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Ontdek
Kenya: Trusted, Experienced and Passionate
about Birding.
- Unique birding itineraries in Kenya that let
you observe birds in their natural habitats at a relaxed
pace. Quality time in the field with expert guides.
Soft gameviewing and birding walks. 2-3 nights/hotel. Reduced
road transfers. Small groups. Tailor-made itineraries.
Ideal for +45 yrs naturalists and birders. Contact
Peter and Anne Huysman: walk@ontdekkenya.com.
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BIRDING & BEYOND
SAFARIS - TANZANIABIRDING .COM
- Is
a specialized Bird Watching Safari Operator doing East
African Safaris. We take you to Kenya, Tanzania and
Uganda.
Operating Big game and Professional Bird Photographic Safaris
for Individuals, Small groups and Families. Customized
Unqiue Itineraries to cover Endemics and Specialities with
Top local bird guides. Email: tours@tanzaniabirding.com
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Kenya
Jun - 2004,
595 Bird Species recorded
- On disembarking at Mt. Kenya National
Park, we soon had Jackson's Francolin and Alpine Chat almost
within touching distance. However the pair of Abyssinian
Ground Thrush who we were told by a party of climbers had
20 minutes before our arrival been similarly obliging had
disappeared and despite patient searching all we saw of
this species were brief views of an immature bird....Steve
Easley reports for Birdseekers.
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Kenya 23
July - 10 August 2004
- Everyone was up for first light
to watch the waterhole and we were not disappointed with
a number of new birds for the trip: Rameron and Delegorgue's
Pigeons sat at the tops of the trees; brief views of
the forest-dwelling Scaly Francolin; Hunter's Cisticolas
everywhere; and Cinnamon Bracken-warbler....Vaughan
Ashby reports for Birdfinders
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Kenya [Coast, Tsavo East, Shimba Hills] 15 - 30 October 2007 
- Lifers included a group of Lesser Flamingos, Sooty Gull, Pale Flycatcher, Dimorphic Egret [dark morph] and Grosbeak Weaver. We looked for Madagascar Pratincole and a glimpse of a fast flying dark bird raised our hopes momentarily...Bob Biggs reports
Kenya April
9th-22nd 2006
- Having previously enjoyed an excellent birding trip to Kenya in
2004 we were keen to return but this time visiting some different
areas and habitats. We were particularly interested in the
Tsavo and the Malindi regions...Alf King reports
Western Kenya November
4-21, 2005
- We arose and birded the Mara for an hour in the wind and gave
up. Birds were not moving other than the bustards. Breakfast
and on to Lake Naivasha. Along the way we found three banded
courser and Hilldebrant’s starling.....Shane
Woolbright reports.
Kenya [Coast and Tsavo] 19th
Oct - 4 Nov 2005
- This was a family holiday -
my wife, Lorraine, and my son, Phil, and me. Phil was 11 in October
so we decided he was old enough to go on safari. We arranged
three nights in Tsavo National Park [two at Voi Lodge in Tsavo
East and one at Ngulia Lodge in Tsavo West] before we left...Bob
Biggs reports.
Kenya June
17-30 2005
- After lunch we spent about three hours
wandering around the grounds and studying the visitors to the
feeders; a very tame Brown Babbler provided my fourth lifer,
2 Mosque Swallows seemingly dwarfed their relatives....Steve
Lister reports.
Kenya and Northern Tanzania
2-21 February 2005
- From 2 to 21 February 2005, we visited Kenya
and northern Tanzania on a safari holiday, combined with trekking
(Mt. Kenya) and snorkeling / relaxing at the coast. As during
our previous trip, bird watching was not the only objective...Christoph
Haag reports.
Kenya 8th
-29th January 2005
- Having visited Kenya in 2002, we were fully
aware of the potential for birding there. It is difficult to visualise
the vast size of the country, and the enormous amount of driving
which would be required to fully appreciate the varying habitats
available to the birder. Kenya is a country of dramatic extremes
and contrasts....Brian & Isabel Eady report.
Taita Hills: a short note
September-November 2004
- This is a short note for independent travellers
who want to visit the Taita Hills (southeast Kenya). This note
should enable you to find this not-to-miss spot as it is holds
3 Red Data (endangered) endemics nowhere else found in the world...Eduard
Sangster reports.
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Kenya July 2004, 487 Bird Species recorded
- Our next target bird was the skulky Four-coloured Bush Shrike which needed a fair bit of working on. Eventually everyone got excellent views and what a bird it was! Continuing our search we had Little Yellow Flycatcher, a Mangrove Kingfisher which showed well.....Steve Bird reports for Birdseekers
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Kenya North Coast Oct
18th-31st 2004
- After a very successful birding/family holiday
to The Gambia last year I knew I had to come up with something
a bit special for this years trip. We were smitten by Africa last
year so having done the West coast I thought it would be ideal
to do the East coast. Kenya stood out as being outstanding for
birds and the Indian Ocean beaches certainly appealed to the rest
of the family so it was decided that Kenya it would be, with a
short Safari thrown in for good measure....Steven Baines
reports
Mwea National reserve, Kenya
1st Dec 2003 - 16 Dec 2003
- Many people travel to new birding locations
such as Kenya, only to spend lots of time in vehicles, having
new bird species pointed out to them by guides of varying skills.
Deciding that this was not for me I enrolled with Earthwatch,
a charity committed to conservation work throughout the globe....Robert
Butlin reports.
Kenya November-December
2003
- Lake Victoria was our first big destination
in western Kenya. We hired a boat at Dunga beach and were birding
over the lake itself and along the shores. There is a small islet
about 1km from the shore and on this islet there were about 30
African Skimmers, many Gull-billed Terns, a Caspian Tern...Gonçalo
Elias reports.
Kenya and NE Tanzania July
14th – August 5th, 2003
- Birding by 6.30, breakfast at 7, Martin Jolo
arrived at 8 and took us straight to one of the rarest birds of
Africa: Long-billed Tailorbird, in roadside scrub near the IUCN
Guesthouse...Remco Hofland reports.
Central Kenya and Northern Tanzania
28 June - 13 July 2003
- We decided early on to concentrate on the
central part of Kenya and the large game parks of North West Tanzania.
This meant that we missed key sites in both the east and the west,
but we felt that each of these areas were rich enough in birds
to merit separate trips at some time in the future...Gruff
Dodd reports
Birding Kenya
5 december 2001 - 19 january 2002
- I was in Amboseli National Park for
almost 2 weeks with Stephen Wamiti an IBA Research fellow at the
National Museums of Kenya, conducting bird surveys to assess elephant
impacts. The elephant impacts in Amboseli are very evident when
comparing the dense Fever tree Acacia xanthophloea woodlands
in the elephant exclosure around Ol Tukai and Amboseli Lodge with
the stark grasslands nearby. These 2 habitats support vastly different
bird communities...Duan Biggs reports
Kenya with Beautiful Just Birding
Nov/Dec 2001
- Although I had visited before, I had never
been to Kenya at this time of year so was looking forward to seeing
what was around. In the event it turned out to be a fantastic
time for this really great birding venue. Our total species count
for the 18-day trip was 633 birds, 49 mammals and several reptiles
that were positively identified. Another great advantage of visiting
Kenya at this time is that it is not a popular time for mammal-watchers
and other holiday-makers in Kenya...John McAllister reports.
Trip Report: Kenya and Zanzibar
7-27 October 1999
- Nearly three hundred species of birds and
over thirty species of mammals made this a memorable trip through
Kenya's great game parks for David Kelly. Three days in
Zanzibar added to the list....
A backpacker birding report on: Kenya
1996
- Kenya is one of the best birding countries
in the world with a list of about 1200 species. As a destination
for a (short) birding holiday Kenya is maybe the best country
in the world. The main reason for this is that birding is delightfully
easy (a lot of open habitat and incredible high species density
for open habitat) and as a bonus one can easily see a lot of mammal
species...Michiel de Boer reports (big - 256K)
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