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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: Nairobi City, Sarova Panafric Hotel (Fullboard)
This safari in Kenya begins in Nairobi City where you will be received at the Jomo Kenyatta International airport and transferred to Sarova Panafric Hotel for a rest. In the afternoon depending on your arrival time you will visit the Animal Orphanage, the Giraffe Center, with a stop at the City Market where you can grab a few artefacts and later you will have dinner at the Carnivore restaurant. Your overnight stay will be at the Sarova Panafric Hotel.
- Fitness Room
- Massage SPa
- Adia Gift Shop
- Conference Facilities and Meeting Rooms
- Swimming Pool
- VIP Transfers
- Wedding Events
Rated amongst the best hotels in Nairobi, Sarova Panafric is one of Nairobi's premier 4-star luxury hotels. It is strategically located close to the Central Business District (CBD) and the Jomo Kenyatta International Airport is within a 20-minutes drive from the hotel.
Sarova Panafric Hotel is a reflection of Africa's fascinating history, with authentic interiors that are both warm and elegant. The 96 contemporary new rooms and suites are embellished with vibrant African art and textiles, and open air restaurant spaces and bars are a feature at this famous Nairobi hotel. The hotel also has 42 fully furnished serviced apartments and 4 rooms that have been adapted for guests with special needs.
Known for its world-class facilities, excellent service, warm hospitality and contemporary décor, Sarova Panafric offers the best in banqueting and conferencing facilities in Nairobi.
The hotel offers a totally different experience. With our renowned hospitality and all-round service, you’ll certainly have the feel of that unique Sarova touch. The hotel is a top location for business travellers, leisure tourists and conference delegates alike, and is the perfect home base for exploring Nairobi’s many attractions - Nairobi National Museum, Nairobi National Park, Giraffe Centre, David Sheldrick Elephant Orphanage and the Karen Blixen Museum.
Day 2: Mount Kenya National Park, Serena Mountain Lodge (Fullboard)
After breakfast at 07:00 your will depart to Mount Kenya National Park to arrive in Serena Mountain Lodge for lunch. The 7200 feet above the sea level mountain is surrounded by a dense rain forest which is pretty challenging to venture into. The captions you can generate from the awesome views are numerous. Game viewing goes on into the night and be sure to see the elephants and buffaloes browsing into water hole at night including other resident animals like the rhino aren’t difficult to spot either.
- Guided Nature Walks
- Excuisite Dining & Bar Lounge
- Spa Services
- Business Lounge
- Room Service
- Fishing
- Hiking/Biking Trails
- Wedding Services
- Conference Services
A unique timber lodge offering fascinating game viewing amidst the crisp mountain air. At this peaceful Serena-managed tree lodge – at an altitude of 2195 metres and reached by a timbered drawbridge leading up from the forest – it’s all about appreciating the sweeping views and the wild African sights and sounds.
You’ll be able to see the jagged snowcapped peak of Mount Kenya and, thanks to the natural waterhole and salt lick, there’s abundant wildlife viewing from the lodge itself. Watch from your balcony, pull up a seat at the viewing deck in the bar, head up to the rooftop or down to the photo hide (reached via a tunnel and offering spectacular photo opportunities) as bushbuck, buffalo, herds of elephants and the occasional leopard come to drink. The waterhole is floodlit at night, and the lodge offers a lovely wake-up call service if you’d like to be woken when a particular animal makes an appearance.
Buffet-style meals are served in the atmospheric gallery dining room, which sits at tree-level to showcase the views over the forest canopy, and where the dining chairs are hand-crafted, each with a different animal carved into the back. For pre and post-dinner drinks there’s a comfy wood panelled bar area with a fireplace and viewing deck. Cosy chalet-style rooms are furnished from indigenous wood and feature authentic African artwork. All rooms have a terrace that overlooks the lively waterhole below.
The Mount Kenya National Park was established in 1949 and covers an area of 588sq km (227sq miles), the park boundary being the 3,364m (11,000ft) contour. It comprises small sections of the higher forest and bamboo-hypericum zone, alpine moorlands, glaciers, tarns and glacial moraines. It is dominated by the twin peaks of the mountain, Batian (5200m-17,058ft) and Nelion (5,188m-17,022ft).
Full List of Mammals found in Mount Kenya National Park
- African Buffalo In forest
- African Civet
- African Dormouse
- African Elephant
- African Hare
- African Wild Cat
- Banana Bat or African Pippistrelle
- Black and White Colobus
- Black Rhinoceros
- Black-backed or Silver-backed Jackal
- Black-fronted Duiker
- Bongo
- Burchell’s or Common Zebra
- Bush Buck
- Bush Duiker
- Bush or Large-spotted Genet
- Bush Pig
- Chanler’s Reedbuck
- Clawless Otter
- Crested Rat
- Giant Forest Hog
- Hunting Dog
- Jackal
- Klipspringer
- Leopard
- Lion
- Mole Shrew
- Mt Kenya Mole Rat
- Olive Baboon
- Porcupine
- Red Duiker In forest
- Rock Hyrax
- Serval
- Side-striped Jackal
- Slender or Black-tipped Mongoose
- Spotted Hyaena
- Suni
- Sykes’ Monkey
- Tree Hyrax
Mount Kenya National Park is home to some Kenya’s most cherished birds such a the Violet-backed Starling, Green Pigeon & Meyer’s Parrot. Expect to be blown away by doing some altitude birding and being immersed in one of Africa’s most unique environments with a wide array of unique species to be encountered. Join us on an magical Kenya Birding Tour to Mount Kenya National Park – this park is a birders paradise and is not to be missed.
- Abyssinian Crimson-wing
- Abyssinian Ground Thrush
- Abyssinian Hill Babbler
- Abyssinian Long-eared Owl
- Abyssinian Nightjar
- African Black Duck
- African Black Kite
- African Goshawk
- African Marsh Owl
- African Rock Martin
- African Sand Martin
- African Snipe
- African Wood Owl
- Alpine Swift
- Augur Buzzard
- Ayres’ Hawk Eagle
- Black Rough-wing Swallow
- Blackcap Warbler
- Black-throated Apalis
- Black-throated Wattle-eye
- Black-winged Montane Oriole
- Black-winged Plover
- Bronze-naped Pigeon
- Brown Woodland Warbler
- Brown-capped Weaver
- Cape Grass Owl
- Cape Quail
- Capped Wheatear
- Chestnut-throated Apalis
- Cinnamon Bracken Warbler
- Cinnamon-chested Bee-eater
- Cisticola
- Crowned Hawk Eagle
- Crowned Hornbill
- Cuckoo Falcon
- Dusky Flycatcher
- Eastern Double-collared
- Eastern Steppe Buzzard
- Emerald Cuckoo
- European Black Kite
- European Common Snipe
- European Common Wheatear
- European GreyWagtail
- European Kestrel
- European Marsh Harrier The
- European Rock Thrush
- European Swallow
- European Willow Warbler
- Fine-banded Woodpecker
- Giant Kingfisher
- Golden-rumped Tinkerbird
- Golden-winged Sunbird
- Great Snipe
- Great Sparrow Hawk
- Green Ibis
- Green Pigeon
- Green Sandpiper
- Greenshank
- Grey Apalis
- Grey-headed Negro Finch
- Hamerkop
- Hartlaub’s Turaco
- Hill or Mountain Chat
- Jack Snipe
- Jackson’s Francolin
- Kenrick’s Starling
- Kikuyu White-eye
- Klaas’ Cuckoo
- Lammergeyer
- Lanner
- Lemon Dove
- Lesser Kestrel
- Little Rock Thrush
- Long-crested Eagle
- Mackinder’s Eagle Owl
- Malachite Sunbird
- Montagu’s Harrier
- Montane Francolin
- Mottled Swift
- Mountain Buzzard
- Mountain Wagtail
- Mountain Yellow Flycatcher
- Nyanza Swift
- Olive Pigeon
- Olive Thrush
- Orange Ground Thrush
- Oriole Finch
- Pallid Harrier
- Paradise Flycatcher
- Peregrine
- Pink-breasted Dove
- Red-chested Cuckoo
- Red-eyed Dove
- Red-headed Parrot
- Red-throated Pipit
- Reichenow’s Weaver
- Robin Chat
- Rofous-breasted Sparrow Hawk
- Ruppell’s Robin Chat
- Ruppell’s Vulture
- Scaly Francolin
- Scarce Swift Probably
- Scarlet-tufted Malachite
- Secretary Bird
- Sharpe’s Starling
- Silvery-cheeked Hornbill In
- Slender-billed Chestrnut-wing
- Spectacled Weaver
- Starling
- Steppe Buzzard
- Steppe Eagle
- Stonechat
- Streaky Seed-eater
- Sunbird
- Sunbird
- Swallow
- Tacazze Sunbird
- Thick-billed Seed-eater
- Tropical Boubou
- Verreaux’s Eagle
- Well’s Wagtail
- White Stork
- White-breasted Tit
- White-eyed Slaty Flycatcher
- White-headed rough-wing
- White-headed Wood Hoopoe
- White-naped Raven
- White-starred Bush Robin
- Yellow-bellied Waxbill
- Yellow-crowned Canary
- Yellow-vented Bulbul
Day 3: Shaba National Reserve, Sarova Shaba Game Lodge (Fullboard)
After morning breakfast at 07:00 you leave for Shaba National Reserve where you will have game drive enroute to the camp for lunch. This reserve lies on the edge of the vast semi desert lands of northern Kenya. Afternoon drive from 15:30 to see the gravy zebra and reticulated giraffe that are very rare in Kenya wildlife population and so only found in this region plus Somali ostrich and many more, dinner and overnight at the lodge from 18:30.
- Meetings & Conferences
- Weddings and events
- Nature Walk
- Private dining
- Ozone rangers club
- Crocodile Feeding/Watching
- Bush Breakfast & Sundowners
- Swimming Pool
- Cultural Visits
- Game Drives
- Climbing - Lolokwe
- Camel safaris
- Spa Treatments
Shaba National Reserve is a protected area in Isiolo County to the east of the Samburu. The park offers breath-taking scenery and a rich diversity of wildlife. Its fame as the land of "Born Free" stems from the heritage of Joy and George Adamson, who nurtured Elsa the lioness on the grounds of Shaba in the 50's before setting the lioness free on the plains beyond.
Sarova Shaba Game Lodge is located in a natural oasis in Shaba National Reserve and offers complete serenity amidst wild and beautiful surroundings. It is a unique safari experience that will fill your every sense with the sights and sounds of nature all around you.
The lodge offers guests an authentic safari experience, providing comfortable accommodation in a tranquil setting near the banks of the Ewaso Nyiro river. This unique safari lodge stands out for its pioneering spirit and innovative design. The 85 woody rooms all have terraces and all rooms and the restaurant and bar overlook the river.
Relax by our pool or beneath star-studded skies, dine in our restaurant or revel in our Boma or bush dining experiences. The lodge also provides Our Africa Safari Vehicles that are available with excellent guides. An unforgettable safari in Shaba National Reserve awaits you.
Samburu is the most popular reserve in northern Kenya. Wildlife viewing is good, and most big safari animals are easily spotted. The arid environment is home to a variety of north Kenya specials – both birds and mammals. A village visit to a nearby Samburu homestead is a worthwhile activity. Samburu offers great wildlife viewing and four of the Big Five are present. Rhinos are absent, but big herds of elephant cross the reserve. Of the big cats, leopards are very rewarding with some habituated individuals giving high-quality sightings. Most interesting are the northern Kenya specials including beisa oryx, lesser kudu, reticulated giraffe, Grevy's zebra and the odd-looking gerenuk.
Full List of Mammals found in Samburu National Reserve
- Aard-wolf
- African Buffalo
- African Civet
- African Dormouse
- African Elephant
- African Wild Cat
- Aftrican Hare
- Angola Free-tailed Bat
- Banana Bat or African
- Banded Mongoose
- Bat-eared Fox
- Beisa Oryx
- Black Rhinoceros
- Black-backed or Silver-backed jackal
- Black-faced Vervet Monkey
- Blue Duiker
- Blue or Sykes’ Monkey
- Burchell’s or Common Zebra
- Bush Baby
- Bush Duiker
- Bush or Large-spotted Genet
- Bush Squirrel
- Bushbuck
- Caracal
- Cheetah
- Clawless Otter
- Common and Defassa
- Common Waterbuck
- Dwarf Mongoose
- East African Red Squirrel
- Eland
- Epauletted Fruit Bat
- False Vampire Bat
- Gerenuk
- Golden Jackal
- Grant’s Gazelle
- Greater Galago
- Grevy’s Zebra
- Guenther’s Dik-dik
- Hippopotamus
- Hollow-faced Bat
- Hunting Dog
- Impala
- Intermediates between
- Kirk’s Dik-dik
- Klipspringer
- Lander’s Horseshoe Bat
- Large Grey Mongoose
- Leopard
- Lesser Kudu
- Lesser Leaf-nosed Bat
- Lion
- Marsh Mongoose
- Mongoose
- Naked Mole Rat
- Neumann’s or Small-spotted Genet
- Olive Baboon
- Pale-bellied Fruit Bat
- Pipistrelle
- Porcupine
- Ratel or Honey Badger
- Red Duiker
- Reticulated Giraffe
- Rock Hyrax
- Rousette Fruit Bat
- Serval
- Side-striped Jackal
- Slender or Black-tipped
- Spectacled Elephant Shrew
- Spotted Hyaena
- Spring Hare
- Steinbok
- Striped Ground Squirrel
- Striped Hyaena
- Tree Hyrax
- Unstriped Ground Squirrel
- Warthog
- Waterbucks
- Whie-bellied Tomb Bat
- White-bellied Free-tailed Bat
- White-tailed Mongoose
- Yellow-bellied Bat
- Yellow-winged Bat
- Zorilla
There have been more than 390 bird species recorded in Samburu and Buffalo Springs national reserves. The reserves protect a variety of habitats, home to different bird species including arid acacia savannah, scrub and gallery forest alongside the Uaso Nyiro River. The dry, open country offers very rewarding birding opportunities and boasts a number of northeast African dry-country species shared with Ethiopia and Somalia, such as vulturine guineafowl, Somali bee-eater and golden-breasted starling.
- Abdim’s Stork
- Abyssinian Scimitar-bill
- African Barn Owl Single record
- African Cuckoo
- African Darter
- African Fire Finch
- African Fish Eagle
- African Hawk Eagle Rare
- African Hoopoe
- African Marsh Owl
- African Pied Wagtail
- African Rock Martin
- African Sand Martin
- African Scops Owl
- Angola Swallow
- Arrow-marked Babbler
- Ashy Cisticola
- Ashy Flcatcher
- Banded Martin
- Banded Tit-warbler
- Bare-eyed Thrush
- Barred Warbler
- Bat Hawk
- Bateleur
- Bearded Woodpecker
- Black and White Cuckoo
- Black Cuckoo
- Black Cuckoo Shrike
- Black Rough-wing Swallow
- Black-backed Puff-back
- Black-breasted Apalis
- Black-breasted Glossy Starling
- Blackcap Warbler
- Black-capped Social Weaver
- Black-chested Harrier Eagle
- Black-faced Sandgrouse
- Blackhead Plover
- Black-headed Heron
- Black-headed Oriole
- Black-headed Tchagra
- Black-necked Weaver
- Black-throated Wattle-eye
- Blue-capped Cordon-bleu
- Blue-cheeked Bee-eater
- Blue-eared Starling
- Blue-faced Waxbill
- Blue-headed Wagtail and races
- Blue-naped Mousebird
- Booted Eagle Rare visitor
- Bristle Crowned Starling
- Broad-billed Roller
- Bronze Mannikin
- Bronze-winged Courser
- Brown Harrier Eagle
- Brown Parrot
- Brown-breasted Barbet
- Brown-hooded Kingfisher
- 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
- Carmine Be-eater
- Caspian Plover
- Chestnut Sparrow
- Chestnut Weaver
- Chestnut-backed Sparrow Lark
- Chestnut-bellied Sandgrouse
- Chestnut-headed Sparrow Lark
- Chin-spot Flycatcher
- Cinnamon-breasted Rock
- Collared Sunbird
- Common Sandpiper
- Cream-coloured Courser
- Crested Francolin
- Crombec
- Crowned Crane
- Crowned Hornbill
- Crowned Plover
- Cut-throat
- D’Arnaud’s Barbet
- Didric Cuckoo
- Donaldson-Smith’s Nightjar
- Donaldson-Smith’s Sparrow
- Drongo
- Dusky Flycatcher
- Dusky Nightjar
- Dwarf or Lesser Brown-necked
- Egyptian Goose
- Egyptian Vulture
- Emerald Cuckoo
- Emerald-spotted Wood Dove
- Ethiopian Swallow
- European Bee-eater
- European Black Kite
- European Common Wheatear
- European Cuckoo
- European Golden Oriole
- European Hobby Spring
- European Hoopoe
- 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 Willow Warbler
- Fan-tailed Raven
- Fawn-coloured Lark
- Fire-fronted Bishop
- Fischer’s Sparrow Lark
- Fischer’s Straw-tailed Whydah
- Flappet Lark
- Freckled Nightjar
- Gabar Goshawk
- Garden Warbler
- Giant Kingfisher
- Golden Pipit
- Golden Weaver
- Golden-breasted Starling
- Goliath Heron
- Grasshopper Buzzard
- Great White Egret
- Greater Honeyguide
- Greater or White-eyed Kestrel
- Great-spotted Cuckoo
- Green Pigeon
- Green Sandpiper
- Green Wood Hoopoe
- Green-backed Heron
- Greenshank
- Green-winged Pytilia
- Grey Flycatcher
- Grey Heron
- Grey Hornbill
- Grey Tit
- Grey Woodpecker
- Grey Wren Warbler
- Grey-backed Camaroptera
- Grey-headed Bush Shrike
- Grey-headed Kingfisher
- Grey-headed Silverbill
- Grey-headed Social Weaver
- Grey-headed Sparrow
- Grey-rumped Swallow
- Hadada Ibis
- Half-collared Kingfisher
- Hamerkop
- Harlequin Quail
- Harrier Hawk
- Helmeted Guinea-fowl
- Heuglin’s Bustard
- Heuglin’s Courser
- Hildebrandt’s Starling
- Honey Buzzard
- Hooded Vulture
- Hunter’s Sunbird
- Indigo-bird
- Issabeline Wheatear
- Jameson’s Fire Finch
- Kenya Violet-backed Sunbird
- Klaas’ Cuckoo
- Kori Bustard
- Lammergeyer
- Lanner
- Laughing Dove
- Layard’s Black-headed Weaver
- Leser Spotted Eagle Rare
- Lesser Grey Shrike
- Lesser Honeyguide
- Lesser Kestrel
- Levaillant’s Cuckoo
- Lichtenstein’s Sandgrouse
- Lilac-breasted Roller
- Little Bee-eater
- Little Egret
- Little Grebe
- Little Ringed Plover
- Little Sparrow Hawk
- Little Swift
- Little Tawny Pipit
- Lizard Buzzard
- Long-billed Pipit
- Long-crested Hawk Eagle
- Long-tailed Cormorant
- Long-tailed Fiscal
- Long-tailed Nightjar
- Madagascar Bee-eater
- Magpie Starling
- Malachite Kingfisher
- Marabou Stork
- Mariqua Sunbird
- Martial Eagle
- Masked Weaver
- Montagu’s Harrier
- Mottled Swift
- Mourning Dove
- Mouse-coloured Penduline Tit
- Namaqua Dove
- Narina’s Trogon
- Night Heron
- Northern Brownbul
- Northern Brubru
- Northern White-tailed Lark
- Nubian Nightjar Uncommon
- Nubian or Lappet-faced
- Nubian Woodpecker
- Nyanza Swift
- Olive Thrush
- Olive-tree Warbler
- Open-bill Stork
- Orange-bellied Parrot
- Osprey
- Pale Chanting Goshawk
- Pale Flycatcher
- Pallid Harrier
- Palm Swift
- Paradise Flycatcher
- Paradise Whydah
- Pearl-spotted Owlet
- Pectoral-patch Cisticola
- Pennant-wing Nightjar
- Peregrine
- Pied Kingfisher
- Pied Wheatear
- Pink-breasted Lark
- Pin-tailed Whydah
- Plain Nightjar
- Pratincole
- Purple Grenadier
- Pygmy Falcon
- Pygmy Kingfisher
- Pygmy Puff-back Flycatcher
- Rattling Cisticola
- Raven
- Red and Yellow Barbet
- Red-backed Scrub Robin
- Red-backed Shrike
- Red-billed Fire Finch
- Red-billed Hornbill
- Red-billed Oxpecker
- Red-billed Quelea
- Red-capped Chat
- Red-capped Lark
- Red-cheeked Cordon-bleu
- Red-chested Cuckoo
- Red-eyed Dove
- Red-faced Apalis
- Red-fronted Barbet
- Red-fronted Tinkerbird
- Red-headed Weaver
- Red-necked Falcon
- Red-rumped Swallow
- Red-tailed Shrike
- Redwing Bush Lark
- Richard’s Pipit
- Ring-necked Dove
- Robin Chat
- Rosy-patched Shrike
- Rufous Chatterer
- Rufous Sparrow
- Rufous-crowned Roller
- Ruppell’s Long-tailed Starling
- Ruppell’s Vulture
- Sacred Ibis
- Saddle-bill Stork
- Scimitar-bill
- Secretary Bird
- Senegal Plover
- Shikra
- Shining Sunbird
- Silverbill
- Silverbird
- Singing Bush Lark
- Slate-coloured Boubou
- Smaller Black-bellied Sunbird
- Somali Bee-eater
- Somali Fiscal
- Somali Golden-breasted Bunting
- Somali Ostrich
- South African Black Flycatcher
- Speckled Mousebird
- Speckled Pigeon
- Speckle-fronted Weaver
- Spectacled Weaver
- Spotted Eagle Owl
- Spotted Morning Warbler
- Spotted Stone Curlew
- Spotted-flanked Barbet
- Steel-blue Whydah
- Steppe Buzzard
- Steppe Eagle
- Stone Partridge
- Striped Kingfisher
- Striped Swallow
- Sulphur-breasted Bush Shrike
- Superb Starling
- Swahili Sparrow
- Swallow-tailed Kite
- Taita Fiscal
- Tambourine Dove
- Tawny Eagle
- Tawny-flanked Prinia
- Temminck’s Courser
- Three-banded Plover
- Three-streaked Tchagra
- Thrush Nightingale or Sprosser
- Tiny Cisticola
- Tropical Boubou
- Two-banded Courser
- Variable Sunbird
- Verreaux’s Eagle Owl
- Verreaux’z Eagle
- Violet-backed Starling
- Vitelline Masked Weaver
- Von der Decken’s Hornbill
- Vulture
- Vulturine Guinea-fowl
- Wahlberg’s Eagle
- Water Dikkop
- Wattled Starling
- Waxbill
- Weaver
- White Stork
- White-backed Vulture
- 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-headed Buffalo Weaver
- White-headed Mousebird
- White-headed Vulture
- White-naped Raven
- White-rumped Swift
- White-throated Bee-eater
- White-throated Robin
- White-winged Scrub Robin
- White-winged Widow-bird
- Wire-tailed Swallow
- Wood Ibis or Yellow-Billed Stork
- Wooly-necked Stork
- Yellow Bishop
- Yellow White-eye
- Yellow-bellied Eremomela
- Yellow-billed Hornbill
- Yellow-billed Oxpecker
- Yellow-fronted Canary
- Yellow-necked Spurfowl
- Yellow-rumped Seed-eater
- Yellow-spotted Petronia
- Yellow-throated Longclaw
- Yellow-vented Bulbul
- Yellow-vented Eremomela
Day 4: Shaba National Reserve, Sarova Shaba Game Lodge (Fullboard)
This day being the second in this reserve you will wake up at 06:00 for a coffee or tea and a snack and depart to the reserve for game drive which has high possibility of seeing the predators on the hunt and their prey on high alert. You shall come back for full breakfast at 08:00 in the camp going for another game drive until time for lunch in the lodge at 13:00. The afternoon from 15:30 will be spend in the reserve again venturing in different parts to spot the wild game until at 18:30 to go back to the camp for dinner and overnight.
Day 5: Ol Pejeta Conservancy, Sweetwaters Serena Camp (Fullboard)
After breakfast depart at 08:00 go to Ol Pejeta Conservancy where you shall arrive time for game drive enroute to the camp for lunch. From 15:30 game drive touring the chimpanzee sanctuary which is the only one of its kind in Kenya.
Most of these chimps now at Ol Pejeta Conservancy chimps sanctuary came from the Jane Good all Institute in Burundi, where a great care were place after being rescued from a miserable existence. At 18:30 dinner and overnight in Serena Sweetwaters Camp.
- Game Drives - Day & Night
- Bush Walks
- Visit the Chimpanzee Sanctuary
- Swimming Pool
- Cultural Visits
- Private Waterhole + Night Viewing Bar
- Conference Room
- Wedding Planning + Honeymoon Venue
- Gift Shop, Business Center, Wi-Fi
- Baby Sitting Services
- 24Hrs On-Call Medical Services
- Camel treks, guided nature treks, bird spotting
Embrace the awe-inspiring natural beauty of your surroundings, and set the stage for a visit you won’t soon forget. Located within the sprawling Ol Pejeta Conservancy, one of Kenya’s most noteworthy conservancies and home to the ‘Big Five’ (elephant, rhino, lion, buffalo and leopard), Sweetwaters Serena Camp offers a holiday experience unlike any other.
Framed by picturesque views of Mount Kenya, Serena Sweetwaters tented accommodation offers a tranquil respite in the wild, with ensuite bathrooms, free Wi-Fi and a private balcony or veranda. Begin or end your day with a delicious meal and superb views at our light-filled restaurant, enjoy a guided game drive on the conservancy, indulge in a massage in our treatment room or simply relax by the pool. With a dedicated event venue, modern facilities and exceptional planning services, Sweetwaters Serena tented camp is one of central Kenya’s most stunning destinations for weddings and corporate retreats with a difference. The unparalleled location in Ol Pejeta Conservancy facilitates exploration and discovery of the spectacular wildlife for which this region is famous. We look forward to helping you create cherished memories at Sweetwaters Serena Camp.
Ol Pejeta is one of the prime sanctuaries of Laikipia Plateau and all of the Big Five are present. Its highlights include the largest black rhino sanctuary in East Africa; a population of southern white rhino; a refuge for the last two northern white rhino left in the world; and Sweetwaters Chimpanzee Sanctuary, housing orphaned and abandoned chimpanzees.
Ol Pejeta Conservancy offers excellent wildlife-viewing opportunities. All of the Big Five are here and sightings of both black rhino and white rhino are common. It has some of the highest predator densities in the region, and aside from the big cats, there is a chance of seeing wild dogs. Other endangered species here include the beisa oryx, Jackson's hartebeest and Grevy's zebra.
Full List of Mammals found in Ol Pejeta Conservancy
- Aardvark
- African Ground Squirrel
- African Wild Cat
- Ankole Cattle
- Black Rhino
- Bush Duiker
- Caracal
- Chimpanzee
- Common Warthog
- Eland
- Leopard
- Lion
- Olive/Anubis Baboon
- Patas Monkey
- Savanna Elephant
- Senegal Bushbaby
- Sengi sp.
- Serval
- Southern White Rhino
- Steinbuck
- Striped Hyaena
- Tree Hyrax
- Vervet Monkey
With more than 500 species recorded, Ol Pejeta Conservancy is a bird-watcher's paradise. Early morning and afternoon bird walks can be organized at the lodges (maximum six people), but on game drives, the main focus tends to be on large animals so it might be worth booking a private vehicle if bird watching is your main interest.
- Abdim's Stork
- African Black Duck
- African Goshawk
- African Grass Owl
- African Green Pigeon
- African Harrier-Hawk
- African Hawk-Eagle
- African Hoopoe
- African Jacana
- African Open-billed Stork
- African Scops Owl
- African Snipe
- Bateleur
- Black Cuckoo
- Black Kite
- Black Stork
- Black-chested Snake Eagle
- Black-headed Heron
- Blacksmith Lapwing
- Black-winged Lapwing
- "Black-winged Kite"
- Blue-naped Mousebird
- BUttonQUaiLS
- Caspian Plover
- CHaRaDRiifoRmeS: turnicidae
- Cinnamon-chested Bee-eater
- Collared Pratincole
- Common Buttonquail
- Common Greenshank
- Common Kestrel
- Common Ostrich
- Common Quail
- Common Redshank
- Common Sandpiper
- Common Swift
- Crested Francolin
- Crowned Lapwing
- Dusky Turtle Dove
- Eastern Chanting Goshawk
- Egyptian Goose
- Emerald-spotted Wood Dove
- Eurasian Hobby
- Eurasian Marsh Harrier
- European Bee-eater
- Gabar Goshawk
- Great Egret
- Great White Pelican
- Greater Kestrel
- Grey Crowned Crane
- Grey Heron
- Grey-headed Gull
- Harlequin Quail
- Helmeted Guineafowl
- Heuglin’s Courser
- Hottentot Teal
- Intermediate Egret
- JaCana
- Kittlitz's Plover
- Klaas's Cuckoo
- Knob-billed Duck
- Lanner Falcon
- Lappet-faced Vulture
- Laughing Dove
- Lesser Kestrel
- Little Bee-eater
- Little Swift
- Long-crested Eagle
- Maccoa Duck
- Martial Eagle
- Meyer's (Brown) Parrot
- Montagu's Harrier
- Mottled Swift
- Namaqua Dove
- Northern Shoveler
- Nyanza Swift
- Pallid Harrier
- Pearl-spotted Owlet
- Pennant-winged Nightjar
- Pink-backed Pelican
- Red-billed Teal
- Red-eyed Dove
- Reed (Long-tailed) Cormorant
- Ring-necked Dove
- Rüppell's Vulture
- Scaly Francolin
- Scissor-tailed Kite
- Senegal Lapwing
- Shelley's Francolin
- Shikra
- Speckled Mousebird
- Spotted Eagle-Owl
- Spur-winged Goose
- Squacco Heron
- Steppe Eagle
- Striated Heron
- Tawny Eagle
- Temminck's Courser
- Three-banded Plover
- Verreaux's Eagle-Owl
- Vulturine Guineafowl
- Western Cattle Egret
- White Stork
- White-backed Vulture
- White-bellied Go-away-bird
- White-breasted Cormorant
- White-rumped Swift
- White-throated Bee-eater
- White-winged Tern
- Yellow-billed Duck
- Yellow-billed Stork
- Yellow-necked Spurfowl
Day 6: Lake Nakuru National Park, Sarova Lionhill Lodge (Fullboard)
Departing after breakfast at 07:00 to Lake Nakuru National Park where you will arrive time for game drive enroute to the lodge for lunch. In the afternoon at 15:30 game drive in the park famous for flamingos and black and white rhinos until at 18:30 time for dinner and overnight.
- Tulia Spa
- Pool Activities
- Game Drives
- Adia Gift Shop
- Meetings & Conferences
- Wedding Events
- Game Drives
- Birding
- Bush Meals
Lake Nakuru National Park is a popular safari destination for game drives, bird watching, hiking, picnics and more. It is home to a large variety of wildlife (including the black rhino) Its beautiful lake and green surroundings have attracted people from far and near making this National Park a favorite getaway destination. Lake Nakuru is Kenya’s third largest lake, after Lake Turkana and Lake Victoria, and has one of the largest populations of flamingos in the world.
Sarova Lion Hill Game Lodge is set along "the Lion Hill" in Lake Nakuru National Park in Kenya. Concealing its remote location amidst Kenya's Great Rift Valley, the safari lodge offers the most scenic and spectacular views of the Lake and the National Park from its 67 chalet style rooms, all with terraces and a sense of calm and relaxation provided by its classic aesthetic and timeless design. Beyond the stunning views and amazing wildlife, Lion Hill offers great food, a Panoramic Bar Terrace, organic gardens, a swimming pool and a spa.
Welcome to Sarova Lion Hill Game Lodge to experience a breathtaking safari in Kenya that will remain etched in your memory forever!
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 7: Lake Nakuru National Park, Sarova Woodlands Hotel (Fullboard)
You will leave at 07:00 to the west of Rift Valley after breakfast where you will stop at spectacular hot springs and geysers at Lake Bogoria. A caution must be observed while walking near the hot springs since they are super-hot. Later proceed to Lake Baringo National Park where you will have lunch. An exploration by foot where possible from 15:30 of Lake Baringo in the remote west-central Kenya is a fascinating place for geologists and nature lovers’ alike, with outlandish landscapes and prolific birdlife since has over 450 birds. Later you will be taken back to Lake Nakuru town for dinner and overnight in Sarova Woodlands Hotel.
- Meetings & Conferences
- Weddings & Events
- Explore the Hyrax Prehistoric Site
- Photography
- Swimming Pool
- Tulia Spa
- Health Club
- Adia Gift Shop
Sarova Woodlands Hotel and Spa is located in Nakuru in the upscale Milimani area, adjacent to the State House. The hotel is just a short drive from Nakuru’s city center and Kenya’s biggest lakeside park, Lake Nakuru National Park, and Hell’s Gate National Park – offering excellent leisure activities at the lakeside (fishing and boating, biking, hiking) or wildlife viewing (bird watching) as well as nature walks on nearby Mount Longonot and exploring the unique natural wonders of Hell's Gate.
The hotel with its 147 luxurious and spacious air-conditioned rooms, is the premier Nakuru hotel with rich room decor, a leather bar and a beautiful poolside and courtyard restaurant. Sarova Woodlands is the perfect place to stay for business trips or for romantic and family getaways. We offer free Wi-Fi access, a swimming pool and a soon to open health club and spa. The hotel offers two restaurants, a bar and an al fresco cafe where our guests can enjoy a unique culinary experience.
Sarova Woodlands Hotel & Spa has everything you need to ensure a successful meeting or event. We have the capacity to cater for large conferences, weddings and parties along with smaller groups for meetings and seminars. From boardroom-style events to theatre-style presentations, we offer a variety of flexible meeting rooms with state-of-the-art equipment complemented by carefully planned lighting and sound systems designed to suit the specific requirements of all nature of meetings or events.
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 8: Maasai Mara Game Reserve, Sarova Mara Camp (Fullboard)
This day early in the morning after breakfast you would depart at 08:00 to Masai Mara National Reserve to arrive time for mid-morning game drive on the way to the lodge. The whole afternoon from 15:30 you would have game drive until time for dinner and overnight in the camp at 18:30.
- Bar Lounge
- Weddings & Honeymoons
- Conference Facilities
- Conference Facilities and Meeting Rooms
- Swimming Pool
- Wellness Spa
- Gift Shop
- Game Drives
- Nature Walks
- Bush Meals and Sundowners
Sarova Mara Game Camp is ideally located in the heart of the Masai Mara Game Reserve in Kenya and offers a unique African safari experience for game viewing. The luxury safari camps include 20 Club Tents, 30 Deluxe Tents, 19 Standard Tents, 3 Family Tents, the main restaurant, bar and a free form swimming pool that has its own pool bar. All our tents include an en-suite bathroom. The Club Tents offer a spectacular view of the rolling plains of the Savannah. The cuisine is exceptional with organic garden and bush dining options available. In addition, the camp has its own fleet of well-equipped Our Africa Safari Vehicles with excellent safari guides.
Sarova Mara Game Camp has built a firm reputation for producing some of Kenya's best gourmet meals. Organic gardens which are chemical free provide your daily vegetables and the standards of food preparation, culinary hygiene and safety protocols are unmatched elsewhere in the bush.
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 9: Maasai Mara Game Reserve, Sarova Mara Camp (Fullboard)
Early morning tea or coffee and a snack then leave for morning game drive at 06:30 with packed bush breakfast to be held at a designated place then further game drive until time for lunch at the lodge. At 15:30 game drive until in the evening time for dinner and overnight in the camp at 18:30.
Day 10: Lake Naivasha, Lake Naivasha Crescent Camp (Fullboard)
Early morning tea or coffee and a snack then leave for morning game drive at 06:30 with packed breakfast to be consumed in a designated place then proceed to Lake Naivasha where you will arrive time for lunch. The lake is home to a variety of types of wildlife including over 400 different species of bird and a sizeable population of hippos. The fish community in the lake has been highly variable over time, influenced by changes in climate, fishing effort and the introduction of invasive species.
After from 15:30 cross by boat to the Island for a walk in the midst of wild guarded by island resident rangers then after proceed for an extensive boat ride in the lake where you will have chances of seeing resident animals like the hippopotamus fishes and birds reverting back at 18:30 to the camp dinner and overnight.
- Restaurant
- Swimming Pool
- Bar
- Free Wi-Fi
- Boat Rides
- Hikes to Mt.Longonot
- Visit Hell's Gate N.Park
- Visit Crater Lake Game Sanctuary
Lake Naivasha Crescent camp is a mid- range accommodation situated along Moi south Road , outside Naivasha town , on the shores of the fresh water lake Naivasha in the heart of the Kenya’s Great Rift Valley. The camp is located 90 minutes’ drive of North west of Nairobi city . You can be at the lodge by road transport taking approximately 1-2 hours’ drive from Nairobi city center to Naivasha town and 50 minutes to fly from Nairobi to the close Naivasha airstrip then few minutes to be transferred to the camp. The camp is convenient and in Perfect destination for tourists seeking for ambient accommodation with a cozy atmospheres and beautiful views of the lake and Great Rift Valley.
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 11: Amboseli National Park, Amboseli Serena Lodge (Fullboard)
Depart after breakfast at 08:00 for the unique Amboseli National Park arriving in time for lunch then the evening is spend on leisure in the lodge or enjoy an afternoon game drive until time for dinner. You may also do an optional visit to the Masai Village nearby before dinner and overnight in the 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 12: Amboseli National Park, Amboseli Serena Lodge (Fullboard)
Early morning tea or coffee and a snack then leave for morning game drive at 06:30 coming back to the lodge for full breakfast at 08:00 then another game drive from 10:00 to 13:00 time for lunch in the lodge. Another game drive at 15:30 game drive until in the evening time for dinner and overnight in the lodge at 18:30.
Day 13: Taita Hills Game Sanctuary, Saltlick Game Lodge (Fullboard)
Take an early morning game drive from 06:30 after tea or coffee and a snack then depart to glimpse at the panoramic scene of the Mount Kilimanjaro, which is the highest mountain in Africa. Back to the lodge for breakfast at 08:00 followed by departure to Taita Hills Sanctuary at south edge of Tsavo West National Park to arrive time for lunch in Taita Hills Game Lodge. From 15:30 hunt for the resident wildlife in sanctuary until time for dinner and overnight in Salt Lick Game Lodge from 18:30.
- Vuria Bar Lounge
- Experiential Dining
- Afya Bora Spa
- Game Viewing Activities
- Walking Safaris
- Wildlife Talks
- Traditional Music & Dance
- Swimming
- Curio Shop
- Bush Meals + Sundowners
- Cultural Tourism
For decades Salt Lick Safari Lodge has been one of Kenya’s flagship lodges, famed for being among the World’s Most Photographed Lodges. A favourite amongst travellers in search of luxury accommodation, Salt Lick Safari Lodge is a luxurious safari escape set in the heart of the Taita Hills Wildlife Sanctuary overlooking a waterhole and the vast Tsavo plains.
Salt Lick Safari Lodge’s charm is evident from the outset. Here you will savour uncompromising high standards of service, efficiency and personalised attention.
The neighbouring Taita Hills Safari Resort & Spa has a museum that displays some of the World War 1 memorabilia as part of the rich history of Taita Taveta County.
The Taita Hills Wildlife Conservancy derives its name from the surrounding clusters of hills and is an integral part of the Eastern Arc forests classified as an biodiversity hotspot. The conservancy covers an area of 28,000 acres of mosaic habitat where the plant physiognomy is riverine forest, savanna wood and grassland. The vegetation formation is usually dense, stratified and always dominated by Acacia /Commiphora trees and may appear to be evergreen in wet areas such as in the central lowlands of the sanctuary.
The sanctuary straddles the Southern Tsavo West National Park and is an important dispersal area and migrating corridor for wildlife between Tsavo East National Park and Tsavo West National Park and making it a highly valued tourism recreational area and of ecological importance. The topography is generally mountainous that offers breath taking landscape views of the Kilimanjaro, Pare, Uluguru mountains and the clusters of Taita Hills with a seasonal river dividing the sanctuary into valleys and lowland plains.
Over 350 bird species including resident and migrant bird species have been recorded and documented in the sanctuary. Three endemic bird species can also be viewed at the nearby Taita hills; i.e. the Taita thrush. Taita Apalis and Taita white eye.
An annual bird wildlife count is carried out in the sanctuary to establish the bird species trends and diversity. During the wet season of 2019 the avifauna totaled were 57 species from 24 families. Of these, seven species recorded are listed by I.U.C.N red list species, three are under Nearly threatened (NT) that includes the White-backed Vulture Gyps africanus, Rüppell’s Vulture Gyps rueppellii and White-headed Vulture Trigonoceps occipitalis. Four of the species are listed by I,U.C.N as endangered (E) and these are the Lappet-faced vulture, Torgos tracheliotus, Speckled Mousebird Colius striatus, Black-lored Babbler Turdoides sharpie, African Grey Flycatcher Bradornis microrhynchus
Day 14: Transfer Nairobi / Kenya Coast
On the last day of this safari in Kenya from 06:30 would be game drive until time for breakfast at 08:30 then later depart to Kenya coast or Nairobi City where you would arrive in the evening.

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.