KENYAUnsurpassed in its combined wealth of bird life and mammal spectacle; includes the coast. Time-saving internal flights to and from the Masai Mara and from Malindi back to Nairobi.
All tours guided by Terry Stevenson, co-author of Field Guide to the Birds of East Africa $11,975 (June 2008 fee); $12,975 (October 2008 fee). 29 days See our triplist for October 2007 or June 2007 or November 2006 or November 2005.
The joys of birding in Kenya are many: The climate is pleasant, the people are friendly, the food is terrific, and tourism facilities are superb. It’s a real treat to watch Crowned Hornbills and Cinnamon-chested Bee-eaters from a rooftop in montane forest while the sunlight dances on snow-capped Mount Kenya beyond...and with the fall of darkness to watch Black Rhinos or elephants join the herd of African Buffalo at the salt lick below, to the lyrical calling of Montane Nightjars. Or to look out at dawn over Lake Nakuru, speckled with nearly a million flamingos and surrounded by giant euphorbias and acacia woodland...or to view a Bristle-crowned Starling or Hemprich’s Hornbill at the base of the lofty cliffs of the Great Rift Valley. From tiny wattle-eyes and fanciful sunbirds in the rainforest at Kakamega to giant Martial Eagles and Kori Bustards in the arid bush of Samburuland; from coursers, sandgrouse, and Secretary-birds foraging among the ungulates on the open plains to African Openbills and Black-headed Gonoleks at home in the swampy fringes of Lake Victoria, Kenya offers a fantastic array of bird life very different from our own. Our tour is designed to focus primarily on the birds of Kenya without ignoring the fabulous mammals. We should record more than 600 species of birds, representing nearly all the bird families of Africa, and more than 50 species of mammals! In some of Kenya’s finest reserves we’ll have considerable time to watch and photograph Lions, giraffes, zebras, elephants, as well as many other mammals, and the magnificent vistas of endless grassland dotted with ostriches and a diversity of grazing antelopes will be etched in our memories forever. Transportation will be in a nine-passenger pop-top minibus and open Land Rovers especially adapted for viewing wildlife; our tour is limited to just six participants, affording each a window and room to stand, and we will be staying primarily in lodges offering a great degree of comfort and convenience in some of the finest birding habitats in Kenya. While our May to July tours are timed to coincide with the main breeding season, the October and November tours are in a shorter, not quite so reliable breeding time but have the attraction of large numbers of Palearctic migrants being present.
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