Lake Elmenteita Birding Day Tour
LAKE ELMENTEITA BIRDING DAY TOUR
Trip duration
1 day
DAY 1: LAKE ELMENTEITA
We shall start the Lake Elmenteita Birding Day Tour from your hotel or house. Our guide shall pick you up and drive to the lake’s entrance gate. You may spot some few roadside birds during the drive to the lake. Enjoy the culture and rhythm of Nairobi City, as you drive along.
Our main birdwatching adventure will then commence as we sample the various habitats within and around Lake Elmenteita. The birdwatching will be a mix between using a car and birding on foot. This will ensure that you enjoy the various habitats extensively.
During our tour, we shall sample different habitats around the lake. These include woodlands, bushland, savannah grasslands, rivers and the lakeshores. We may also stop at the famous Lake Elmenteita Hotsprings, a spot that is quite popular on our Lake Elmenteita Birding Day Tours.
Lake Elmenteita is one of the best birding destinations in Kenya. The lake also hosts a breeding site for Great White Pelicans, making it a wetland of international importance. It is located in the Great Rift Valley. Lake Elmenteita is a soda or salt-water lake, hosting many species adapted to alkaline waters.
We shall then drop you off back to your hotel or other desired spot within the city. This marks the end to our exciting Lake Elmenteita Birding Day Tour.
Highlight birds
Lesser Flamingo, Greater Flamingo, Hamerkop, African Spoonbill, Great White Pelican, Pink-backed Pelican, Ruff, Common Greenshank, Spotted Redshank, Common Ringed Plover, Kittlitz’s Plover, Spur-winged Lapwing, Marsh Sandpiper, Curlew Sandpiper, Little Stint, Pied Avocet, African Skimmer, Grey-headed Gull, Gull-billed Tern, Whiskered Tern, White-winged Tern, Cape Teal, Red-billed Teal/ Red-billed Duck, Blue-billed Teal, Grey Crowned Crane, African Jacana, African Black-headed Oriole, Red-capped Lark, Abyssinian Wheatear, Augur Buzzard, Long-crested Eagle, Tawny Eagle, Black-chested Snake-Eagle, Crowned Eagle, African Fish Eagle, Pearl-spotted Owlet, Secretarybird, White-fronted Bee-eater, White-headed Barbet, Red-fronted Barbet, Bearded Woodpecker, Nubian Woodpecker, Eastern Grey Woodpecker/ Mountain Grey Woodpecker, Black-lored Babbler, Buff-bellied Warbler, Grey-capped Warbler, Rattling Cisticola, Bronzy Sunbird, Red-headed Weaver, Tropical Boubou, Sulphur-breasted Bush-shrike/ Orange-breasted Bush-shrike, Grey-headed Bush-shrike, White-crested Helmet-shrike, Black Cuckoo-shrike, Yellow Bishop, Black Cuckoo, Red-chested Cuckoo, White-bellied Tit, Kenya Rufous Sparrow, Southern Ground-Hornbill, African Grey Hornbill, Crowned Hornbill, White-browed Robin-Chat, Northern Anteater-chat, Meyer’s Parrot, Hybrid Lovebird, Ruppell’s Starling, Superb Starling, Coqui Francolin, Green Wood-Hoopoe, African Hoopoe, Nyanza Swift, Plain-backed Pipit, Yellow-throated Longclaw, Striped Kingfisher, Scaly-throated Honeyguide, Greater Honeyguide, Lesser Honeyguide
Highlight mammals
Rothschild’s Giraffe, Defassa Waterbuck, Black-backed Jackal, Side-striped Jackal, Bat-eared Fox, Spotted Hyena, Striped Hyena, African Lion, Leopard, Common Zebra, Common Warthog, Common Eland, Common Impala, African Buffalo, Bushbuck, Naivasha Dik-dik, Rock Hyrax, Olive Baboon, Vervet Monkey, Mau Forest Guereza Colobus Monkey, Common Hippopotamus, Grant’s Gazelle, Thomson’s Gazelle
Highlight reptiles and amphibians
Common Striped Skink, Battersby’s Green Snake, Black-necked Spitting Cobra, Southern African Rock Python, Nile Rocket Frog, Anchieta’s Rocket Frog, Senegal Kassina, Northern Clawed Frog, Common Reed Frog, Nutt’s River Frog
Habitats covered
Woodland, Bushland, Grasslands, Wetlands
Photographic opportunities
Excellent
Special moments
East African endemic birds, Lake Elmenteita, Great Rift Valley, Aberdare Ranges views, African Big Game
