco Not
- Schalow’s Wheatear
- Scimitar-bill
- Secretary Bird
- Senegal Coucal In western
- Senegal Plover
- Shelley’s (Grey-wing) Francolin
- Shikra
- Silverbill
- Silverbird
- Singing Bush Lark
- Singing Cisticola
- Slate-coloured Boubou
- Speckled Mousebird
- Speckled Pigeon
- Speckled-fronted Weaver
- Spectacled Weaver
- Spotted Eagle Owl
- Spotted Morning Warbler
- Spotted Stone Curlew
- Spotted-flanked Barbet
- Sprosser
- Spur-winged Goose
- Squacco Heron
- Steppe Buzzard
- Steppe Eagle
- Stork
- Stout Cisticola
- Straight-crested Helmet Shrike
- Streaky Seed-eater
- Striped Kingfisher
- Sulphur-breasted Bush Shrike
- Superb Starling
- Swallow
- Tambourine Dove
- Tawny Eagle
- Tawny-flanked Prinia
- Temminck’s Courser
- Than Hartlaub’s Bustard
- Three-banded Plover
- tree in riverine forest
- Tree Pipit
- Tropical Boubou
- Two-banded Courser
- Variable Sunbird
- Verreaux’s Eagle Owl
- Vieillot’s Black Weaver
- Violet-backed Starling
- Vitteline Masked Weaver
- Von der Decken’s Hornbill
- Wahlberg’s Eagle
- Wahlberg’s Honeyguide Inhabits
- Water Dikkop Occurs
- Wattled Plover
- Wattled Starling
- Wattle-eye Flycatcher
- Well’s Wagtail
- White Stork
- White-backed Vulture
- White-bellied Bustard
- White-bellied Canary
- White-bellied Go-away-bird
- White-breasted Tit
- White-browed Coucal
- White-browed Robin Chat
- White-browed Sparrow Weaver
- White-crowned Shrike
- White-eyed Slaty Flycatcher
- White-faced Scops Owl
- White-fronted Bee-eater
- White-headed Barbet
- White-headed Buffalo Weaver
- White-headed Rough-wing
- White-headed Vulture
- White-naped Raven
- White-spotted Pygmy Crake
- White-tailed Nightja
- White-throated Bee-eater
- White-winged Scrub Robin
- White-winged Widow-bird
- Winding Cisticola
- Wire-tailed Swallow
- Wood Ibis or Yellow-billed
- Wood Sandpiper
- Woodland Kingfisher
- Wooly-necked Stork Rare
- Yellow Bishop
- Yellow White-eye
- Yellow-bellied Eremomela
- Yellow-bellied Waxbill
- Yellow-billed Barbet In forest
- Yellow-billed Egret
- Yellow-billed Oxpecker
- Yellow-fronted Canary
- Yellow-necked Spurfowl
- Yellow-rumped Seed-eater
- Yellow-spotted Barbet
- Yellow-spotted Petronia
- Yellow-throated Longclaw
- Yellow-throated Sandgrouse
- Yellow-vented Bulbul
- Yellow-whiskered Greenbul
Day 6: Fly Maasai Mara Game Reserve, Mara Serena Safari Lodge (Fullboard)
A day in the Mara with morning and afternoon game viewing drives in the Reserve. Certainly the most frequented game reserve in Kenya, Maasai Mara is a magnificent landscape of open plains bisected by the Mara River and its tributaries, and punctuated by marshes and forests. This 650 sq kilometre reserve supports the highest density of game to be seen anywhere considering its size.
Hippo Pool Breakfast
Early morning game drive after tea or coffee and a snack then go for early morning game viewing. You shall crown your game viewing experience with a “Bush Breakfast” by the Mara River Hippo Pools! One cannot resist the charming “Jambo” from the chefs and Masai warriors as they welcome you to our wonderfully set breakfast buffet of cold cuts, fruits, cereals and hot dishes with eggs made to your specifications as you wait. The hippos keep you company and only say “Kwaheri” (good bye) after you have had enough.
The whole mid-morning is set to rest in the lodge until time for lunch. From 15:30 another game drive until time for dinner where all meals and overnight is at Mara Serena Safari Lodge
Day 7: Fly Nairobi
Breakfast then at 09:30 transfer to the nearby Mara Serena Airstrip for a schedule flight to Nairobi departing at 11:00 to arrive Wilson Airport Nairobi at 12:15.
Met on arrival by our Representative and transfer to your city hotel or to Jomo Kenyatta International Airport for your home bound flight or to any hotel in Nairobi City.
A memorable Safari Experience!!
Tour Inclusions
- Airport and airstrip transfers as per itinerary
- 01 night at Nairobi Serena Hotel on bed and breakfast
- 02 nights in full board basis, Kilaguni Serena Safari Lodge
- 1 night in Amboseli Serena Safari Lodge
- 2 nights in Masai Mara Serena Safari Lodges
- Safari transport and game drives in custom made 4WD Safari Land Cruisers
- Services of English speaking driver guides
- Park entrance fees
- Bush Breakfast by the Mara River Hippo Pools
- Amboseli National Park/Masai Mara National Reserve/Nairobi City schedule flights as per itinerary
- Meet and greet services at all locations
Tour Exclusions
- Drinks
- Any of excursions while in Zanzibar Island
- Gratuities for the service
- Yellow fever vaccination
- Visa of USD 50.00 as at year 2020
- Things of personal use
Easter & Christmas Surcharges
A surcharge would be charged per person per night on Good Friday, Saturday, Sunday, Easter Monday and on 24th 25th, 26th, 31st December and 1st January. The Surcharge would be confirmed at the time of booking for clarity purposes.
For optimal enjoyment of your safari, we urge you to carry the following:
All weather firm shoe pair, short and dress to use during the day, trouser for use in the evenings with long sleeved shirt, sweater or jacket, hat, swimming costume, sunglass, camera, binocular, sun protection cream and insect repellent spray or cream.