[ Treetops Hotel, Lake Nakuru Lodge, Tumbili Cliff Lodge, Lake Naivasha Country Club, Ilkeliani Camp ]
At a glance
This safari is premeditated to favour the hearts of the bird lovers, but candidly would one be precise to signpost where to see which bird(s). Well, as for where to see Kenya’s birdlife, the Masai Mara’s big five are regularly greeted with small yet colourful Rosy-throated Longclaws and the long tails of Magpie Shrikes, whilst Samburu’s rare Shining Sunbird is certainly one of the best megaticks to find. A collection of endemic birds makes Kenya a sanctuary for avoid bird watchers, including the Clarke’s Weaver and William’s Lark. Meanwhile, Kenya’s diverse sceneries are home to the second highest number of species in Africa, and you’ll find a variety all year round. Twitchers with a myriad of wallows, terns and waders on their list should endeavor to visit between October and February, whilst those searching for weavers and bishops will love travelling through the country between June and July. If you’re hoping to see a flurry of fuchsia pink flamingos you’re best visiting Lake Nakuru National Park the drier months of January and February. Higher levels of rainfall lead to less algae, and so these elegant creatures much prefer to flock to this soda lake when the water is shallow, food is plentiful, and the landscapes are dry.

Detailed trip itinerary
Day 1: Aberdare National Park, Treetops Hotel (Fullboard)
Be picked from your Nairobi City hotel or upon your arrival at the Jomo Kenya International Airport be met around 06:00 and be transferred to a lodge famous for game viewing where you will arrive early afternoon for lunch at the Outspan Hotel. Tree Tops Lodge overlooks a water hole and saltlick high at 6450 feet above the sea level and within the Aberdare National Park. Lunch will be at the Treetops Hotel where you will spend the evening viewing wild game in this lodge that rises straight out of the ground on stilts. It has four decks and a rooftop viewing platform. This game lodge accommodation is solely dedicated to game viewing heightening the thrill for this Kenyan safari.
Dinner is imaginatively served at refectory tables with bench seating, which heightens the sense of adventure and stimulates conversation. The emphasis is on making as little noise as possible so as not to scare away the animals. For this reason, children under 5 years are not allowed at Treetops. Overnight in this game lodge where in February 1952, Princess Elizabeth became Queen on learning of the death of her father, King George V1.
- Bar Lounge
- Concierge Services
- Rooftop Terrace
- Free Wi-Fi
- Business Lounge
- Game Viewing
Treetop Lodge Hotel is located in the Aberdares National park. This is the original tree lodge, legendary for its historical royal connection – as it is here that Queen Elizabeth II of England ascended to the throne in 1952 after the death of her father King Edward. The lodge rises straight out of the ground on stilts and has four decks, a rooftop viewing platform and vantage viewing platforms on each floor with open balconies that are ideal points for viewing and photography.
History
I n February 1952, Kenya had an unusual visitor, Her Royal Highness The Princess Elizabeth. The Princess had visited the country on a Commonwealth tour which took her to four continents and along with her husband, had opted to stay at the Treetops Lodge, in Kenya’s Aberdares National Park.
During her stay at the hotel, Princess Elizabeth’s father, George VI, passed away though she could not get the news due to the remoteness of the place and only came to know of it after she had reached Sagan at the foothills of Mount Kenya.
According to Elizabeth’s guide and big-game expert Jim Corbett’s, what happened abroad directly transformed Elizabeth’s life, from Princess to Queen overnight.
“For the first time in the history of the world, a young girl climbed into a tree one day a princess and, after having what she described as her most thrilling experience, she climbed down from the tree next day a queen,” read Corbett’s statement as written on the Treetop’s visitor’s book.
At the time, Treetops Lodge was a rickety-looking, simple two-bedroom lodge with a wildlife viewing platform. Now with recent renovations that lodge has a new-look, offering a lively, polished off four-deck building with vantage viewing platforms.
The new lodge has cozy double rooms, suites that sleep three guests and a villa which sleeps up to four guests. The hospitable staff is on hand to offer you the royal treatment as you share in the history of sleeping where the current her majesty became Queen. Despite recent major renovations at the Treetops Lodge Hotel, its rich historical attachment has not withered.
Treetops Tree Hotel/Lodge is nestled deep in the forest of Aberdare National Park about 17 Kilometers from the Outspan Hotel about 180 kilometers from Nairobi. Treetops Lodge lies in the path of an ancient Elephant migratory route between the Aberdare Mountains and Mt. Kenya National Park, and is strategically sited right in front of a watering hole and salt lick.
Guests can drink in the sight of Elephants, Buffalos, Rhinos and more from the safety of four viewing decks and a rooftop platform. Shutterbugs can take close shots from two photographic hides at ground level.
Aberdare National Park protects the mountain range of the same name. Tree hotels are designed for guests to observe wildlife coming to waterholes (or salt licks) in pristine forest habitat. Wildlife viewing from this elevated position is a remarkably rewarding way to see animals otherwise difficult to spot in the dense vegetation.
All the Big Five are present. Buffalo and elephant are common, and there is a chance to see black rhino at one of the tree hotel waterholes at night. Lion and leopard tend to stay at higher altitudes in the park and are difficult to spot. Black-and-white colobus monkeys are a real treat, while bushbuck and waterbuck are particularly common.
Full List of Mammals found in Aberdare National Park
- African Buff
- African Dormouse
- African Elephant
- African Hare
- African Palm Civet
- African Wild Cat
- Ant Bear
- Banana Bat or African
- Black and White Colobus
- Black Rhinoceros
- Black-backed or Silver-backed
- Black-faced Vervet Monkey
- Blue Duiker
- Blue or Sykes’ Monkey
- Bohor Reedbuck
- Bongo
- Bush or Large-spotted Genet
- Bush Pig
- Bush Squirrel
- Bushbuck
- Chanler’s Reedbuck
- Clawless Otter Not uncommon
- Common Waterbuck
- Crested Rat
- Eland
- Giant Forest Hogeen
- Giant Rat
- Giant White - Toothed Schrew
- Golden Rat
- Greater Galago
- Hollow-faced Bat
- Hunting Dog Probably
- Impala
- Jackal
- Kenya Mole Rat
- Klipspringer
- Leopard
- Lion Rare
- Marsh Mongoose
- Mole Shrew Mainly in bamboo
- Olive Baboon
- Pipistrelle
- Porcupine
- Rock Hyrax
- Rousette Fruit Bat In caves in
- Serval
- Side-striped Jackal
- Slender or Black-tipped Mongoose
- Spotted Hyaena
- Steinbok
- Suni
- Tree Hyrax
- White-tailed Mongoose
- Zorilla
The forests and moorlands of Aberdare NP are a birder’s paradise – more than 290 species have been recorded. The striking Hartlaub’s turaco is just one of the interesting visitors at the bird feeding platforms at the tree hotels. The indistinct Aberdare cisticola is endemic, and therefore unique, to the region and can be found at higher altitudes. Several interesting sunbirds are found in the park including the rare scarlet-tufted malachite sunbird which can be found on the mountain peaks.
- Abysinian Ground Thrush
- Abyssinian Crimson-wing
- Abyssinian Nightjar
- African Black Duck
- African Black Kite
- African Citril
- African Crake
- African Finfoot
- African Goshawk
- African Marsh Owl
- African Rock Martin
- African Sand Martin
- Alpine Swift
- Amethyst Sunbird
- Ares’ Hawk Eagle
- Augur Buzzard
- Bar-tailed Trogon
- Black Rough-wing Swallow
- Black-breasted Apalis
- Blackcap Warbler
- Black-fronted Bush Shrike
- Black-headed Heron
- Black-headed Oriole
- Black-headed Puff-back
- Black-headed Waxbill
- Black-shouldered Kite
- Black-winged Montane Oriole
- Black-winged Plover
- Blue-eared Glossy Starling
- Blue-headed Wagtail
- Brimstone Canary
- Broad-billed Roller
- Bronze Mannikin Treetops
- Bronze-naped Pigeon
- Bronzy Sunbird
- Brown Woodland Warbler
- Brown-capped Weaver
- Buff-backed Heron
- Cape Grass Owl
- Cape Quail
- Capped Wheatear
- Cattle Egret
- Chestnut-throated Apalis
- Chin-spot Flycatcher
- Cinnamon Bracken Warbler
- Cinnamon-chested Bee-eater
- Collared Sunbird
- Crowned Crane
- Crowned Hawk Eagle
- Crowned Hornbill
- Cuckoo Falcon
- Didric Cuckoo
- Doherty’s Bush Shrike
- Drongo Treetops
- Dusky Flycatcher
- Eastern Double-collared
- Egyptian Goose
- Emerald Cuckoo
- Emerald-spotted Wood Dove
- European Black Kite
- European Common Snipe
- European Common Wheatear
- European Kestrel
- European Marsh Harrier
- European Nightjar
- European Roller
- European Sedge Warbler
- European Spotted Flycatcher
- European Swallow
- Fine-banded Woodpecker
- Fiscal Shrike Treetops
- Fischer’s Greenbul
- Forest glades
- Garganey Teal
- Giant Kingfisher
- Golden-breasted Bunting
- Golden-rumped Tinkerbird
- Golden-winged Sunbird
- Great Snipe
- Great Sparrow Hawk
- Greater Honeyguide
- Greater Swamp Warbler
- Green Ibis
- Green Pigeon
- Green Sandpiper
- Greenshank
- Grey Apalis
- Grey Cuckoo Shrike
- Grey-backed Camaroptera
- Grey-headed Negro Finch
- Ground Hornbill
- Hadada Ibis
- Hamerkop
- Hartlaub’s Turaco
- Hooded Vulture
- Hunter’s Cisticola
- in other years seldom seen
- Issabeline Wheatear
- Jack Snipe
- Jackson’s Francolin
- Kikuyu White-eye Malachite Sunbird
- Klaas’ Cuckoo
- Lammergeyer
- Lanner
- Laughing Dove
- Lemon Dove
- Leser Kestrel
- Lilac-breasted Roller
- Little Egret
- Little Grebe
- Long-crested Eagle
- Long-tailed Cormorant
- Long-tailed Widow-bird
- Mackinder’s Eagle Owl
- Malachite Kingfisher
- Marsh Sandpiper
- Montagu’s Harrier
- Montane Francolin
- Mottled Swift
- Mountain Buzzard
- Mountain Wagtail
- Mountain Yellow Flycatcher
- Narina’s Trogon
- Northern double-collared
- Nyanza Swift
- Olive Pigeon Forest
- Olive Sunbird Lower altitudes
- Olive Thrush
- Olive-breasted Mountain Greenbul
- open bushy moorland
- Oriole Finch
- Pallid Harrier
- Paradise Flycatcher
- Pennant-wing Nightjar
- Peregrine
- Pied Crow
- Pied Kingfisher
- Pied Wheatear
- Pink-breasted Dove
- Purple-throated Cuckoo Shrike
- Red-billed Duck
- Red-billed Oxpecker
- Red-capped Lark Moorlands
- Red-cheeked Cordon-bleu
- Red-chested Cuckoo
- Red-eyed Dove
- Red-headed Parrot
- Red-naped Widow-bird
- Red-throated Pipit
- Reichenow’s Weaver
- Richard’s Pipit
- Ring-necked Dove
- Robin Chat
- Rufous-breasted Sparrow Hawk
- Ruppell’s Robin Chat
- Ruppell’s Vulture
- Sacred Ibis
- Scaly Francolin
- Scarlet-chested Sunbird
- Scarlet-tufted Malachite Sunbird
- Scharpe’s Starling
- Secretary Bird
- Sharpe’s Longclaw Moorlands
- Silvery-cheeked Hornbill
- Slender-billed Chestnut-wing
- Speckled Mousebird
- Spectacled Weaver
- Spotted Eagle Owl
- Steppe Buzzard
- Steppe Eagle
- Stone chat
- Streams European Bee-eater
- Sunbird
- Sunbird
- Superb Starling
- Taccaze Sunbird
- Tambourine Dove
- Tinkling Cisticola
- Treetops
- Tropical Boubou Forest
- Variable Sunbird
- Verreaux’s Eagle
- Verreaux’s Eagle Owl
- Violet-backed Starling
- Waxbill
- White-backed Vulture
- White-breasted Tit
- White-browed Coucal
- White-eyed Slaty Flycatcher
- White-headed Rough-wing
- White-headed Wood Hoopoe
- White-naped Raven
- White-starred Bush Robin
- Wing-snapping Cisticola
- Wood Ibis or Yellow-billed Stork
- Wood Sandpiper
- Yellow-bellied Waxbill
- Yellow-billed Duck
- Yellow-billed Egret
- Yellow-crowned Canary
- Yellow-vented Bulbul
- Yellow-whiskered Greenbul
Day 2: Lake Nakuru National Park, Lake Nakuru Lodge (Fullboard)
At 08:00 drive to the Great Rift Valley to arrive in Lake Nakuru National Park via the spectacular Thompson Falls arriving in time for lunch in the lodge. On this afternoon from 15:30 you will enjoy game and bird watching in Lake Nakuru National Park until time for inner and overnight at your lodge at 18:30.
- Mati Spa
- Swimming Pool
- Bush Barbeque/Champagne Breakfast
- Free Wi-Fi
- Horseback Excursions
- Bird Watching
- Sundowners
- Game Drives
- Mwariki Community Project
Lake Nakuru Lodge is a beautiful eco-lodge situated inside Lake Nakuru National Park boasting unobstructed views of the lake and wildlife. This property also has one of the best-rated locations in Nakuru! It offers accommodation with free WiFi, seating area and flat-screen TV. There is a private bathroom with bath and free toiletries in each unit, along with a hair dryer. A buffet breakfast is served each morning at the property. There is an in-house restaurant, which serves a variety of Indian, African and American dishes and also offers dairy-free, gluten-free and vegetarian options. The lodge offers an outdoor pool as well as a garden where guests can relax.
There are 95 Deluxe Rooms varying in category from Family Rooms to Cottages and Suites. All accommodation comes with en suite bathrooms with views of either the park, gardens, or lake. This lodge prides itself on its service and friendly Kenyan hospitality. Dining includes bush barbeques and excellent cuisine from the Mutarakwa Restaurant. Mama Nikki Bar is a favourite gathering spot, as is the Rhino Paddock cocktail bar which overlooks the lake.
Scenic Lake Nakuru is Kenya’s most popular national park. The park’s main feature is a large, shallow lake supporting great birdlife, including big flocks of pelicans and variable flocks of flamingos. The lake was once famous for its flamingos, however, since 2012, conditions have become unfavorable for these birds and most have moved to other Rift Valley lakes.
Full List of Mammals found in Lake Nakuru National Park
- Aard-wolf Rare
- African Buffalo Rare
- African Civet
- African Dormouse
- African Hare
- African Mouse-eared Bat
- African Trident Bat
- African Wild Cat
- Angola Free-tailed Bat
- Ant Bear
- Banana Bat or African
- Bat-eared Fox
- Black and White Colobus
- Black-backed or Silver-backed Jackal
- Black-faced Vervet Monkey
- Blue or Sykes’ Monkey
- Bohor Reedbuck
- Burchell’s or Common Zebra
- Bush Baby
- Bush Duiker
- Bush or Large-spotted Genet
- Bush Squirrel
- Bushbuck
- Cane Rat
- Chanler’s Reedbuck
- Cheetah
- Defassa Waterbuck
- Dwarf Mongoose
- Eland
- Epauletted Fruit Bat
- False Vampire Bat
- Genet
- Giant Rat
- Giant White-toothed Shrew
- Grant’s Gazelle
- Hippopotamus
- Hollow-faced Bat
- Hunting Dog
- Impala
- Kenya Mole Rat
- Kirk’s Dik-dik
- Klipspringer
- Lander’s Horseshoe Bat
- Leopard
- Lesser Ground Pangolin
- Lesser Leaf-nosed Bat
- Long-eared Leaf-nosed Bat
- Marsh Mongoose
- Mongoose
- Neumann’s or Small-spotted
- Olive Baboon
- Pipistrelle
- Porcupine
- Ratel or Honey Badger Rare
- Rock Hyrax
- Rothschild’s Giraffe
- Rousette Fruit Bat
- Serval
- Side-striped Jackal
- Slender or Black-tipped
- Spectacled Elephant Shrew
- Spotted Hyaena
- Spring Hare
- Steinbok
- Thompson’s Gazelle
- Tree Hyrax
- White-bellied Tomb Bat
- White-tailed Mongoose
- Yellow-bellied Bat
- Yellow-winged Bat
- Zorilla
Lake Nakuru is a great birding destination with more than 500 species recorded. The soda lake is a birding hotspot and supports a lot of birdlife, including large flocks of pelicans. Unfortunately, flamingos are no longer the drawcard here as unfavorable conditions have driven many of them to other Rift Valley lakes. Nakuru is also one of the best places in Kenya to see the striking, long-tailed widowbird. There is a good variety of raptors including Verreaux’s and long-crested eagle.
- Abdim’s Stork
- Abyssinian Nightjar
- African Barn Owl
- African Black Kite
- African Citril
- African Crake
- African Cuckoo
- African Darter
- African Fire Finch
- African Fish Eagle
- African Golden Oriole
- African Goshawk
- African Hobby
- African Hoopoe
- African Marsh Harrier
- African Marsh Owl Rare
- African Pied Wagtail
- African Pochard
- African Rock Martin
- African Sand Martin
- African Scops Owl
- African Skimmer
- African Snipe
- African Spoonbill
- African Wood Owl Rare
- Allen’s Gallinule
- Amethyst Sunbird
- Angola Swallow
- Anteater Chat
- Ashy Flycatcher
- Augur Buzzard
- Avocet
- Banded Martin
- Banded Tit-warbler
- Bat Hawk Rare
- Bateleur
- Bearded Woodpecker
- Beautiful Sunbird
- Black and White Cuckoo
- Black Cockoo Shrike
- Black Crake
- Black Cuckoo
- Black Rough-wing Swallow
- Black-backed Puff-back
- Black-breasted Apalis
- Black-cap Warbler
- Black-cheeked Waxbill
- Black-chested Harrier Eagle
- Black-headed Heron
- Black-headed Oriole
- Black-headed Tchagra
- Black-lored Babbler
- Black-necked Grebe
- Black-shouldered Kite
- Blacksmith Plover
- Black-tailed Godwit
- Black-throated Wattle-eye
- Black-winged Plover
- Black-winged Stilt
- Blue-cheeked Bee-eater
- Blue-eared Glossy Starling
- Blue-headed Wagtail
- Booted Eagle
- Brimstone Canary
- Broad-billed Roller
- Bronze Mannikin
- Bronzy Sunbird
- Brown Harrier Eagle
- Brown Tit-warbler
- Brown-backed Woodpecker
- Brown-headed Tchagra
- Buffalo Weaver
- Buff-backed Heron or Cattle Egret
- Buff-bellied Warbler
- Bunting
- Button Quail
- Cape Grass Owl Rare
- Cape Quail
- Cape Rook
- Cape Wigeon
- Capped Wheatear
- Cardinal Quelea
- Cardinal Woodpecker
- CaspianPlover
- Chestnut Sparrow
- Chestnut Weaver
- Chin-spot Flycatcher
- Cinnamon-breasted Rock
- Cliff Chat
- Collared Sunbird
- Common Sandpiper
- Coqui Francolin
- Crimson-rumped Waxbill
- Crowned Crane
- Crowned Hornbill
- Crowned Plover
- Curlew
- Curlew Sandpiper
- Cut-throat
- D’ Arnauds Barbet
- Didric Cuckoo
- Drongo
- Dusky Flycatcher
- Dwarf Bittern Rare
- 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 Hobby
- European Hoopoe
- European House Martin
- European Kestrel
- European Marsh Harrier
- European Nightjar
- European Pintail
- European Rock Thrush
- European Roller
- European Sand Martin
- European Sedge Warbler
- European Shoveler
- European Spotted Flycatcher
- European Swallow
- European Teal
- European Whinchat
- European White-throat
- European Wigeon
- European Willow Warbler
- Fawn-coloured Lark
- Fiscal Shrike
- Fischer’s Sparrow Lark
- Fulvous Tree Duck
- Gabar Goshawk
- Gadwall Rare
- Garden Warbler
- Garganey Teal
- Glossy Ibis
- Golden-breasted Bunting
- Golden-winged Sunbird
- Goliath Heron Rare visitor
- Great Snipe
- Great Sparrow Hawk
- Great White Egret
- Great-crested Grebe
- Greater Flamingo
- Greater Honeyguide
- Greater or White-eyed Kestrel
- Greater Swamp Warbler
- Great-spotted Cuckoo
- Green Coucal or Yellow-bill
- Green Pigeon
- Green Sandpiper
- Green Wood Hoopoe
- Green-backed Heron
- Greenshank
- Green-winged Pytilia
- Grey Cuckoo Shrike
- Grey Flycatcher
- Grey Heron
- Grey Hornbill
- Grey Plover
- Grey Woodpecker
- Grey Wren Warbler
- Grey-backed Camaroptera
- Grey-backed Fiscal
- Grey-capped Warbler
- Grey-crested Helmet Shrike
- Grey-headed Bush Shrike
- Grey-headed Gull
- Grey-headed Kingfisher
- Grey-headed Sparrow
- Grey-rumped Swallow
- Ground Hornbill
- Gull-billed Tern
- Hadada Ibis
- Half-collared Kingfisher Rare
- Hamerkop
- Harlequin Quail
- Harrier Hawk
- Helmeted Guinea-fowl
- Hildebrandt’s Francolin
- Holub’s Golden Weaver
- Honey Buzzard
- Hooded Vulture
- Horus Swift
- Hottentot Teal
- Indigo-bird
- Issabeline Wheatear
- Jackson’s bustard
- Jackson’s Widow-bird
- Kaffir Rail
- Kittlitz’s Plover
- Klaas’ Cuckoo
- Knob-billed Duck
- Lanner
- Laughing Dove
- Lesser Black-backed Gull
- Lesser Flamingo
- Lesser Grey Shrike Spring
- Lesser Honeyguide
- Lesser Kestrel
- Lesser Moorhen
- Levaillant’s Cuckoo
- Lilac-breasted Roller
- Little Bee-eater
- Little Bittern Uncommon
- 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 Nightjar
- Maccoa Duck
- Malachite Kingfisher
- Malachite Sunbird
- Marabou Stork
- Mariqua Sunbird
- Marsh Sandpiper
- Martial Eagle
- Masked Weaver
- Montagu’s Harrier
- Moorhen
- Mosque Swallow
- Mottled Swift
- Mouse-coloured Penduline Tit
- Namaqua Dove
- Narina’s Trogon
- Night Heron
- Northern Brubru
- Northern White-tailed Lark
- Nubian or Lappet-faced Vulture
- Nubian Woodpecker
- numbers
- Nyanza Swift
- Olive Thrush
- on Baboon Rock cliffs
- Painted Snipe
- Pallid Harrier
- Paradise Flycatcher
- Paradise Whydah
- Parrot-billed Sparrow
- passage migrant
- Pearl-spotted Owlet
- Pectoral-patch Cisticola
- Pennant-wing Nightjar
- Peregrine
- Pied Crow
- Pied Kingfisher
- Pied Wheatear
- Pink-backed Pelican
- Pink-breasted Dove
- Pin-tailed Whydah
- Plain Nightjar
- Pratincole
- Puff-back Shrike
- Purple Gallinule
- Purple Grenadier
- Purple Heron
- Pygmy Kingfisher
- Quail Finch
- Rattling Cisticola
- 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-cheeked Cordon-bleu
- Red-chested Cuckoo
- Red-eyed Dove
- Red-faced Crombec
- Red-fronted Barbet
- Red-fronted Tinkerbird
- Red-knobbed Coot
- Red-naped Widow-bird
- Red-rumped Swallow
- Redshank
- Red-tailed Shrike
- Red-throated Pipit
- Red-throated Tit
- Red-winged Starling
- Reef Heron Two examples in
- Reichenow’s Weaver
- Rey-headed Silverbill
- Richard’s Pipit
- Ringed Plover
- Ring-necked Dove
- Robin Chat
- Rosy-breasted Longclaw
- Ruff
- Rufous Sparrow
- Rufous-backed Mannikin
- Rufous-crowned Roller
- Rufous-naped Lark
- Ruppel’s Vulture
- Sacred Ibis
- Saddle-bill Stork
- Sandy Plain-backed Pipit
- Scaly-throated Honeyguide
- Scarlet-chested Sunbird
- Schalow’s Wheatear
- Scimitar-bill
- Secretary Bird
- Silverbill
- Singing Cisticola
- Slate-coloured Boubou
- South African Black Flycatcher
- Speckled Mousebird
- Speckled Pigeon
- Speckle-fronted Weaver
- Spectacled Weaver
- Speke’s Weaver
- Spotted Creeper Rare
- Spotted Eagle Owl
- Spotted Redshank
- Spotted Stone Cerlew
- Spotted-flanked Barbet
- Spur-wing Goose
- Spurwing Plover
- Squacco Heron
- Steppe Buzzard
- Steppe Eagle
- Stonechat
- Stout Cisticola
- Streaky Seed-eater
- Striped Kingfisher
- Striped Swallow
- Sulphur-breasted Bush Shrike
- Superb Starling
- Swallow
- Tambourine Dove
- Tawny Eagle
- Tawny-flanked Prinia
- Temminck’s Courser
- Temminck’s Stint
- Three-banded Plover
- Thrush Nightingale or Sprosser
- Tinkling Cisticola
- Tree Pipit
- Tropical Boubou
- Tufted Duck
- Variable Sunbird
- Verreaux’s Eagle Owl
- Verreaux’s Eagle Pair resident
- Violet-backed Starling
- Viteline Masked Weaver
- Wahlberg’s Eagle
- Wahlberg’s Honeyguide
- Wattled Starling
- Waxbill
- Well’s Wagtail
- Whiskered Tern
- White Pelican
- White Stork
- White-backed Vulture
- White-bellied Bustard
- 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 Rare
- White-faced Tree Duck
- White-fronted Bee-eater
- White-headed Rough-wing
- White-headed Vulture
- White-nape Raven
- White-necked Cormorant
- White-rumped Swift
- White-throated Bee-eater
- White-throated Robin Rare
- White-winged Black Tern
- White-winged Scrub Robin
- White-winged Widow-bird
- Winding Cisticola
- Wire-tailed Swallow
- Wood Ibis or Yellow-billed Stork
- Wood Sandpiper
- Yellow Bishop
- Yellow White-eye
- Yellow-bellied Eremomela
- Yellow-bellied Waxbill
- Yellow-billed Duck
- Yellow-billed Egret
- Yellow-fronted Canary
- Yellow-necked Spurfowl
- Yellow-rumped Seed-eater
- Yellow-throated Longclaw
- Yellow-vented Bulbul
Day 3: Lake Nakuru National Park, Lake Nakuru Lodge (Fullboard)
The third day of the Kenyan Safari game drive is from 08:00 after breakfast for a full morning section at Lake Nakuru National Park up to lunch time in the lodge. In the afternoon at 15:30 game drive in the park most famous for the over one million Greater and Lesser Flamingos that gather at the lake during various times of the year. In addition, the tens of thousands of other birds make this an ornithologist’s paradise. Dinner and overnight at your lodge from 18:30.
Day 4: Lake Baringo National Park, Tumbili Cliff Lodge (Fullboard)
After 08:00 travel north and stopover near Lake Bogoria to see the hot springs and geysers and resident birds continue to Lake Baringo National Park arriving time for lunch. A fresh water lake with over 450 species of birds including Palearctic migrants. This is birding hotspot that hardly misses in the every birding itinerary. It is the place where famous field guide, Terry Stevenson worked as a resident ornithologist. In the afternoon from 15:30 enjoy a guided bird walk until time for dinner and overnight at 18:30 at the lodge.
- Celestron C 14 Schmidt-Cassegrain 355mm - Astoronomy Observatory Point
- Boat Rides
- Birding
- Photography
- Cultural Visits - Pokots, Njemps
- Visit RUKO Conservancy
- Swimming Pool
- Excursion to Lake Bogoria
Tumbili Cliff Lodge is ideally located on the banks of Lake Baringo, nestled on a rocky hill, 5 meters above the level of the lake ! This privileged position offers a unique view of breathtaking countryside ! The Lodge was imagined and created by Simon Chebon, a native of Baringo, who is a professional ornithological guide and knows the lake and its secrets better than anyone.
Whether you are an expert bird watcher, a naturalist, a photographer, a walker or you simply want to spend some time in a unique place and enjoy completely undisturbed nature, then Tumbili Cliff Lodge can fulfil your desires : Every morning you can witness the magical and different-every-day sight of the dawning of a new day from your bed; you can go on an original boat safari and get close to hippos and crocodiles and the 450 identified species of birds, all conspicuously and differently coloured; you can walk with Rothschild giraffes that have be reintroduced into a specially dedicated sanctuary; you can visit the remote islands at the centre of the lake; get up close and personal like never before with the Njemps and Pokot tribes, close cousins of the Masaï; take a trip on lake Bogoria, sometimes turned pink by millions of flamingos.
Lake Baringo, one of Kenya’s Rift Valley Lakes, north of Nakuru, possesses two major ornithological attractions. These are Gibraltar Island with the largest nesting colony of Goliath Herons in East Africa, and the escarpment immediately west of Campi ya Samaki on the western side of the lake, the home of Verreaux’s Eagle, the rare Bristle-crowned Starling and Hemprich’s Hornbill. Birds generally are abundant in the acacia woodland bordering the lake and include Curly-crested Helmet Shrikes, Silverbird, Grey-headed Silverbill, Grey-headed Bush Shrike, Northern Masked Weaver and West Nile Red Bishop.
First class accommodation with all facilities may be had at the Lake Baringo Lodge or at the luxury Island camp on Ol Kokwa Island in Lake Baringo. Many people enjoy water-skiing on the lake inspite of the crocodiles and hippo!
Lake Baringo is a real birding heaven that never fails to impress birders for its easily seen birds. Around the compounds of the Lake Baringo Club and Robert’s Camp one can easily pocket around 120 species within a period 12 hours. Lake Baringo has approximately 480 species on its list and it was once home to the renown Field Guide Lead ornithologist and author of BIRDS OF EAST AFRICA guide book Terry Stevenson.
our birding sites are available for exploration and have proven to be very productive in the past, they include: Lake Baringo Club, Robert’s camp compound, Lake Baringo trachyte cliffs and West bay and above it all a boat excursion around will relax you a bit.Some of the target species for this area include; Hemprich’s Hornbill, Jackson Hornbill, Bristle-crowned Starling, Brown-tailed Rock Chat, Fox Kestrel, Somali Fiscal, Mouse-coloured Penduline-tit, Somali Tit,Fan-tailed Raven, Brown Babbler, Parrot-billed Sparrow, White-billed Buffalo Weaver, Little Weaver, Northern Masked Weaver,Northern Red Bishop, Crimson-rumped Waxbill, Black-cheecked Waxbill ,Cut-throat Finch, Northern White-faced Scops Owl, Greyish Eagle-Owl, African Scops Owl, Pearl-spotted Owlet, African Scops Owl, Heuglin’s Courser, Slender-tailed Nightjar, Star-spotted Nightjar and Verreaux’s Eagle.
- Abdim's Stork
- Abyssinian Ground-Hornbill
- Abyssinian Roller
- Abyssinian Scimitarbill
- Abyssinian Wheatear
- African Black-headed Oriole
- African Citril
- African Crake
- African Cuckoo
- African Darter
- African Darter
- African Emerald Cuckoo
- African Firefinch
- African Fish-Eagle
- African Golden Oriole
- African Goshawk
- African Gray Flycatcher
- African Gray Hornbill
- African Green-Pigeon
- African Harrier-Hawk
- African Hawk-Eagle
- African Hobby
- African Jacana
- African Marsh-Harrier
- African Openbill
- African Palm-Swift
- African Paradise-Flycatcher
- African Penduline-Tit
- African Pied Wagtail
- African Pipit
- African Pygmy Kingfisher
- African Pygmy-Goose
- African Rail
- African Sacred Ibis
- African Scops-Owl
- African Silverbill
- African Skimmer
- African Snipe
- African Spoonbill
- African Stonechat
- African Swamphen
- African Swift
- African Thrush
- Allen's Gallinule
- Alpine Swift
- Amur Falcon
- Ashy Flycatcher
- Augur Buzzard
- Baillon's Crake
- Banded Martin
- Bank Swallow
- Barn Owl
- Barn Swallow
- Barred Warbler
- Bar-tailed Godwit
- Basra Reed Warbler
- Bat Hawk
- Bateleur
- Bearded Woodpecker
- Beautiful Sunbird
- Black Coucal
- Black Crake
- Black Crowned-Crane
- Black Cuckoo
- Black Cuckooshrike
- Black Heron
- Black Kite
- Black Stork
- Black-bellied Bustard
- Black-bellied Plover
- Black-cheeked Waxbill
- Black-crowned Night-Heron
- Black-faced Waxbill
- Black-headed Gonolek
- Black-headed Gull
- Black-headed Heron
- Black-headed Lapwing
- Black-headed Weaver
- Blacksmith Lapwing
- Black-tailed Godwit
- Black-throated Barbet
- Black-throated Canary
- Black-winged Kite
- Black-winged Lapwing
- Black-winged Pratincole
- Black-winged Stilt
- Blue-billed Teal
- Blue-capped Cordonbleu
- Blue-cheeked Bee-eater
- Blue-naped Mousebird
- Booted Eagle
- Bristle-crowned Starling
- Broad-billed Roller
- Bronze Mannikin
- Bronze Sunbird
- Brown Babbler
- Brown Parisoma
- Brown Snake-Eagle
- Brown-crowned Tchagra
- Brown-hooded Kingfisher
- Brown-tailed Apalis**
- Brown-tailed Chat
- Brubru
- Buff-bellied Warbler
- Cape Teal
- Capped Wheatear
- Cardinal Quelea
- Cardinal Woodpecker
- Caspian Plover
- Caspian Tern
- Cattle Egret
- Chestnut Sparrow
- Chestnut Weaver
- Chestnut-bellied Sandgrouse
- Chinspot Batis
- Cinnamon-breasted Bunting
- Collared Pratincole
- Common Bulbul
- Common Buzzard
- Common Cuckoo
- Common Greenshank
- Common House-Martin
- Common Nightingale
- Common Ostrich
- Common Redshank
- Common Redstart
- Common Ringed Plover
- Common Sandpiper
- Common Scimitarbill
- Common Snipe
- Common Swift
- Common Tern
- Common Waxbill
- Crested Francolin
- Crimson-rumped Waxbill
- Crowned Hornbill
- Crowned Lapwing
- Curlew Sandpiper
- Cut-throat
- Dark Chanting-Goshawk
- D'Arnaud's Barbet
- Dideric Cuckoo
- Donaldson-Smith's Nightjar
- Dusky Turtle-Dove
- Dwarf Bittern
- Eastern Olivaceous Warbler
- Eastern Paradise-Whydah
- Eastern Violet-backed Sunbird
- Eastern Yellow-billed Hornbill
- Egyptian Goose
- Egyptian Vulture
- Eleonora's Falcon
- Emerald-spotted Wood-Dove
- Ethiopian Swallow
- Eurasian Blackcap
- Eurasian Golden Oriole
- Eurasian Hobby
- Eurasian Hoopoe
- Eurasian Kestrel
- Eurasian Marsh-Harrier
- Eurasian Moorhen
- Eurasian Nightjar
- Eurasian Reed Warbler
- Eurasian Sparrowhawk
- Eurasian Teal
- Eurasian Thick-knee
- Eurasian Wigeon
- European Bee-eater
- European Honey-buzzard
- European Roller
- Familiar Chat
- Fan-tailed Raven
- Fan-tailed Widowbird
- Fire-fronted Bishop
- Fischer's Sparrow-Lark
- Fork-tailed Drongo
- Fox Kestrel
- Freckled Nightjar
- Fulvous Whistling-Duck
- Gabar Goshawk
- Garden Warbler
- Garganey
- Giant Kingfisher
- Glossy Ibis
- Golden Pipit
- Golden-backed Weaver
- Golden-breasted Bunting
- Golden-tailed Woodpecker
- Golden-winged Sunbird
- Goliath Heron
- Grasshopper Buzzard
- Gray Heron
- Gray Kestrel
- Gray Tit-Flycatcher
- Gray Wren-Warbler
- Gray-backed Camaroptera**
- Gray-backed Fiscal
- Gray-headed Batis
- Gray-headed Bushshrike
- Gray-headed Kingfisher
- Gray-headed Silverbill
- Gray-headed Social-Weaver
- Gray-hooded Gull
- Great Cormorant
- Great Crested Grebe
- Great Egret
- Great Reed Warbler
- Great Snipe
- Great Spotted Cuckoo
- Great White Pelican
- Greater Blue-eared Starling
- Greater Flamingo
- Greater Honeyguide
- Greater Kestrel
- Greater Painted-Snipe
- Greater Sand-Plover
- Greater Whitethroat
- Green Sandpiper
- Green Woodhoopoe
- Green-winged Pytilia
- Gull-billed Tern
- Hadada Ibis
- Hamerkop
- Harlequin Quail
- Helmeted Guineafowl
- Hemprich's Hornbill
- Highland Rush Warbler
- Hildebrandt's Francolin
- Hooded Vulture
- Horus Swift
- House Sparrow
- Hunter's Sunbird
- Imperial Eagle
- Intermediate Egret
- Isabelline Shrike
- Isabelline Wheatear
- Jack Snipe
- Jackson's Hornbill
- Kittlitz's Plover
- Klaas's Cuckoo
- Knob-billed Duck
- Kori Bustard
- Lanner Falcon
- Lappet-faced Vulture
- Laughing Dove
- Lesser Black-backed Gull
- Lesser Blue-eared Starling
- Lesser Flamingo
- Lesser Gray Shrike
- Lesser Honeyguide
- Lesser Kestrel
- Lesser Masked-Weaver
- Lesser Moorhen
- Lesser Sand-Plover
- Lesser Spotted Eagle
- Lesser Striped Swallow
- Lesser Swamp Warbler
- Levaillant's Cuckoo
- Levant Sparrowhawk
- Lichtenstein's Sandgrouse
- Lilac-breasted Roller
- Little Bee-eater
- Little Bittern
- Little Egret
- Little Grebe
- Little Ringed Plover
- Little Stint
- Little Swift
- Little Tern
- Little Weaver
- Long-billed Pipit
- Long-crested Eagle
- Long-tailed Cormorant
- Long-toed Lapwing
- Maccoa Duck
- Madagascar Bee-eater
- Magpie Starling
- Malachite Kingfisher
- Malagasy Pond-Heron
- Marabou Stork
- Marsh Sandpiper
- Marsh Warbler
- Martial Eagle
- Masked Shrike
- Meyer's Parrot
- Mocking Cliff-Chat
- Montagu's Harrier
- Mottled Swift
- Mountain Gray Woodpecker
- Mourning Collared-Dove
- Mouse-colored Penduline-Tit
- Namaqua Dove
- Narina Trogon
- Northern Brownbul
- Northern Carmine Bee-eater
- Northern Crombec
- Northern Fiscal
- Northern Gray-headed Sparrow
- Northern Grosbeak-Canary
- Northern Ground-Hornbill
- Northern Masked-Weaver
- Northern Pintail
- Northern Puffback
- Northern Red Bishop
- Northern Red-billed Hornbill
- Northern Shoveler
- Northern Wheatear
- Northern White-faced Owl
- Northern Yellow White-eye
- Nubian Woodpecker
- Nyanza Swift
- Olive-tree Warbler
- Ortolan Bunting
- Osprey
- Pale Flycatcher
- Pale Prinia
- Pale White-eye
- Pallas's Gull
- Pallid Harrier
- Parrot-billed Sparrow
- Pearl-spotted Owlet
- Peregrine Falcon
- Pied Avocet
- Pied Crow
- Pied Cuckoo
- Pied Kingfisher
- Pied Wheatear
- Pink-backed Pelican
- Pink-breasted Lark
- Pin-tailed Whydah
- Plain Martin
- Plain Nightjar
- Purple Grenadier
- Purple Heron
- Purple Indigobird
- Pygmy Batis
- Pygmy Falcon
- Pygmy Sunbird
- Quailfinch
- Rattling Cisticola
- Red-and-yellow Barbet
- Red-backed Scrub-Robin
- Red-backed Shrike
- Red-billed Duck
- Red-billed Firefinch
- Red-billed Oxpecker
- Red-billed Quelea
- Red-cheeked Cordonbleu
- Red-chested Cuckoo
- Red-faced Crombec
- Red-fronted Barbet
- Red-fronted Tinkerbird
- Red-fronted Warbler
- Red-headed Weaver
- Red-knobbed Coot
- Red-necked Falcon
- Red-rumped Swallow
- Red-throated Pipit
- Red-winged Starling
- Ring-necked Dove
- Rock Martin
- Rock Pigeon
- Rosy-throated Longclaw
- Ruddy Turnstone
- Rueppell's Griffon
- Rueppell's Starling
- Ruff
- Rufous Chatterer
- Rufous-crowned Roller
- Rufous-tailed Rock-Thrush
- Rufous-tailed Scrub-Robin
- Saddle-billed Stork
- Sanderling
- Scaly-throated Honeyguide
- Scarce Swift
- Scissor-tailed Kite
- Sedge Warbler
- Senegal Lapwing
- Senegal Thick-knee
- Shikra
- Shining Sunbird
- Short-toed Snake-Eagle
- Silverbird
- Singing Bushlark
- Slate-colored Boubou
- Slender-tailed Nightjar
- Somali Bunting
- Somali Fiscal
- Somali Tit
- Sombre Nightjar
- Sooty Falcon
- Southern Masked-Weaver
- Southern Pochard
- Speckled Mousebird
- Speckled Pigeon
- Speckle-fronted Weaver
- Spectacled Weaver
- Spot-flanked Barbet
- Spotted Eagle-Owl
- Spotted Flycatcher
- Spotted Morning-Thrush
- Spotted Redshank
- Spotted Thick-knee
- Spur-winged Goose
- Spur-winged Lapwing
- Squacco Heron
- Standard-winged Nightjar
- Star-spotted Nightjar
- Steel-blue Whydah
- Steppe Eagle
- Straw-tailed Whydah
- Striated Heron
- Striped Crake
- Striped Kingfisher
- Sulphur-breasted Bushshrike
- Superb Starling
- Swamp Nightjar
- Taita Falcon
- Tawny Eagle
- Tawny Pipit
- Tawny-flanked Prinia
- Temminck's Courser
- Temminck's Stint
- Terek Sandpiper
- Three-banded Courser
- Three-banded Plover
- Three-streaked Tchagra
- Thrush Nightingale
- Tree Pipit
- Tropical Boubou
- Tufted Duck
- Upcher's Warbler
- Variable Sunbird
- Verreaux's Eagle
- Verreaux's Eagle-Owl
- Village Indigobird
- Village Weaver
- Violet Woodhoopoe
- Violet-backed Starling
- Vitelline Masked-Weaver
- Wahlberg's Eagle
- Water Thick-knee
- Wattled Lapwing
- Wattled Starling
- Western Reef-Heron
- Western Yellow Wagtail
- Whimbrel
- Whinchat
- Whiskered Tern
- White Helmetshrike
- White Stork
- White Wagtail
- White-backed Duck
- White-backed Vulture
- White-bellied Canary
- White-bellied Go-away-bird
- White-billed Buffalo-Weaver
- White-browed Coucal
- White-browed Robin-Chat
- White-browed Sparrow-Weaver
- White-crested Turaco
- White-faced Whistling-Duck
- White-fronted Bee-eater
- White-headed Barbet
- White-headed Buffalo-Weaver
- White-headed Vulture
- White-necked Raven
- White-rumped Shrike
- White-rumped Swift
- White-throated Bee-eater
- White-throated Robin
- White-winged Tern
- White-winged Widowbird
- Willow Warbler
- Winding Cisticola
- Wire-tailed Swallow
- Wood Sandpiper
- Woodchat Shrike
- Woodland Kingfisher
- Woolly-necked Stork
- Yellow-bellied Eremomela
- Yellow-billed Duck
- Yellow-billed Oxpecker
- Yellow-billed Stork
- Yellow-crowned Bishop
- Yellow-fronted Canary
- Yellow-necked Francolin
- Yellow-spotted Bush Sparrow
- Zitting Cisticola
Day 5: Lake Baringo National Park, Tumbili Cliff Lodge (Fullboard)
Wake up for tea or coffee and a snack then depart for guided bird viewing before breakfast at 08:00. The rest of the day until time for lunch would be spend on leisure in the newest lodge. In the afternoon from 15:30 enjoy a boat trip in Lake Baringo with good chances of spotting resident birds and animals like the Nile crocodiles, Hippos and smaller reptiles like Nile monitor lizards. The place plays host to photographers given the openness of the habitat and the proximity of wildlife especially by boat along the shores and natural beauty it’s characterized. The excursion will go until time for dinner and overnight at your lodge.
Day 6: Hell's Gate National Park, Lake Naivasha Country Club (Fullboard)
After breakfast at 08:00 leave for Hell’s Gate National Park arriving in time for early lunch. In the afternoon depart for a tour of Hell’s Gate National Park with breath-taking spectacular scenery including the towering cliffs, water-gouged gorges, stark rock towers, scrub clad volcanoes and belching plumes of geothermal steam make it one of the most atmospheric Parks in Africa. Hell’s Gate has a bio-diversity that includes raptors, visitors can enjoy mountain biking, rock climbing and a natural spa. Dinner and overnight at your lodge at 18:30.
- Visit Crescent Island
- Bar Lounge
- Bird Watching
- Conference Facilities and Meeting Rooms
- Swimming Pool
- Boat Rides
From the top of the escarpment of the Great Rift Valley, you can see Lake Naivasha sparkling in the sun thousands of feet below. Just an hour’s drive from Nairobi, Naivasha is one of the gems in a necklace of Rift Valley lakes. Perfect for both the active and leisure traveller. Lake Naivasha Country Club offers an abundance of activities to please all tastes. The Nairobi Kenya resort dates back to the 1930s when it was first opened as a staging post for Imperial Airways flying boat service from Durban to Dublin. Since then it has transformed into a sprawling 55-acre property with a variety of accommodations and guest facilities. We look forward to welcoming you and making your stay a memorable experience.
The Hotel offers a combination of Food and Beverage outlets. Flavours the main restaurant of the hotel serves International Buffet-style meals. Relax and unwind at the Tavern Bar with local beers or international Spirits and Wines to tingle your taste buds complemented by flavorful small biting’s. The Terrace is an all-day dining option with A-la-Carte Menu and varied choices. To Spoil yourself bite into our speciality pastry shop The Rolling Pin. With its own produce of fruit and vegetables, the restaurant offers both à la carte and buffet options. A rich breakfast buffet is served every morning, while barbecue facilities and a bar are also available.
Fresh-water Lake Naivasha, only 80km (50 miles) from Nairobi, is a bird-watcher’s paradise. It is also the most beautiful of Kenya’s Rift Valley lakes with its fringing banks of feathery-headed papyrus, secluded lagoons and channels, blue water-lilies and the Crescent Island Wildlife Sanctuary. Water birds exist in great variety and abundance.
Full List of Mammals found in Lake Naivasha
- Aard-wolf
- African Buffalo Hell’s Gate
- African Civet
- African Hare
- African Mole Rat
- Bat-eared Fox
- Black-faced Vervet Monkey
- Bohor Reedbuck
- Bush Duiker
- Bush Squirrel
- Bushbuck
- Chanler’s Reedbuck
- Clawless Otter
- Coke’s Hartebeest
- Common Zebra
- Defassa Waterbuck
- Grant’s Gazelle
- Hippopotamus
- Impala
- Jackals
- Kirk’s Dik-dik
- Klipspringer Hell’s Gate
- Large-spotted Genet
- Marsh Mongoose
- Masai Giraffe
- Olive Baboon
- Porcupine
- Rock Hyrax
- Serval
- Small-spotted Genet
- Spring Hare
- Steinbok
- Striped Ground Squirrel
- Thompson’s Gazelle
- White-tailed Mongoose
- Zorilla
Fish Eaglesand Ospreys are resident, herons and egrets are well represented, Lily-trotters, Purple Galinules, Red-knobbed Coots and Black Crakes are common. African Marsh Harriers and the three migrant Harriers are often seen sailing just above the reed beds, hunting the little Hyperolius tree frogs which form the bulkof their diet.
- Abdim’s Stork
- Abyssinian Scimitar-bill
- African Black Duck
- African Black Kite
- African Cuckoo
- African Darter
- African Fire Finch
- African Fish Eagle
- African Hoopoe
- African Jacana or Lily-trotter
- African Kestrel He
- African Marsh Harrier
- African Marsh Owl
- African Pied Wagtail
- African Porchard
- African Skimmer
- African Snipe
- African Spoonbill
- Amethyst Sunbird
- Anteater Chat
- Augur Buzzard
- Avocet
- Bat Hawk
- Bateleur
- Bearded Woodpecker
- Black Crake
- Black Cuckoo
- Black Cuckoo Shrike
- Black Heron Rare visitor
- Black-chested Harrier Eagle
- Black-headed Heron
- Black-headed Oriole
- Black-lored Babbler
- Black-necked Grebe
- Black-necked Weaver
- Black-shouldered Kite
- Blacksmith Plover
- Black-tailed Godwit
- Black-winged Plover
- Black-winged Stilt
- Blue-cheeked Bee-eater
- Blue-eared Glossy Starling
- Blue-headed Coucal
- Blue-headed Wagtail
- Brimstone Canary
- Broad-billed Roller
- Bronze Mannikin
- Bronzy Sunbird
- Brown Harrier Eagle
- Brown Tit-warbler
- Buff-backed Heron or
- Bunting
- Cape Quail
- Cape Wigeon
- Cardinal Woodpecker
- Caspian Plover
- Cattle Egret
- Chestnut Sparrow
- Chestnut Weaver
- Chin-spot Flycatcher
- Cinnamon-breasted Rock
- Collared Sunbird
- Common Sandpiper
- Crimson-rumped Waxbill
- Crowned Crane
- Crowned Hornbill
- Crowned Plover
- Curlew Sandpiper
- Didric Cuckoo
- Drongo
- Dusky Nightjar
- Dwarf Bittern
- Egyptian Goose
- Egyptian Vulture
- Emerald Cuckoo
- Emerald-spotted Wood Dove
- European Bee-eater
- European Black Kite
- European Black Stork Rare
- European Common Snipe
- European Cuckoo
- European Hobby
- European Kestrel
- European Marsh Harrieer
- European Nightjar
- European Pintail
- European Roller
- European Shoveler
- Fiscal Shrike
- Fischer’s Lovebird Common
- Fulvous Tree Duck
- Gabar Goshawk
- Garganey Teal
- Giant Kingfisher
- Glossy Ibis
- Golden-breasted Bunting
- Golden-winged Sunbird
- Goliath Heron
- Great Snipe
- Great White Egret
- Great-crested Grebe
- Greater Flamingo
- Greater Honeyguide
- Greater or White-eyed Kes
- Greater Swamp Warbler
- Green Pigeon
- Green Sandpiper
- Green Wood Hoopoe
- Greenshank
- Green-winged Pytilia
- Grey Heron
- Grey Woodpecker
- Grey-backed Fiscal
- Grey-capped Warbler
- Grey-headed Gull
- Grey-headed Kingfisher
- Grey-headed Social Weaver
- Ground Hornbill
- Gull-billed Tern
- Hadada Ibis
- Hamerkop
- Harlequin Quail
- Harrier Hawk
- Hell’s Gate
- Hell’s Gate
- Helmeted Guinea Fowl
- Hildebrandt’s Francolin
- Holub’s Golden Weaver
- Hooded Vulture
- Horus Swift
- Hottentot Teal
- Indigo-bird
- Kaffir Rail
- Kittlitz’s Plover
- Klaas’ Cuckoo
- Knob-billed Duck
- Lammergeyer
- Lanner
- Lappet-faced Vulture
- Laughing Dove
- Lesser Black-backed Gull
- Lesser Flamingoes
- Lesser Grey Shrike
- Lesser Honeyguide
- Lesser Kestrel
- Lesser Spotted Eagle
- Lilac-breasted Roller
- Little Bee-eater
- Little Bittern
- Little Egret
- Little Grebe
- Little Ringed Plover
- Little Sparrow Hawk
- Little Stint
- Little Swift
- Long-crested Eagle
- Long-tailed Cormorant
- Long-tailed Nightjar
- Maccoa Duck
- Madagascar Bee-eater
- Malachite Kingfisher
- Malachite Sunbird
- Marabou Stork
- Mariqua Sunbird
- Marsh Sandpiper
- Martial Eagle Rare visitor
- Masai Ostrich
- Montagu’s Harrier
- Moorhen
- Mottled Swift
- Night Heron
- Nubian Woodpecker
- Nyanza Swift
- Olive Thrush
- Open-bill Stork
- Osprey
- Painted Snipe
- Pallid Harrier
- Paradise Flycatcher
- Pearl-spotted Owlet
- Pectoral-patch Cisti
- Peregrine
- Pied Kingfisher
- Pink-backed Pelican
- Pin-tailed Whydah
- Pratincole
- Purple Gallinule
- Purple Grenadier
- Purple Heron
- Pygmy Goose
- Pygmy Kingfisher
- Quail Finch
- Rattling Cisticola
- Red-billed Duck
- Red-billed Fire Finch
- Red-billed Oxpecker
- Red-billed Quelea
- Red-breasted Wryneck
- Red-capped Lark
- Red-cheeked Cordon-bleu
- Red-chested Cuckoo
- Red-eyed Dove
- Red-faced Crombec
- Red-fronted Barbet
- Red-fronted Tinkerbird
- Red-headed Weaver
- Red-knobbed Coot
- Red-wing Starling
- Reichenow’s Weaver
- Richard’s Pipit
- Ringed Plover
- Ring-necked Dove
- Robin Chat
- Ruff
- Rufous Sparrow
- Rufous-crowned Roller
- Rufous-na
- Ruppell’s Vulture
- Sacred Ibis
- Saddle-bill Stork Rare visitor
- Scaly-throated Honeyguide
- Scarlet-chested Sunbird
- Schalow’s Wheatear
- Scimitar-bill
- Secretary Bird
- Spasmodic visitors only
- Speckled Mousebird
- Speckled Pigeon
- Spectacled Weaver
- Speke’s Weaver
- Spotted Eagle Owl
- Spurwing Plover
- Spur-winged Goose
- Squacco Heron
- Steppe Buzzard
- Steppe Eagle
- Stork
- Streaky Seed-eater
- Striped Kingfisher
- Superb Starling
- Tambourine Dove
- Tawny Eagle
- Temminck’s Courser
- Temminck’s Stint
- Three-banded Plover
- Variable Sunbird
- Verreaux’s Eagle
- Verreaux’s Eagle Owl
- Wattled Starling
- Waxbill
- Well’s Wagtail
- Whiskered Tern
- White Pelican
- White Stork
- White-backed Duck
- White-backed Vulture
- White-breasted Tit
- White-browed Coucal
- White-browed Robin Chat
- White-eyed Slaty Flycatcher
- White-fronted Bee-eater
- White-headed Vulture
- White-necked Cormorant
- White-rumped Swift
- White-throated Bee-eater
- White-winged Black Tern
- White-winged Widow-bird
- Winding Cisticola
- Wood Ibis or Yellow-billed
- Wood Sandpiper
- Yellow Bishop
- Yellow-bellied Waxbill
- Yellow-billed Duck
- Yellow-billed Egret
- Yellow-necked Spurfowl
- Yellow-rumped Canary
- Yellow-throated Longclaw
- Yellow-vented Bulbul
Day 7: Maasai Mara Game Reserve, Ilkeliani Camp (Fullboard)
After breakfast at 08:00 leave the Rift Valley and drive to Masai Mara National Reserve arriving in time for lunch. This afternoon from 15:30 a game drive in the reserve until time for dinner and overnight at 18:30 in the camp. This is probably the most thrilling destination for this Safari in Kenya.
- Game Drives
- Guided Safari Walks
- Bar Lounge
- Balloon Safaris
- Community Visits
- Sundowners
- Bush Dining
- Birding
An eco-friendly safari camp in a prime location for the famous river crossings of the Annual Wildebeest Migration with access to both Talek and Mara Rivers. Ilkeliani Camp has spacious tents positioned on the Talek River overlooking the plains beyond. Ilkeliani Camp is enviously situated on the raised banks of the Talek River, which is where millions of wildebeest make their trecherous crossing during the migration. The Mara River is nearby, too, doubling the appeal of this classic, tented camp, as it is right in the middle of the migration safari excitement.
A light environmental footprint gives Ilkeliani added appeal, as it represents the care taken to sustain the pristine Masai Mara ecosystem. Shady, indigenous trees weave between guest tents and the dining and mess area, bringing the tranquil sound of birdsong to camp. Elephants are frequently spotted drinking at the river below.
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 8 & 9: Maasai Mara Game Reserve, Ilkeliani Camp (Fullboard)
Very early in the morning tea or coffee and snack departing at 06:30 for morning game drive coming back for full breakfast at 08:00 followed by another game drive there after until time for lunch in the camp. The afternoon from 15:30 game drive until time for dinner and overnight at your camp
Day 10: Transfer Nairobi
You will do breakfast then depart to Nairobi City arriving at around 13:00 for lunch in Carnivore Restaurant then be dropped in a city hotel or at the airport.
Leg of lamb, pork, ostrich, rump of beef, sirloin, rack of lamb, spare ribs, sausages, skewered kidneys, even crocodile
Meats are roasted on traditional maasai swords over a huge charcoal pit that dominates the restaurant's entrance. The rough-hewn beams combine the rustic feel of a rural setting with that of a medieval banqueting hall.
The Carnivore doesn't conform to the familiar restaurant traditions. First, the soup of the day along with a plate of home baked bworn bread and butter are served. Then, an army of carvers move table to table, swords laden carving juicy cuts onto sizzling cast-iron plates. Accompanying the meat feast is a selection of salads, vegetable side dishes and sauces
The feeding frenzy doesn't stop until you declare defeat by lowering the white paper flag perched atop the central tray. This is then followed by dessert and coffee. The full meal including the soup course is at a set price. A vegetarian menu is also offered.
Experience the house cocktail, the 'dawa' - medicine or magic potion in swahili. Based on a famous Brazilian drink, enjoy it delivered on a portable tray by the medicine man fittingly named Dr. Dawa

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.