Karura Forest Birding Day Tour
KARURA FOREST BIRDING DAY TOUR
Trip duration
1 day
DAY 1: KARURA FOREST
We shall start the Karura Forest Birding Day Tour from your hotel or house. Our guide shall pick you up and drive to the forest entrance gate. You may spot some few roadside birds during the drive to the forest. Enjoy the culture and rhythm of Nairobi City, as you drive along.
Our main birding adventure will then commence as we sample the various habitats within the forest. Most of the birding will be done on foot, which allows for a great birdwatching experience.
During our birdwatching tour, we shall sample different habitats in the forest. These include rivers, natural forest, plantation forest, bushland, swamps, ponds and grasslands. We shall visit the famous Lily Lake, a spot that is quite popular on our Karura Forest Birding Day Tours. If you have enough time, we shall also explore the Karura River, Karura Waterfall and Mau Mau Caves.
Karura Forest is one of the best birdwatching spots in Nairobi, Kenya. It hosts one of the largest forests in the city, providing a great place for local families and visitors to enjoy a walk in the wild. Karura Forest is located about 6 kilometres from Nairobi’s city centre and covers an area of 1,041 ha.
We shall then drop you off back to your hotel or other desired spot within the city. This marks the end to our exciting Karura Forest Birding Day Tour.
Highlight birds
Narina Trogon, Hartlaub’s Turaco, Black-and-white Mannikin, Kikuyu White-eye, African Goshawk, Crowned Eagle, Long-crested Eagle, African Harrier-Hawk, Black Sparrowhawk/ Goshawk, Ayres’s Hawk-Eagle, White-backed Duck, African Black Duck, Yellow-billed Duck, Malachite Kingfisher, White-eyed Slaty Flycatcher, Cinnamon-chested Bee-eater, Brown-backed Woodpecker, White-headed Barbet (Snowy Barbet), Spot-flanked Barbet, Yellow-rumped Tinkerbird, Highland Rush Warbler, Lesser Swamp Warbler, African Yellow Warbler/ Dark-capped Yellow Warbler, Grey-capped Warbler, Winding Cisticola, Singing Cisticola, Red-faced Cisticola, Black-collared Apalis, Collared Sunbird, Amethyst Sunbird, Northern Double-collared Sunbird, Holub’s Golden Weaver, Grosbeak/ Thick-billed Weaver, Tropical Boubou, Golden-breasted Bunting, White-winged Widowbird, Red-cowled Widowbird, Yellow Bishop, Hamerkop, African Emerald Cuckoo, Red-chested Cuckoo, Klaas’s Cuckoo, Green-backed Honeybird, White-bellied Tit, Kenya Rufous Sparrow, Yellow-whiskered Greenbul, Cabanis’s/ Placid Greenbul, Slender-billed Greenbul, Silvery-cheeked Hornbill, Brown-chested Alethe, Ruppell’s Robin-Chat, White-starred Robin, Mountain Wagtail, Black Saw-wing
Highlight mammals
Bushbuck, Suni, Harvey’s Red Duiker, Mt. Kenya Guereza Colobus Monkey, Mt. Kenya Kolb’s Monkey/ Sykes’s Monkey, Southern Tree Hyrax, Ochre Bush Squirrel, Slender Mongoose, Wahlberg’s Epauletted Fruit Bat, Angolan Collared Fruit Bat
Highlight reptiles and amphibians
Kilimanjaro Forest Lizard, Common Striped Skink, Variable Skink, Jackson’s Chameleon, Battersby’s Green Snake, Nile Rocket Frog, Anchieta’s Rocket Frog, Guttural Toad, Senegal Kassina, Northern Clawed Frog, Plimpton’s Caco, Scheffler’s Puddle Frog, Athi Reed Frog, Nutt’s River Frog
Habitats covered
Dry Upland Forest, Grasslands, Wetlands
Photographic opportunities
Excellent
Special moments
Kenya’s endemic birds, Mau Mau Caves, Karura Waterfall, forest mammals
