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Lesser Flamingo (Phoeniconaias minor) photographed at Lake Bogoria

Tour example

Rift Valley & Kakamega

The classic western loop. Highland lakes, the Baringo cliffs, then three nights in Kenya's only rainforest for the forty species that occur nowhere else in the country.

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Duration
9 days
Pace
Two to three nights per base, no single-night stops
Regions
4
Targets
6
Itinerary

Day by day

  1. Day 1

    Nairobi

    Arrival, Nairobi National Park or Karura depending on flight time.

  2. Days 2–3

    Lake Naivasha & Hell's Gate

    Dawn boat through the papyrus, fever-tree woodland behind the lake, and a walking morning in the gorge for Verreaux's Eagle and the vulture colony.

  3. Days 4–5

    Lake Baringo & Lake Bogoria

    Cliffs for Hemprich's Hornbill, Bristle-crowned Starling and Brown-tailed Rock Chat. Night drives for Slender-tailed Nightjar and Three-banded Courser. Bogoria for flamingos.

  4. Day 6

    Kerio Valley & Kongelai Escarpment

    The descent off the Elgeyo escarpment, then Kongelai for Red-throated Bee-eater, White-crested Turaco and Fox Kestrel.

  5. Days 7–8

    Kakamega Forest

    Both Buyangu and Isecheno. Great Blue Turaco, Blue-headed Bee-eater, Chapin's Flycatcher and Turner's Eremomela, plus a night walk.

  6. Day 9

    Kisumu — Dunga Swamp

    Papyrus at first light for Gonolek, Papyrus Canary and Carruthers's Cisticola, then the afternoon flight back to Nairobi.