Safari & Tours - Custom Safari

This park was the first to be established in Kenya in 1946, covering an area of 117sq km it is located 10km South-west of downtown Nairobi. With over 400 species of birds recorded within its perimeter, it makes Nairobi the birdiest city in the world.  We make an early start into the part to look for, Curlew Sandpiper, Common Buzzard, Booted Eagle, Lesser-spotted Eagle, Little Sparrow hawk, Black-chested Snake Eagle, Martial Eagle,  Northern Hobby, Montagu’s Harrier, Yellow Wagtail, Northern wheatear, Thrush Nightgale,  Tree Pipit, Spotted flycatcher, blackcap Warbler, Garden Warbler, Red-backed Shrike, and Red-throated Pipit. Among afrotropicals, we  shall look for White Pelicans, Great Comorant, Southern Pochard, Knob-billed Duck, Spur-winged Plovers, White-tailed Lark, Violet-backed Starling, Grosbeak and Parasitic Weaver, Fan-tailed Warbler, Saddle-billed Storks, Purple Swamphen, Nairobi Pipit, Olive Pigeon, Zebra, Waxbill, Qualfinch, Teminck’s Stint, Common Snipe, Water Thicknee, Squacco Heron and Red-collared and White-winged Widowbirds.
Overnight in Nairobi

Early morning leave Nairobi heading for the Highlands, brief stopover at the Blue-Post hotel Thika and Mwea rice paddies to look for specialities like Ayre’s Hawk-eagle, Purple-crested Turaco and African Finfoot. other birds to see  include Hartlaub’s Turaco, Brown-Hooded Kingfisher, Giant Kingfisher, Grey-olive Greenbul,  Zanzibar Sombre Greenbul, Brown-backed Scrub-Robin, Black-Throated Wattle-eye, Singing, Red faced, Winding, Rattling, Croaking Cisiticolas, Mountain Yellow Warbler, African-moustached  Warbler, Broad-tailed  Warbler, African Golden Weaver, Yellow-crowned Bishop, African Firefinch, Yellow-bellied Waxbill, and Abyssinian Crimsonwing.
Arrive at Castle forest Lodge, which offers some of the most amazing views of Mt Kenya and wonderful forest birding. On the afternoon birdwalk, we anticipate to see species like, Green Ibis, Long-crested Eagle, Mountain and Augur Buzzards, Rofous-breasted Sparrowhawk, Red-fronted Parrot, Red-throated Wryneck, Common Stone-chat, Kenrick,s and Waller’s Starlings, Oriole Finch, Montane White-eye, African Hill Babbler, Montane Greenbul, White-headed Hoopoe,  Grey , Black-throated, Black-headed, Chestnut-throated Apalises, Green, Olive, and Eastern Bronze-naped Pigeons,  Lemon, and Tambourine Doves, Moustached Green Tinkerbird, White-headed and White-eared Barbets, Scarce and Alpine Swifts,  Eastern and Northern Double-collared sunbirds, Green Headed, Golden- winged and Tacazze  sunbirds among more common species. Overnight at Mount Kenya

Early Morning bird walk and then we head northwards to Samburu were we will spend two nights. We arrive in time for an evening birding session and the next day we have a full birding day. In this semi-arid region watered by the Uaso Nyiro River, we shall see species like Palm-Nut Vulture and Egyptian Vultures, Bateleur, and Verreaux Eagles, Verreaux Eagle-owl and the small Pygmy Falcon. We   shall also look for Somali Ostrich, Kori and Buff-crested Bustards, Somali Bee-eater, Vulturine Guineafowl, Ethiopian Swallow, Bare-eyed Thrush, Grey-capped and Black-capped Social Weavers, Cut-throat Finch, Red-winged and Pink-breasted Larks, Golden Pipit, Magpie Starlings and Donaldson-Smith’s Sparrow-weaver, Northern and Pale Crombecs. While looking out for the endemic William’s and Masked larks, we will also see some big mammals which are confined to the northern part of Kenya and they include the Oryx, Grevy’s Zebra, Reticulated Girraffe and the Gerenuk or Girraffe antelope.

Heading towards the Rift Valley, we will have a stopover at the spectacular Thompson’s falls to enjoy the view while looking for the slender-billed starling.  We will continue loosing altitude until we reach Lake Nakuru on the Floor of the Rift-Valley; here we will see the spectacular gathering of lesser Flamingoes in there hundreds of thousand together with an abundance of other water birds like the Western Reef Heron, Lesser Jacana, and black-headed Gull. We will also look for Acacia forest species, including Green-wood Hoopoe, Hildebrandt’s and Coqui Francolins, Rufous-naped and  Fawn-colored Larks, scarce Grey-crowned Helmet-shrike, Arrow-marked Babbler, Bearded Woodpecker, Mottled swift and White-shouldered Cliff Chat. On the baboon cliff we shall be on the lookout for fox Kestrels and other species of falcons.

From Lake Nakuru we head North-west towards the fresh water Lake Baringo, with a stopover near the Menengai crater and here, we find the Brown Parisoma and Brown Snake-Eagle in these farm lands. At Lake Baringo and its environs, we search for rare species restricted to the north-western part of the country including Hemprich’s and Jackson’s Hornbills, Heuglin’s Courser, Nubian Nightjar, Brown-tailed Rock Chat, Northern Grey Tit, Gambaga flycatcher, Mouse-coloured Penduline Tit, Beautiful Sunbird, Bristle-crowned Starling, Jackson’s Golden-backed, Little and Northern Masked Weavers. In the evening we visit several sites looking for Verreaux’s and Spotted-Eagle Owls, as well as the White-faced Scops Owl.

In this Western part of Kenya, the remnant Congolese rainforest has species which are found nowhere else in Kenya. This includes Blue-headed Bee-eater, African Broadbill Toro Olive, and Shelley’s Greenbuls, Grey-throated Barbet, Chapin’s flycatcher, Black-faced Rofous Warbler, Veillot’s Black Weaver, Uganda Woodland Warbler Mackinnon’s Fiscal, Chubb’s Cisticola, Brown-throated Wattle-eye among others. We will venture further afield outside the forest for some more western specialties like Rock Pratincole, White-chinned Prinia, Marsh Widowbird, Black Bishop, Red-headed Lovebird, Green Crombec, Red-chested Sunbird, Purple Starling, Locust Finch, Zebra Waxbill, Brown Twinspot Bar-breasted Firefinch and be on the lookout for rare Speckled-breasted Woodpecker and Bedouin Snake-eagle.

Along the Papyrus stands on the shores of Lake Victoria and Yala Swamps, we shall look for the three Papyrus endemics which are, Papyrus Gonolek, Warbler and Canary. Other Lake region species to see are Open-billed Stork, White winged Warbler, Swamp Flycatcher, Red-headed Quelea,  Yellow-backed Weaver, Greater-swamp Warbler, Northern Brown-throated Weaver, Red-chested Sunbird, Slender-billed and Golden-backed Weavers among others.

From Kisumu, we make an early start to world famous Maasai Mara and here we will also find birds rarely found outside the park, they will include, Southern Ground Hornbill, Long-toed Plover Lizard Buzzard, Secretary Bird, Shelley’s Francolin, Red-necked Spurfowl, Madagascar Squacco Heron, Rofous-bellied Heron Spotted Thicknee, Red-throated Spurfowl, Magpie Shrike, Black Coucal, Little Greenbul, Yellow-bellied Hyliota, Athi Short-toed Lark, Karamoja Apalis, Zitting and Rock-loving Cisticola

Today we will drive to the beautiful Lake Naivasha and arrive in time for an evening birdwalk by the lake shore, species to see here are African Skimmer Black headed Gulls, White-winged Black Terns, Black-tailed Godwits, Gull-billed Terns Black Heron, Ringed Plovers, Common Pratincole, Black Swift, Walberg’s Honeybird, Plain Backed Pipits, Black, African, Red-chested, Diedrik, and Klaas Cuckoos. Early  the next morning we will go for an early morning drive towards the Aberdare ranges searching for some high altitude birds like, Alpine Chat, Abyssinian Ground-Thrush, Jackson’s Francolin and Mountain Buzzard. On Kikuyu Escarpment we  shall look for the endemic Sharpe’s Longclaw,  and other good ones like Wing-snapping and Levaillant’s Cisticolas,  Tullberg’s Woodpecker, White-headed Wood-hoopoe, the elusive Abbott’s and Kenrick’s Starlings and Black-fronted Bush-shrike.  

Today we transfer from Lake Naivasha for a 2 nights stay at the scenic Amboseli Game Reserve. It is home to a wide variety of birds and mammal species and is also one of the best places in the world to observe the spectacular Mt Kilimanjaro, which towers more than 19,000 feet above the plains. Birds that can be seen within the reserve include C, White-backed and Lappet-faced Vultures, Spur-winged and Egyptian Geese, Red-billed and Hottentot Teals, Long-tailed Cormorant, Red-knobbed Coot, Yellow-billed and Saddle-billed Storks, Great and Intermediate Egrets, Grey, Black-headed, Herons Black Crake, African Jacana, Grey Crowned-crane, African Spoonbill, African Fish-eagle, Water Thick-knee, Collared Pratincole, Two-banded Courser, Three-banded Plover Greater Painted-snipe,  White-browed Coucal, Slender-tailed Nightjar, Lilac-breasted Roller, Grey-headed, Malachite kingfishers, African Hoopoe, Red-capped Lark, Fischer’s Sparrow-lark, Pangani  longclaw   and the hard to find Taveta Golden-weaver.

After breakfast we will transfer to Tsavo West National Park for a three night stay within this spectacular Park. Key species we will target are Black Eagle, Pale Chanting Goshawk, Shikra, Yellow-billed Hornbill, Meyers Parrot, White-headed Mousebirds, Tiny Cisiticola, Golden-breasted Starling, and the Golden Pipit.  More species  we  will encounter  on the  second  day includes, Tawny Eagle,  African Black Swift, Spot-flanked Barbet, Cardinal Woodpecker, Scaly Chatterer, Somali Tit,  Black-bellied, Hunter’s,  and Kenya Violet-backed Sunbirds, Pygmy Batis, Brubru, Three-streaked and Black-crowned Tchagras, African Black-headed Oriole, White-naped Raven, Red-billed and Yellow-billed Oxpeckers, Black-necked, and Red-headed Weaver  and the magnificent Somali  Bunting.  On the third day will be spent further exploring the vast Tsavo West National Park while transferring to another lodge closer to the coast. Woolly-necked Stork, African Grey Hornbill, Greater Honeyguide, Rufous-crowned Roller, Red-winged Lark, Desert Cisticola, Red-fronted Warbler, African Paradise-flycatcher, Sulphur-breasted Bush-shrike, Purple Grenadier, Cinnamon-breasted Bunting and the extremely local Pringle’s Puffback are all species we may be able to add during the course of the day.

From the heat and openness of the Lowlands of Tsavo we rise into the mist forests of the Taita hills which form the northernmost extent of the Eastern Arc Mountains regarded as global biodiversity hotspots. We shall visit one of the largest fragments called Ngangao and here we shall find some endemics mainly, Taita Thrush, Taita White-eye, and Taita Apalis. Other interesting species are we shall see includes, African Dusky Flycatcher African Crowned Eagle, African Hawk-eagle, Walberg’s Eagle, African Hobby, Emerald Cuckoo, Striped Pipit, Stripe-cheeked and Placid Greenbuls, Sharpe’s Starling, White-starred Forest Robin, Orange-ground Thrush, Yellow-throated Woodland Warbler and Bicolored Manikin. In the late afternoon we will transfer to the nearby Tsavo East National Park for a one-night stay at Voi Safari Lodge.

From the Taitas we head down towards the coast with stop over along the way looking for Red-naped Bush-shrike, Pringle’s Puffback, Scaly Chatterers, Brown-headed Parrot and Fire-fronted Bishops. In Arabuko-Sokoke forest and Mida creek,  We shall look for endemics  species including  Clarke’s Weaver, Amani Sunbird, Sokoke Scops Owl and other species like Southern-banded Snake-eagle, African Harrier-hawk,  White-fronted Plover, Greater and Lesser Sandplovers, Terek Sandpiper, Sooty Gull, Lesser-crested  and Caspian Terns, Mombasa Green-backed Woodpecker, Yellow-bellied and Fisher’s Greenbuls, Red-tailed Ant-thrush, Forest  Batis, East-coast Akalat, Yellow and Blue-mantled Crested Monarch, Retz’s and Chestnut-fronted Helmet-shrike .

Mabamba wetland in the Mpigi swamps is an easily accessible birding hotspot on the shores of Lake Victoria. It offers the best opportunity to see the rare and globally threatened Shoebill Stork. The wetlands also support many other species of birds. The Papyrus Yellow Warbler and the Blue Swallow are also found here. Other species are Gull-billed Terns, White-winged Black Tern, Whiskered Terns, Grey-headed Gulls, Goliath Heron, Pygmy Geese, Swamp Flycatcher, Slender-billed Weaver, Lesser Jacana, Black-shouldered Nightjar, Afep Pigeon, Blue-breasted Bee-eater, Papyrus Gonolek, and White-winged Warbler. The Sitatunga a very hard to see antelope has also been sighted in these swamps.

This park is another popular birding destination in East Africa. It contains the famous Murchison falls which is a favorite attraction to tourists. The park is also dominated by rolling savanna and tall grassland, thick bush, and patches of forest in the higher and wetter areas. More than 400 different species of birds have been recorded here and they include, Shoebill, Pallid Harrier, Black-winged Pratincole, African Skimmer, Great Snipe, Bat Hawk, Pel’s Fishing Owl, Long-toed, Black-headed, Wattled  Lapwings, Denhams Bustard, Abyssinian Ground Hornbill, Black-Billed Barbet and Teminck’s Courser. On a game drive animals like the Lion, Leopards, Giraffes, Oribis, Hartebeests, Elephants are easily located, a boat ride to the base of the falls often offers wonderful view of Hippos Crocodiles and the magnificent cascading water at a close range.

This forest reserve is found in the north-western part of Uganda. Its diverse tropical high forests medium altitude semi-deciduous Cynometra and swamp forest provides a rich habitat for wildlife. The birdlife is amazing, two species of birds, Yellow-footed Flycatcher and Puvell’s Illadopsis are only found here. More interesting species includes Piping Hornbill, Red-sided Broadbill, Spotted Greenbul, Cassin's Spinetail, Lemon-bellied Crombec, Ituri Batis,and Red-fronted Antpecker, More common species found here are Blue-throated Roller, White-thighed Hornbill, Little Grey and Icterine Greenbuls, Forest Robin, Brown-chested and Fire-crested Alethes, Red-tailed and White-tailed Ant-thrush, Lemon-bellied Crombec, Grey and Yellow Longbills, Rufous-crowned Eremomela, Yellow-browed Camaroptera, Black-capped Apalis, Chestnut-capped Flycatcher, Jameson’s Wattle-eye, Brown Illadopsis, Velvet-mantled Drongo, Western Black-headed Oriole, Grey-headed and White-breasted Negrofinches, Ituri Batis, White-spotted Greenbull, Forest Robin, and Narina Trogon.

Located in the south western region of Uganda, this forest is classified as medium altitude moist evergreen forest in the north, and medium altitude deciduous forest at lower altitude in the south. It also has large tracks of open grassland and in certain areas the natural forest is reclaiming the grassland forming secondary forest growth. In this diverse environment  the following species of birds have been recorded, White-naped Pigeon, Blue-throated Roller, White-thighed Hornbill, Little Grey and Icterine Greenbuls, Forest Robin, Brown-chested and Fire-crested Alethes, Red-tailed and White-tailed Ant-thrush, Lemon-bellied Crombec, Grey and Yellow Longbills, Rufous-crowned Eremomela, Yellow-browed Camaroptera, Black-capped Apalis, African Shrike Flycatcher and Chestnut-capped Flycatcher, Jameson’s Wattle-eye, Brown Illadopsis, Velvet-mantled Drongo, Western Black-headed Oriole, Grey-headed and White-breasted Negrofinches, Ituri Batis, White-spotted Greenbull, Forest Robin, and Narina Trogon. The park also supports good populations of Leopards, Chimpanzees, Red Colobus Monkey and L’hoest’s Monkey.

Situated in the extreme corner of south western Uganda, Semliki is a very dense forest and part of the great Ituri forest that stretches into the Democratic Republic of Congo. It is the only park in Uganda composed primarily of tropical lowland forest. It also one of the only forest were you can easily hike anwhere. The land is quite flat, creating a startling contrast to the rugged Ruwenzori Mountains nearby. More than thirty Western African bird species have been recorded in this forest and they include Congo Serpent Eagle, Long-tailed Hawk, White-crested Hornbill, Nkulengu Rail, Black-wattled Hornbill, and Lyre-tailed Honey-guide. You can also find the commoner species like Piapiac Black Chinned Quail Finch Leaflove Wattled, White-crested Red-billed and Black Dwarf Hornbills, Hartlaub’s Duck, Spot- breasted Ibis, Black Collared Lovebird and many others. The Semliki River attracts many animals. The park is home to eight species of primates, 400 species of birds and about 300 species of butterflies. Elephant, Buffalo, Civet, Leopard, Bush baby, and flying squirrels are found here as well.

Queen Elizabeth National Park is Uganda’s most popular game park and certainly one of its most scenic. It stretches from the crater-dotted foot hills of the Rwenzoris in the north, along the shores of Lake Edward to the remote Ishasha River in the South, incorporating a wide variety of habitats that range from savannah and wetlands to the gallery and lowland forests. This remarkable diversity is reflected in its bird list of over 500 species, the largest of any protected area in Africa. They include the Grey Crowned Crane, Martial Eagle, Long-crested Eagle, Rupell’s Griffon Vulture, Sooty Chat, Yellow-throated Longclaw, Marsh Tchagra Broad-tailed Warbler, Grey-capped Warbler, Black-headed Gonolek, and Black-lored Babbler. The park also supports a large population mammals like Hippos, Elephants, the elusive Giant Forest Hog and Uganda Kob.

Bwindi Impenetrable National Park offers the best montane forest birding in Africa. It is considered a key destination by birders with Uganda on their itinerary. Amongst the numerous possibilities are no less than 23 of Uganda’s 24 Albertine Rift Endemics, including spectacular, globally threatened species such as Shelley’s Crimsonwing, and African Green Broadbill. Other species that draw bird watchers to Bwindi include Short-tailed Warbler, Chapin's Flycatcher, Red-throated Alethe, Red-faced Woodland Warbler, Yellow-eyed Black Flycatcher, Blue-headed Sunbird, Handsome Francolin,Rufous-chested Fluff tail, Bar-tailed Trogon, Western Bronze-naped Pigeon, Olive Long-tailed Cuckoo, Tullberg’s and Elliot’s Woodpeckers, Petit’s Cuckoo-shrike, Shelley’s and Red-tailed Greenbuls, Equatorial Akalat, White-bellied Robin-Chat, Black-faced Rufous Warbler, Neumann’s Warbler, Banded Prinia, Black-throated Apalis, White-bellied Crested Flycatcher, Northern Double-collared Sunbird and Stuhlmann’s, Waller’s and Narrow-tailed Starlings. The park also has good populations of gorilla and a trek to see these primates can be incoprated into a birding itinerary.

This is a relatively small and new park gazetted in 1982. Situated between the towns of Masaka and Mbarara, the park is composed primarily of grassland, wetland, and Acacia woodland. Lake Mburo has markedly different flora and fauna to other national parks and reservations. The swampy area offers one of the best places to locate the papyrus specialists such as White-winged Warbler, Papyrus Yellow Warbler, Papyrus Canary and the Papyrus Gonolek. In the acacia dotted landscape, one can easily locate Rofous-bellied Heron, black-throated Barbet, Green-capped Eremomela, Southern Red Bishop and Long-tailed Cisiticola. It is a good place in the country to see gigantic eland, impala, zebra, topi, rock hyrax, warthog, hyena, and crocodile.

Mabira Forest Reserve is located on the main Kampala-Jinja Highway in Mukono District. It is 54km from the City Centre of Kampala and 26km from Jinja Town making it a popular birding area for tourists and locals alike. Most of the species found here are forest dependents and can only be found in a few other forests in Uganda. The good network of footpaths within the reserve helps immeasurably to locate some of the more secretive species such as Forest and Nahan’s Francolin, Cassin’s Hawk-eagle, White-spotted Flufftail, Grey Parrot, Dusky Long-tailed Cuckoo, Sabine Spinetail, African Dwarf-Kingfisher, Speckled and Yellow- throated Tinkerbird, Cassin’s Honeyguide, Sooty Boubou, Blue-headed Crested–flycatcher, Black-headed Paradise-flycatcher, Dusky  Tit, Olive-Green Camaroptera, Plain Greenbul, Rofous Flycatcher Thrush, Red-headed Malimbe and many others.

Area: 325 sq. kms Altitude: 1500meters.
Although Arusha NationalPark covers only 137 square kilometers (53 square miles) this small park contains a wide variety of landscapes including Ngurdoto Crater, Momella Lakes, mountain rain forests and savannas. The entrance gate leads into a shadowy montane forest inhabited by the colorful Turacos and Trogons. Rolling grassy hills enclose the tranquil beauty of Momella Lakes, each one a different hue of green or blue, their shallows sometimes tinged pink with thousands of flamingos; the lakes support a rich selection of resident and migrant waterfowl.
The evergreen forest is home to uncommon species of forest specialists species. Some of the birds likely to be spotted here are; Northern Shoveller, Pintail, Garganey, Maccoa Duck, Narina and Bar-tailed Trogons, Taveta Golden Weaver, Grey-olive Greenbul and Silvery-cheeked Hornbill.

Area: 2600 sq. kms Altitude: 1100 meters.
Tarangire covers 2600 square miles and includes two large plains and a seasonal swamp in the south. This is a beautiful park filled with bizarre Baobabs which are home to an array of hole dwelling birds like Woodpeckers, Lovebirds, Hornbills and Wood-hoopoes. 
Three Tanzania endemics, Ashy Starling, Rofous-tailed Weaver, and Black-collared Lovebird are easily seen in this park. Other birds seen are, Knob-billed Duck, Greater Spotted Eagle, White-bellied Bustard, Spotted Thicknee, Yellow-collared Lovebird, Mottled Spinetail, Grey Hornbill, Magpie Shrike, Long-tailed and Grey-backed Fiscals, Marsh and White-Winged Widowbird among others.
Tarangire is also famed for the abundance of elephant which strip the bark off the Baobab trees for food during the drier season. It is the easiest park to photograph elephants.

Area: 360 sq. kms Altitude:  945 meters.
Lake Manyara covers 330 square kilometers, 230 of which are alkaline lake. The lake is also watered by fresh groundwater gushing from natural springs from the nearby evergreen forest and also from the base of the western wall of the Rift Valley.
The combination of fresh and alkaline water bodies, lush evergreen forest, acacia woodland and patches of grassland has given rise to more than 400 different species being recorded in this park. Black Egret, Goliath Heron, Saddle-billed Stork, White-faced Whistling Duck, Spur-winged Goose, Red-billed Teal, Hottentot Teal, African Jacana, Water Thicknee, Common Pratincole, Long-toed Lapwing, Brown Parrot, Fischer's Lovebird, Woodland and Striped Kingfishers, Narina's Trogon, Silvery-cheeked and Crowned Hornbills, Lesser Honeyguide, Rufous-breasted Swallow, Spotted-Morning Thrush, Banded Parisoma, Amethyst Sunbird,Magpie Starling, Black Bishop, Paradise and Straw-tailed Wydahs, Green-winged Pytilia, and Village Indigobird are common in this park. Lake Mayara forest is also famed for its unique tree climbing Lions; this rare sight of the king of the beast relaxing in the bough of a tree is an unforgettable sight.

Area: 12, 950 sq. kms Altitude: 1400meters.
The Serengeti is one of largest and spectacular national park in the world.  Located in northern Tanzania, It covers some 14,763 square kilomeres which include sprawling grassland, Kopjes, alkaline lakes and salt pans, permanent rivers and fresh water seasonal springs.
Serengeti means endless plains in the Maasai language.   Over 1 million wildebeest congregate to feed and breed in the lush grasslands before moving on to better feeding grounds in Maasai Mara in a spectacular  migration termed as Africa’s biggest wildlife spectacle.
The birdlife is also amazing, over 300 species  have been listed  here and they include,  Green-backed Heron, Abdim’s Stork, Cape Wigeon, Hooded Vulture, Ovampo Sparrowhawk, Dark Chanting Goshawk, Cuckoo Hawk, White-eyed Kestrel, Senegal Plover, Pennant-winged Nightjar, Swallow-tailed Bee-eater, Usambiro Barbet, Short-tailed and Flappet Lark, White-headed Roughwing, Pectoral-patch and Tabora Cisticola, Buff-bellied Warbler, White-crowned Shrike, Mariqua Sunbird, Southern Red Bishop, Yellow Spotted Petronia and Cut-throat Finch.
  Big mammals found here are, Elephants, Lions, Spotted Hyenas, Maasai Girraffes, Golden Jackals, Black-backed Jackals, Common Zebra, Stein buck, Common Genet, Thompson’s and Grant’s Gazelles, Cheetahs, Leopards, Bat-Eared Fox, Black-necked Rock Hyrax, Hunting Dogs, Baboons, Vervet Monkeys, Patas Monkeys, Topi, Kongoni, and Reed Buck.Heading towards the Rift Valley, we will have a stopover at the spectacular Thompson’s falls to enjoy the view while looking for the slender-billed starling.  We will continue loosing altitude until we reach Lake Nakuru on the Floor of the Rift-Valley; here we will see the spectacular gathering of lesser Flamingoes in there hundreds of thousand together with an abundance of other water birds like the Western Reef Heron, Lesser Jacana, and black-headed Gull. We will also look for Acacia forest species, including Green-wood Hoopoe, Hildebrandt’s and Coqui Francolins, Rufous-naped and  Fawn-colored Larks, scarce Grey-crowned Helmet-shrike, Arrow-marked Babbler, Bearded Woodpecker, Mottled swift and White-shouldered Cliff Chat. On the baboon cliff we shall be on the lookout for fox Kestrels and other species of falcons.

Area: 8300 sq. kms Altitude: 2286 meters.
The famous Ngorongoro Crater is a World Heritage Site situated at the eastern edge of the Serengeti in northern Tanzania. The crater is the largest unbroken ancient caldera in the world at 300 square kilometer and 610 meters deep. Nearly three million years old, the once-volcanic Ngorongoro is now considered “Africa’s Garden of Eden” it is ringed with steep walls and shelters forests, grasslands, fresh springs and a large soda lake at the centre. This diverse array of micro-habitats is a haven for thousands of wild game and a spectacular birdlife.
Some of the bird species found on the crater rim and in the caldera are,  Martial Eagle, Curlew Sandpiper,  Grey-breasted Spurfowl, Schalow’s Turaco, White-headed Barbet  White-Tailed Blue Flycatcher, Rosy-breasted Longclaw, Brown-headed Apalis, Red-throated Tit, Red-collared Widowbird,  Malachite ,Golden-winged Sunbirds, and White-necked Raven. The crater floor is also a stronghold of the Black rhino which is endangered. Other mammals found here include Impalas, Serval Cats, Bush Bucks, Elands, Cheetahs, Leopards, Striped Hyenas, Cape buffaloes to mention a few.