Check out of Eka Hotel very early in the morning and drive to the adjacent Nairobi National Park. Your Giga professional birding driver guide will introduce you to the birds of the park. He will also give you insights of how to spot, identify and keep records of all your sightings. At the end of each day, before you retire to bed you will be recapping as a group what you have seen at each location. The idea is to establish whether you have achieved your objective for the day!

Nairobi National Park was the first park to be gazzeted in Kenya. Its varied habitat of rolling grass, plains, woodland and man-made dams make it ideal for bird watching. The park is a roosting site for lesser Kestrel flocks on passage, the grasslands is ideal for restricted range for Jacksons Widow bird which breeds here regularly. African Crowned Eagles nest in the forested area of the park.

The avifauna in the park is diverse, with a remarkable 516 species recorded. The globally threatened Corncrake is a scarce visitor from the Palearctic. Near threatened shoe bill and Basra reed warbler have both been recorded here.

Rhinos, Cheetah, Giraffes, Cape Buffaloes Wildebeest and Antelopes are also present in the park.

After lunch in Nairobi, we drive to Naivasha, making a few stops on the way to admire the Great Rift Valley and its volcanic Mountains of Longonot and Suswa. Our destination is Lake Naivasha, which lies on the floor of the Rift Valley. This is a shallow fresh water lake, of recent geological origin ringed by Mt. Ol Karia and Eburu. Lake Naivasha is the second site listed by Kenya as Wetland of International importance under Ramsar Conventions.

After checking in and settling, this afternoon a boat ride as been planned to the Crescent Island. Here we get very close to diverse water bird community, Red Knobbed Coot, African Spoonbill, and Little Grebe. Many species of ducks, Maccoa, White Backed Ducks, African Skimmer, Baillon’s Crake and many species of Palearctic Warders. The park is also known for its high density of African Fish Eagles. Over 400 species of birds have been recorded here.

On your boat trip, you will encounter a sizeable population of Hippos and on occasion you find the Kenya Horned Viper endemic to central Rift Valley.

Dinner and overnight at Lake Naivasha Sopa lodge on (Full Board)

This morning we depart for Lake Nakuru National Park. It is a scenic drive over the Great Rift Valley. We marvel at the picturesque volcanic Mountains of Longonot and Suswa.

Lake Nakuru is a very shallow strongly alkaline lake with surrounding woodland and grassland. The park was first gazzeted as a bird sanctuary in1960. It is internationally famous for its population of Lesser Flamingoes, but the numbers have dwindled significantly in the recent past due increase in the water level in the lake.

We will check in for lunch at Flamingo Hill Top Camp.

After lunch, we will do a game drive and explore the lakeshore and see thousands of White Pelicans since this is their feeding ground. The water birds have significantly increased in numbers and diversity since the introduction of Fish in1961.

We will also explore the grassland and woodland for Grey Crested Helmet Shrike, large numbers of Palearctic Warders winter here and use the site. It is one of the flyway in Eastern Rift Valley. Over 450 species of birds have been recorded.

You can also see.  Rhinos, Rothschild’s Giraffe, Bohor Reedbuck, Waterbuck and the rare Large Eared -Leaf Noosed Bat.

Dinner and overnight at Flamingo Hill Tented Camp on (Full Board)

This morning, we wrap-up and head to Nairobi after breakfast. Do not put away your binoculars or note books yet! We have a last stop to make before the city.  At Manguo Swamp and the nearby Sewage Lagoon to look for Maccoa Ducks, Malachite and Grey Headed Kingfishers. Plenty of Leonitis Flowers around, more likely to find beautiful Sunbirds with long tails, Malachite and Golden Winged.

Lunch is on your own today to sample different restaurants in Nairobi, before transferring to your international flight. (Bed and Breakfast) at Mara Leisure Camp

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