2 Day Rift Valley Birding Safari Naivasha Nakuru Baringo Bogoria

What's Included

Meeting and pickup

Itinerary

Day 1
Nairobi – Lake Naivasha – Lake Nakuru
2 stops
1
Lake Naivasha
Pick up 6:30 AM and drive to lake Naivasha, a peaceful freshwater lake fringed by papyrus and fever-tree forests. Naivasha offers superb close-up birding and light walking safaris among free-roaming wildlife. For your first two activities; Boat Ride: Excellent for waterbirds, hippos, and fish eagles. Crescent Island Nature Walk: Close-range viewing of plains game and ground birds. Bird Highlights: • African Fish Eagle (fish-hunting displays) • Goliath Heron • Pied, Giant & Malachite Kingfishers • African Jacana • Red-knobbed Coot • Great & Long-tailed Cormorants • Numerous waders and marsh species Wildlife Highlights: • Hippos (seen during the boat ride) • Giraffes, zebras & impalas on Crescent Island • Waterbuck & wildebeest (depending on movement) After lake Naivasha, you will drive to Nakuru for lunch
4 hours • Admission ticket included
2
Lake Nakuru National Park
One of Kenya’s most diverse parks. The lake attracts flamingos while the woodlands and grasslands support large mammals and birds of prey. Here you will enjoy a late afternoon to evening Birding & wildlife game drive through lakeshore, forest, and open savannah habitats Bird Highlights: • Lesser & Greater Flamingos • Great White Pelican (often in hundreds) • Yellow-billed & Marabou Storks • Black-winged Stilt • Grey Crowned Crane • Hamerkop • Eagles: Martial, Verreaux’s, Tawny • Woodland species: Rüppell’s Robin-chat, Bearded Scrub Robin Wildlife Highlights: • White & Black Rhinos (top highlights) • Rothschild Giraffes • Lions & leopards (occasionally spotted) • Buffalos, zebras, impalas & elands • Waterbucks and warthogs throughout the park Overnight at Nakuru
3 hours • Admission ticket free
Day 2
Lake Nakuru – Lake Baringo – Lake Bogoria – Nairobi
2 stops
3
Depart Nakuru at 6:00AM and Drive to Lake Baringo, an ornithologist’s paradise with over 450 bird species, plus impressive reptile life and unique arid-land species. Here you will enjoy a boat ride in search of crocodiles, hippos, and birdlife. Bird Highlights: • Hemprich’s & Jackson’s Hornbills • Goliath Heron • Pygmy Falcon • Bristle-crowned Starling • White-browed Sparrow-Weaver • Verreaux’s Eagle (near cliffs) • African Skimmer (occasional) Wildlife Highlights: • Nile crocodiles • Hippos • Rock hyrax (around cliffs) • Monitor lizards • Occasional sightings of gazelles and camels in surrounding dry lands
2 hours • Admission ticket included
4
Drive from Baringo to Bogoria, the drive takes roughly one & a half hours. Bogoria is adramatic semi-desert landscape famous for its hot springs and massive gatherings of Lesser Flamingos, sometimes numbering in the millions. Here, you will enjoy a Birding game drive and a short walk around the hot springs area (with caution) Bird Highlights: • Huge concentrations of Lesser Flamingos • Greater Flamingos (mixed flocks) • Pied Avocet • Black-necked & Little Grebes • Cape Teal • African Spoonbill • Chestnut-banded Plover Wildlife Highlights: • Greater kudu (in the surrounding hills) • Dik-diks along the dusty trails • Warthogs • Small mammals adapted to arid habitat • Spectacular geothermal features (geysers, hot springs) Depart Lake Bogoria with a break for lunch arriving in Nairobi between 6 & 7PM
2 hours • Admission ticket included

Additional info

• Infants and small children can ride in a pram or stroller
• Travelers should have at least a moderate level of physical fitness

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