Take part in this amazing safari to Kakamega Forest birding safari where you encounter different bird species and other wildlife species such as the duikers, primates (de brezza monkeys, varvet monkeys, and black and white colobus monkeys), butterflies, plants and more.
There are a lot of bird species that will be spotted while others heard by their calls such as grey parrots, black-billed Turaco, grey heron, superb sunbirds, blue spotted wood dove, blue-headed bee-eater and many more others. The tour involves great scenery of the Lake Victoria Kericho farmlands, sunrise and sunset moments and many more others.
Kakamega Forest Birding Tour
- Day1. Nairobi to Kakamega Forest Reserve
- Day2. Full day in Kakamega forest reserve Birding
- Day3. Transfer back to Nairobi
Detailed Itinerary
Day1. Nairobi to Kakamega Forest Reserve
You need to have spent a night in Nairobi and then this morning, wake up early and transfer to Kakamega Forest reserve at the edges of Lake Victoria about 45 km from Kisumu town. Arrive and have lunch which will be followed by an evening birding tour at around 1700 hours. Birds that will be spotted include African emerald cuckoo, Blue Headed Bee Eater, Turner’s Eremomela, Black Billed Turaco, and Grey Parrots. Return to the lodge for your dinner
Day2. Full day in Kakamega forest reserve Birding
We wake up for early morning Birding in the forest on sunrise and this will give us to chance to hear calls and spot some birds like Prinia, Black-faced Prinia, Chubb’s Cisticola, Black-faced Rufous Warbler, Turner’s Eremomela, Uganda Woodland Warbler, Olive-green Camaroptera, Blue-headed Bee-eater, White-spotted Flufftail, Snowy-crowned Robin-Chat, Blue-shouldered Robin-Chat, Grey-winged Robin-Chat, Jameson’s Wattle-eye, Brown-throated Wattle-eye, Yellow-bellied Wattle-eye, Chestnut Wattle-eye, Purple-throated Cuckoo-Shrike, Great Blue Turaco, African Broadbill, Bar-tailed Trogon, Equatorial Akalat, Brown-eared Woodpecker, Yellow-crested Woodpecker, Brown Illadopsis and more.
We return to the Lodge for late breakfast at around 1000 hours and then relax as we do leisure birding at the lodge. In the evening, return to the forest for another doze of birding. Don’t miss mammal species like varvet monkeys, black and white colobus monkeys, duikers, red colobus and many more. In the evening, head back to the lodge for your last night.
Day3. Transfer back to Nairobi
Wake up for a morning bird-watching tour at the edges of the forest and then transfer back to Nairobi. Be dropped at any agreed point and this will mark the end of the safari.